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Mother's Day  n.  A day appointed for the honor and uplift of motherhood by the loving remembrance of each person of his mother through the performance of some act of kindness, visit, tribute, or letter. The founder of the day is Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, who designated the second Sunday in May, or for schools the second Friday, as the time, and a white carnation as the badge.






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"Mother's Day" Quotes from Famous Books



... folks were going to take the Brandon house this summer; and so you are the ones? It's a sightly old place; I used to go and see Miss Katharine. She must have left a power of china-ware. She set a great deal by the house, and she kept everything just as it used to be in her mother's day." ...
— Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches • Sarah Orne Jewett



Words linked to "Mother's Day" :   may, day



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