Mothers’ Day – What’s it all about?

Mother’s Day is the contemporary version of the original name – ‘Mothering Sunday’. The occasion has a long history, which dates to as far back as the 1600′s. During that time, the poor used to send their children to work as domestic servants or trainees in the homes of the higher classes. Once a year, these children were given leave for a day, so that they could visit their Mother Church as well as their own mother.

Mothering Sunday is not a fixed day because it is always the middle Sunday in Lent (which lasts from Ash Wednesday to the day before Easter Sunday). This means that Mother’s Day in the UK will fall on different dates each year and sometimes even fall in different months. 

Mothering Sunday was also known as ‘Refreshment Sunday’, Pudding Pie Sunday (mmm like the sound of that!) or ‘Mid-Lent Sunday’. It was a day in Lent when the fasting rules were relaxed, in honour of the ‘Feeding of the Five Thousand’, a story in the Christian Bible.

Did you know?
Mothering Sunday is also sometimes know as Simnel Sunday because of the tradition of baking Simnel cakes. The Simnel cake is a fruit cake. A flat layer of marzipan is placed on top of the cake and is decorated with 11 marzipan balls representing the 12 apostles minus Judas, who betrayed Christ.

It was not eaten on Mothering Sunday because of the rules of Lent, instead it was saved until Easter. The word simnel probably derived from the latin word ‘simila’, meaning fine, wheaten flour from which the cakes were made.

 

 

 

KIMONO BEADS TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF JAPANESE TSUNAMI

Fable Trading Ltd, sole distributor of Trollbeads original charm bead jewellery in the UK and Ireland, has announced a donation of 50p from the sale of each limited edition Trollbeads Kimono bead towards helping victims of the Japanese tsunami.

Fable Trading responded immediately to the disaster appeal following the massive earthquake which hit the east coast of Japan on Friday, 11^th March 2011. It will donate monies raised to ShelterBox, a Cornish based international disaster relief charity which provides emergency shelter and lifesaving supplies for families around the world who are affected by disasters at the time when they need it the most. Visit www.shelterbox.org for more information.

Trollbeads six new limited edition Japanese glass Kimono beads were launched on 4^th March 2011 and Fable Trading has also guaranteed to donate retrospectively for all beads sold since the release, a total of £1500 to date. Created by Japanese designer, Nozomi Kaji, the beads are evocative of Japan, reflecting the colours and patterns of a traditional silk kimono. Each bead is priced at £26.

“We were very moved by the tragedy of the recent earthquake in Japan and wanted to do something positive to help the many thousands of people whose lives have been affected” said Sarah Morfoot, managing director of Fable Trading. “Trollbeads Kimono beads present a genuine opportunity for us to donate to ShelterBox, which is already on the ground in Sendai and ready to respond. We hope to raise enough money to pay for at least five ShelterBoxes which cost £590 each and contain vital items for disaster relief”

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