History of Mother's Day

Part 1

Skill level: Easy

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1. The custom of honouring	their "_______ church".
mothers may have	REFRESHMENT
begun thousands of	BAPTIZED
years ago when the	MOTHER
ancient people of '______'	8. Many _______ would
worshipped _____ who	return home and visit
was considered to be	their families, especially
the mother of all gods.	their mothers at this time.
PHRYGIA	SERVANTS
CYBELE	9. A special food known
2. Sometime later,	as the "mothering ____"
connections to Mother's	might have been
Day could be traced	brought on their trip.
back to ancient ______.	CAKE
GREECE	10. As Christianity spread
3. This custom was a pagan	throughout Europe,
______ celebration	the festival changed
in honour of the	to honour the "Mother
mother of gods known	______", the spiritual
as _____.	power that gave them
SPRING	life and protected them.
RHEA	This was later blended
4. Early Christians also	with "Mothering Sunday".
held a __________	CHURCH
festival in honour of	11. _____ _____ _____
_____ the mother of	(name) first suggested
______.	Mother's Day as a day
SPRINGTIME	of _____ in 1872.
MARY	JULIA
JESUS	WARD
5. During the 1600's	HOWE
_______ celebrated	PEACE
a day called ________	12. What country did
_______, one of the	she live in?
first known observances	UNITED STATES
of Mother's Day.	13. What famous song
ENGLAND	did this person write
MOTHERING	the lyrics to?
SUNDAY	_____ ____ of the
6. During this time period,	_______
this day was often	BATTLE
celebrated on the ______	HYMN
Sunday during _____.	REPUBLIC
FOURTH	14. She was so appalled
LENT	by the carnage of the
7. This custom possibly	______- ______ War,
originated from the	fought between Germany
Christian festival at	and France, that she
that time known as	called for mothers to
__________ Sunday,	cry out against the
in which people were	death of human life.
expected to visit the	FRANCO
church they were	PRUSSIAN
______ at, known as

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