House Blessing and Month of Pumpkin

Okay, now that we're all caught up...  :)

   As I said a couple of posts below, my family and I just made the move from North Carolina to Maryland so things are all over the place. Financially and job-wise this will be a good thing for us. We will finally be able to buy our own home and have a great place for our daughter, Rayne, to grow up in.

   So I'd like to share a few Irish house blessings I found. Any of these can be used as well plaques on your walls, card designs or even recite one or two while smudging the new place. (Which I intend to do for ours).

Irish Blessings

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May you always be blessed

with walls for the wind

a roof for the rain

a warm cup of tea by the fire

laughter to cheer you

those you love near you

and all that yourheart might desire.



GOD BLESS THE CORNERS OF THIS HOUSE

AND BE THE LINTEL BLESSED

  AND BLESS THE HEARTH

AND BLESS THE BOARD

AND BLESS EACH PLACE OF REST

BLESS EACH DOOR THAT OPENS WIDE

STRANGERS AND TO KIN

  AND BLESS EACH CRYSTAL WINDOWPANE 

THAT LETS THE SUNSHINE IN.

AND BLESS THE ROOFTREE OVERHEAD

AND EVERY STURDY WALL.

THE PEACE OF MAN,

THE PEACE OF GOD,

THE PEACE OF LOVE TO ALL.

(Of course, this one can be altered to read "Gods" or perhaps a particular god/dess of your choosing) 

 St. Brigid's Blessing:
May Brigid bless the house where in you dwell.
Bless every fireside every wall and door.
Bless every heart that beats beneath its roof.
Bless every hand that toils to bring it joy.
Bless every foot that walks its portals through.
May Brigid bless the house that shelters you."

   And of course, today's Month of Pumpkin for Sunday:

Make granola: Mix 2 cups of oats and 1/4 cup each of pumpkin seeds, maple syrup and oil; bake at 350 degrees, stirring, for 20 minutes.

Tomorrow I will post the monthly Luibh and Seoid pages. This month they are Sage and Hematite. Happy Sunday