Religion
Blessing of House
Translated by Alexander Carmichael (1900) · From Carmina Gadelica, vol. I (1900): Invocations
Religion
God bless the house,
From site to stay,
From beam to wall,
From end to end,
From ridge to basement,
From balk to roof-tree,
From found to summit,
Found and summit.
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Codex Note
Gaelic: Beannachadh Taighe. Carmina Gadelica I, no. 45, Invocations.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Blessing of House.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/44/.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Blessing of House.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/44/.
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