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| Red Tractor Girl |
Posted - Mar 22 2015 : 10:11:36 AM
An old Anglican tradition was that the 4th Sunday in Lent was Mothering Sunday. It has been around since the medieval times. It used to be the practice that one would visit their mother and bring her flowers and the traditional Simnel cake, which were baked with an almond paste in the middle. The cakes were taken home and combined with bunches of wild flowers as gifts. For people working in service, they were given the day off to visit their families whom they may not have seen for many months.
So to all of our Farmgirl Moms, Happy Mothering Sunday!!
I'll to Thee a simnel bring,'Gainst Thou go a-mothering. So that when she blesses Thee, Half that blessing you'll give me.
Robert Herrick
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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| ceridwen |
Posted - Mar 22 2015 : 6:10:51 PM
What a beautiful tradition Winnie! Thank you!
Happy Mothering Sunday to all!
Carole
Farmgirl Sister 3610
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Mar 22 2015 : 5:24:23 PM
It's new to me too! Happy Mothering Sunday to all moms!
This mom is very happy to be spending this day and a few others with her daughter and best friend, Robin, in Phoenix! Don't see her often enough . . . she lives too far away from me!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
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| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Mar 22 2015 : 12:25:09 PM
Here's to all mothers everywhere. We need more than one day to celebrate.
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Mar 22 2015 : 12:08:08 PM
Winnie, thanks for sharing this with us. Good news, and a great way to celebrate all mothers.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| MaryJane |
Posted - Mar 22 2015 : 10:22:58 AM
Have never run across this idea before. Any new way to celebrate mothers, I'm all for it!
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Mar 22 2015 : 10:18:39 AM
Winnie, thanks for bringing us this age-old tradition. I like the word 'mothering'. A mothering attitude is a FarmGirl attitude.
Sara
FarmGirl Sister #6034 Aug 25, 2014
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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