New home prints
Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin
There is no place like home.
The ancestor of “no place like home”, with the literal hearth still in it. The obvious housewarming print, and the right one.
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.
- Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féinThere is no place like home.Recommended: There is no hearth like your own. The ancestor of “no place like home”, with the literal fireplace still in it. The obvious housewarming print, and the right one.Dictionary-sourced
- Go maire tú is go gcaithe tú éMay you live to enjoy it and wear it.The traditional words for handing over anything new. Said freely of a house. Choose it when the print IS the housewarming gift, given at the door.Dictionary-sourced
- Go gcuire Dia rath ortMay God prosper you.May God prosper you, a blessing on the household, short and pronounceable at a threshold. Choose it when you want a blessing said at the door rather than a proverb about it.Dictionary-sourced
- Is teann gach madra ag a dhoras féinEvery dog is bold at his own door.Every dog is bold at his own door. Choose it for the friend whose new house has gone slightly to their head. The funny one, and it knows it.Dictionary-sourced
- Céad míle fáilteA hundred thousand welcomes.A hundred thousand welcomes: the welcome itself. Choose it when the print is for the hall that greets people rather than for the householders themselves.Dictionary-sourced
- Tús maith leath na hoibreWell begun is half done.A good start is half the work. Choose it for the move itself: anyone mid-unpacking needs to hear it.Dictionary-sourced
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