MOTHERING SUNDAY

Hello my children! How are you? Are you alright? I hope so!

Well, did you study about St. Patrick's Day? Gloria says it was easy ( I read your comment, Gloria! Thank You, I miss you too 😘 I miss you all 💓)

I have another festival for you! Here it is:

Mothering Sunday 👉 AUDIO

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Mums are traditionally given flowers ©

Mothering Sunday is the fourth Sunday of Lent. Although (sebbene) it's often called Mothers' Day, it has no connection with the American festival of that name.

Traditionally, it was a day when children, mainly (soprattutto) daughters, who (che)  worked as domestic servants had a day off (giorno di riposo) to visit their mother and family.

Today it is a day when children give presents, flowers, and home-made cards to their mothers.

History of Mothering Sunday

Most Sundays in the year believers in England worship (adorano) at their nearest parish ( la parrocchia più vicina), called 'daughter church'.

Centuries (secoli) ago it was considered important for people to return to their 'mother church' once a year. So each year in the middle of Lent, everyone visited their 'mother church' - the main church or cathedral of the area.

Inevitably, the return to the 'mother church' was an occasion for family reunions when children who were working away returned home. It was quite common in those (quei) days for children to leave (lasciare) home for work when they were ten years old.

Traditional foods

Mothering Sunday was also known as Refreshment Sunday because the fasting rules (regole del digiuno) for Lent were relaxed that day.

They also read the Gospel story from the New Testament of how Jesus fed  (diede da mangiare a ) five thousand people with only five small barley (orzo) loaves (pagnotte) and two small fish.

Simnel cake 👉Photo and recipe

The food specially associated with Mothering Sunday is the Simnel cake. A Simnel cake is a fruit cake with two layers (strati) of almond paste, one on top and one in the middle.

The cake is made with 11 balls of marzipan icing (pasta di zucchero) on top representing the 11 disciples. (Judas is not included.) Traditionally, sugar violets are also added (aggiunte).

Why Simnel?

The name Simnel probably comes from the Latin word simila which means a fine wheat (grano) flour usually used for baking a cake.

There's a legend that a man called Simon and his wife Nell argued (litigarono) over (riguardo a ) whether ( se) the cake for Mothering Sunday should be (dovrebbe essere) baked (infornato) or boiled. In the end they did both, so the cake was named after both of them: SIM-NELL.

HOMEWORK

Provate a tradurre ciò che riuscite a capire, scrivete il riassunto ( in italliano) su English Exercise book (don't forget to write the date) and draw a nice picture for MOTHERING SUNDAY!

See you next week! 💓💕💖💗💘

Mrs Grey