My mother would always insist it was not the commercial Mother’s Day (originally relating to Mother Church), but Mothering Sunday. Otherwise known as Refreshment Sunday, the mid-point of Lent, on which she would ‘refresh’ herself with a selection from a box of Black Magic chocolates.
My mother would always insist it was not the commercial Mother’s Day (originally relating to Mother Church), but Mothering Sunday. Otherwise known as Refreshment Sunday, the mid-point of Lent, on which she would ‘refresh’ herself with a selection from a box of Black Magic chocolates.