Eldin Raigmore wrote:
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> On Mon, 15 May 2006 07:01:45 +0100, R A Brown <ray@...>
> wrote:
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>>Yes, we have "Mother's Day" in the UK as well, but not on the second
>>Sunday in May.
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>>Over here it was long ago mixed up with "Mothering Sunday" and Mother's
>>Day is celebrated n the 4th Sunday of Lent (i.e. 3 weeks before Easter)
>>- so it's a variable feast.
>
> What they used to call "a moveable feast"?
OOps! a senior moment on my part. I meant to write "moveable feast".
>
>>This year it was 26th March.
>
> Thanks; that's useful information. I'm going to copy that date down.
In 2007 it will 18th March (Easter is 8th April)
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>>But attempts to introduce other things like Grandmother's Day, etc have
>>so far not generally caught on.
>
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>
> Grandmothers, along with aunts, are all feted on Mothers' Day.
That, in fact, is what happens over here also - even mothers-in-law get
feted on Mother's Day ;)
Likewise Granddads, uncle's etc will be feted on Father's Day. But it
hasn't stopped the commercial guys from trying to introduce separate
days for these different relatives (and others - I get the impression
that some card-maker's would like a special day each week), but they
haven't caught on.
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Ray
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