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Mothers Day or (Mothering Sunday) is always on the 4th Sunday in lent and changes each year.
Mothers Day is dated back to the17th century and was known as Mothering Sunday, and i usually celebrates by children of all ages giving flowers and bouquets to their mother to show their love for them.
England introduced a dedicated day to mothers which could have even been in the early 1600's and its name remained mothering sunday for quite some time, it came about when poorer people used to send their young children out to work in roles such as domestic servants or an apprentice with the wealthy.
At that point in time it was considered of vital importance that those children, staying away from their families be allowed to visit their own homes once each year. The time decided for the annual visit to home was the middle Sunday of the of Lent (which lasts from Ash Wednesday to Easter). For this reason, the day was called 'Refreshment Sunday' or 'Mid-Lent Sunday'.
On this day people visited their 'Home' church which was known as the 'Mother Church' and not 'Daughter Church', which was the church which was closest to where they were staying. After visiting their church, children greeted their mothers and presented them with flowers, which they gathered from bushes along the roads . Girls baked special cakes called 'Simnel Cakes' for their mothers.
The tradition of Mothering Sunday (Mothers Day) stopped with the at the begining of the Industrial Revolution, when the working conditions and life pattern changed. Over the period of time one Sunday - 4th Sunday in Lent (3 weeks before Easter) was reserved in the honor of mothers. Most popular flowers on Mothers Day in the UK are roses followed by carnations and chrysanthemums. In UK, there is also a tradition of making a rich almond cake for mothers called 'Mothering Cake' or 'Simnel Cake' on Mothers Day