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Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May and is a family holiday in Sweden. And in Spain, Mother's Day is celebrated on 8th December. It is celebrated to honor Mother Mary.
In Yugoslavia, Mother’s Day is known as ‘Materitse’, ‘Materice’ and on this day, there is a strange trend of children tying up their mother, releasing her only when she has given them sweets or other goodies.
In France, Mother’s Day is referred to as ‘Fete des Meres’.
Eve is considered as the ‘Mother of All the Living’ in the Bible.
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We all know that Mother Earth is also known by the term—Terra Firma. This term is a Latin translation of some of the lines from Homer’s greatest poems.
In Britain, around five hundred years ago, there was a Mother called Mother Shipton. This mother was a Prophetess and could see future. In fact, it was she who predicted that another Queen Elizabeth would sit on the throne of England (Queen Elizabeth II).
Do you know that ancient Egyptians considered cats to be sacred animals and that that ‘Bast’ was the mother of all cats on Earth?
An amazing fact about Mother’s Day Trivia is that all the Chinese family names begin with a sign that means—mother. This is a great way to pay tribute to their mothers who have passed away.
In Hinduism, Hindu scripture acknowledges the Great Mother—Kali Ma, with the invention of writing through alphabets, pictographs and beautiful sacred images.
The most interesting and engrossing Mother’s Day Trivia is about the Youngest Mother. Lina Medina is the historical youngest mother who delivered 6½-pound boy by cesarean section in Lima, Peru in 1939, at an age of 5 years and 7 months. The child brought up as a brother until at the age of 10, he came to know the lady was his mother.
Another fact is from India where a 65-year-old schoolteacher—Satyabhama Mahapatra gave birth to a baby boy on 9th April 2003. She was authenticated as the Oldest Mother.
Dgreetings.com offers you some of the exciting and wonderful Mother’s Day Trivia for you to read and enjoy. In fact, the number fact continues. You can share these facts with your friends and family members too.
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