Midrash for Sukkah 3:15

מְקַבֶּלֶת אִשָּׁה מִיַּד בְּנָהּ וּמִיַּד בַּעְלָהּ וּמַחֲזִירָתוֹ לַמַּיִם בְּשַׁבָּת. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, בְּשַׁבָּת מַחֲזִירִין, בְּיוֹם טוֹב מוֹסִיפִין, וּבַמּוֹעֵד מַחֲלִיפִין. קָטָן הַיּוֹדֵעַ לְנַעְנֵעַ, חַיָּב בַּלּוּלָב:

A woman may receive [the lulav] from the hand of her son or her husband, [and we do not say that she is moving something that is not fit for her], and she may return it to the water on the Sabbath [so that it not wither]. On the Sabbath, it may be returned, [having been taken thence that day; but water may not be added, and, it goes without saying, it may not be changed. On the festival water may be added (but it may not be replaced with colder water, this constituting "exertion to amend something"], and on Chol Hamoed (the intermediate days), it is [a mitzvah] to change the water. If a child knows how to shake the lulav, he is obligated in lulav [i.e., It is a rabbinic ordinance that he be trained in it.]

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