That's interesting, Christopher; I had not realised that that was the
connection.
Chris
On 26 Mar 14, at 20:37, cm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> The "mother" connection is, after all, a reference to the 'Mother Church',
> not to humans in general or humans who have had offspring in particular.
> Mothers have just become associated with the celebration because they have a
> not dissimilar duty to bring up their children within the church. Many of the
> more traditional women churchgoers get very annoyed by the transfer of
> celebration to 'Mothers' Day'; where the apostrophe appears is the least of
> their concerns.
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