Family prints
Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine
We live in one another's shelter.
People live in one another’s shelter: the sentence a family is. Read at weddings and funerals alike because it is about neither: it is about this.
The phrases this page offers
The same set the composer’s “Change phrase” link lists. Each wording quoted from a cited source, each with the reason it fits.
- Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoineWe live in one another's shelter.Recommended: People live in one another’s shelter: the sentence a family is. Read at weddings and funerals alike because it is about neither: it is about this.Dictionary-sourced
- Ní neart go cur le chéileThere is strength in unity.Strength in pulling together: the family motto that needs no crest. Choose it when the piece should be short enough to last a few generations of walls.Dictionary-sourced
- An té a bhuailfeadh mo mhadra bhuailfeadh sé mé féinWhoever strikes my dog strikes me.Whoever strikes my dog strikes me: where the boundary of a family runs, dog included. Choose it for the household whose loyalty has a sense of humour.Dictionary-sourced
- Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féinThere is no place like home.No hearth like your own. Choose it when the family print is really about the house the family fills.Dictionary-sourced
- Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh síPraise the young and they will flourish.Praise the young and they will flourish. Genuine advice about raising someone, with none of the usual proverb pessimism. Choose it for a family in the thick of that work, or for a nursery wall.Dictionary-sourced
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