Some of the facts connected with Mothering Sunday is as follows :

• It was firstly celebrated in England or Britain.
  
   
• It was celebrated there in the beginning of the 17th century.
  
   
• It was honored on the fourth Sunday in Lent
  
   
• From the beginning it was celebrated as a day when apprentices and servants were allowed to return to their homes.
  
   
• The purpose behind their returning was to visit their mothers and spend the day with them.
  
   
• The people returning to home usually brought some gift with them.
  
   
• The gift often used to be a "Mothering Cake", which is a kind of fruitcake or fruit-filled pastry that is also known as "Simnels".
  
   
• Gradually people started having family dinner on this day and later it became a tradition.
  
   
• During the Mothering Sunday celebrations a sweetened boiled cereal dish was often served at the family dinner, which was known as "Furmety".
  
   
• By the 19th century, the holiday had almost completely died out.
  
   
• But after World War II people started celebrating the "Mothering Sunday" once again.
  
   
• Later when American servicemen brought the customs, the commercial enterprises used it as an occasion for sales etc.
  
   
• Mothering Sunday is the "Mother's Day" in Britain.