Fans of Bombadil, Thanksgiving, U2, Mother's Day

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Tabouli" <tabouli at u...> wrote:

> Rita:
> > There was some American woman nothing better to do with 
her time than 
> lobby state legislatures and Congress to establish a Mother's 
Day holiday
> 
> I'm glad to hear that "Mothering Sunday" was actually a 
traditional thing: I was wincing in horror when I heard that 
Mother's Day was invented by Hallmark Cards.  Is there any truth 
to this rumour?  Was this American woman Mrs Hallmark, by any 
chance?

Her name was Anna Jarvis, and she was enraged by  the 
commercialization of Mother's Day. 
http://www.chron.com/content/interactive/special/holidays/97/mo
m/history.html
has more information -- you may need to cut and paste the link.

Pippin
Ta Ta Tabouli is a Bombadil fan
She writes witty verse
And she makes the lines scan