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by pmg101 37 days ago
Fourth Sunday in Lent or something, very easy to forget it!
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beardyw 37 days ago
Yes, it pre-dates the gift card (and gift) industry. I seem to recall being told it was to allow servants to go home to see their mothers. See how vaguely I framed that.
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pmg101 32 days ago
Nothing to do with mothers, wasn't it something to do with visiting your "mother church", the church where you were baptised?
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