[Ads-l] Antedating of "Mother's Day" (Welfare Check)

[Shapiro, Fred]

Mother's Day (OED, 2., 1979)

1965 Independent (Richmond, Cal.) 16 Apr. 1/3 (Newspapers.com)

All they know is that each month the paternalistic State sends a social welfare check.  This, in the parlance of the welfare recipients, is known as "Mother's Day," the day the welfare check arrives.

Fred Shapiro

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