Mother’s Day is celebrated throughout the world and is not completely unique to one culture or period of time. Maternity celebrations took place in ancient Egypt, Rome and Greece. These parties were held in honour of female goddesses and were of a non secular nature. In Europe a party for mothers was held on the fourth sunday of Lent. This holiday commenced as a way to recognize Mary, the mother of Christ, but later was broadened to include all mass.
The history of celebrating Mothers Day in Ireland or Mothering Sunday can be traced to the medieval practice where children from poor families were sent to work as domestic servants and apprentices to work with the rich. Mothers Day celebration is believed to have originated in the 16 th century Christian observation of the followers visiting their mother church to worship the Virgin Mary. This also rendered the scope for most mothers to unite with their siblings annually on this occasion.
After visiting the Mother Church of their home town the children visited their mothers and presented them with flowers they picked along the way. Girls baked special mothering Cake on the day. The Industrial revolution brought with it a change in people’s way of life. Mothering Sunday celebration almost lapsed but the custom was revived after World War II. Americans too helped to bring back the charm of the festival in European countries as their tradition and way of celebrating Mothers Day spread far and wide.
Originally in accordance with the mother's day celebrations in UK it falls on the 4 th Sunday in the month of Lent presently termed as the months of March or April.
Henceforth this occasion came to be observed as mother's day. This day is now universally celebrated as mother's day though Ireland and UK celebrate it on different days as compared to USA.
