Mother’s Day

Mothering Sunday is the fourth Sunday of Lent. It is often called “Mothers’ Day”.

Traditionally, it was a day when children, mainly daughters, who had gone to work as domestic servants were given a day off to visit their mother and family.

It was quite common in those days for children to leave home for work once they were ten years old. On Mother’s Day, as they walked along the country lanes, children would pick wild flowers or violets to take to church or give to their mother as a small gift.

We decided to celebrate a Victorian style Mother’s Day this year. We dressed in Victorian costume and talked about what life might have been like in those days. We played Victorian ring games, which formed part of a child’s education in those days, and sang and played music from around this era.

Do you recognise any of these people? Maybe they are our ancestors!

Have a listen to some of our Victorian music.