1. Mother’s Day Researched via: http://wikipedia.org http://wikipedia.org Student Name: Odiri Igbayo Date: 5/6/10

2. Historical Antecedents: Lamberts thought this day emerged from a custom of mother worship in ancient Greece, which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of Greek gods. {Encyclopedia Britannica|(1959)Vol. 15,p. 849}

3. Dates Around the World: February 14 - Norway March 14 - Ireland, Nigeria, United Kingdom March 3 - Georgia March 8 - Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Laos, Macedonia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Ukraine. The date coincides with the International Women's Day. March 21 (first day of spring) - Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Syria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Palestinian Territories, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Sudan, Saudi Arabia March 25 - Slovenia April 7 - Armenia May 2 (first Sunday in May) - Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain May 8 - South Korea, Albania (Parents' Day)

4. Why do we celebrate the Mother’s Day? We celebrate mother's day to honor the hardwork that our mother does in our lives

5. My Message to my mom… HAPPY MOTHERS DAY AND MANY MORE TO COME

6. Mom, Thank you for… Mom thank you for sheltering feeding and caring for me the day I have lived!