Mothering Sunday

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Mothering Sunday
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Mothering Sunday is always the fourth Sunday of
Lent. No one is absolutely certain exactly how
the idea of Mothering Sunday began, but we know
that on this day, about four hundred years ago,
people who lived in little villages made a point
of going not to their local church but to the
nearest big church.
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To what was called the Mother Church. And some
would go to the nearest city to worship in the
cathedral. (A cathedral is a very large church
and the 'mother church' of all other churches in
that area or 'diocese'.
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Young English girls and boys 'in service' were
only allowed one day to visit their family each
year. This was usually Mothering Sunday. Often
the housekeeper or cook would allow the maids to
bake a cake to take home for their mother.
Sometimes a gift of eggs or flowers from the
garden (or hothouse) was allowed.
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Flowers were traditional, as the young girls and
boys would have to walk home to their village,
and could gather them on their way home through
the meadows.
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I'm number one, a very busy mum. I have so much
to do looking after everyone. Jobs in the home
Jobs outside People want me all the time But I
take it in my stride. I'm number one - a very
busy mum. I'm number two, I'm waiting in the
queue. I'm at the water well you see, then there
are beans to stew. I'll walk two miles back
With water on my head I make this journey twice
each day I'd love a tap instead. I'm number
two, I'm waiting in the queue. I'm number
three, I am you and me. I'm not a mum, I'm just
the one she works for, you see. All over the
world And just around the block In Africa and
Europe too Our mums just don't stop. I'm number
three, I am you and me