During the 16th century, on the fourth Sunday of Lent, people in the UK used to attend a service in their ‘mother church’ - the main church or cathedral of the area. This was either the church where you were baptised, or the local parish church or more often the nearest cathedral. Anyone who did this was commonly said to have gone "a-mothering"
In later times, ‘Mothering Sunday’ became a day when domestic servants were given a day off to visit their mother church, usually with their own mothers and other family members. Children and young people who would pick wild flowers along the way to place in the church or give to their mothers. Eventually, the religious event evolved into the Mothering Sunday tradition of giving gifts to mothers.
Mother's Day gift ideas and inspiration always comes in the shape of food and drink in our house - I have trained my children well!
From a huge selection of Scottish Craft gins - over 100 bottles and counting - to decadent truffles and monthly Cheese Box subscriptions, if your mum is a lover of food and drink then we have a gift that she'll love.
We can send by national courier to anywhere in Mainland UK - to ensure delivery for Mother's Day I'd encourage you to order by Monday 4th March.
Check out some of our tasty ideas for Mother's Day below, or click through to view the full selection.
Prepare for your mouth to water as you hear all about the Sea Salt and Caramel Truffles from the masters of chocoldate themselves. And just to add to your yearning, we can confirm that their Marc de Champagne Truffles are every bit as delicious!
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