Mother’s Day

For the English people the best-known name for the fourth in Lent Sunday is Mothering Sunday* or Mother’s Day. For three centuries this day has been a day of family reunion when adult children come back to their parents with boxes of presents. Gifts are made to mothers by children of all ages. Flowers and cakes are still traditional gifts. Violets and primroses are most popular flowers. Sometimes the whole family goes to church and then there is a special dinner at which roast lamb and rice pudding are served.