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Housewarming and Proverbs about One’s House

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

As you may already know, a housewarming is a party for someone who has just moved into a new home. Last month I wrote a little about housewarming traditions. Since then, I’ve discovered that many people are interested in learning more about housewarming traditions, gifts, sayings and poems.

I found some proverbs related to buying or having a house…

-One’s house, one’s castle.
-My house is my castle.
-The house shows the owner.
-Home is where the heart is.
-He that buys a house ready wrought, hath many a pin and nail for naught.
-Better one’s house too little one day, then too big all the year after.

I particularly like this French proverb…

A chaque oiseau, son nid est beau.

Meaning… To every bird, its own nest is beautiful.

If anyone’s aware of any other housewarming sayings, poems or traditions, please comment below.

Thanks!

Lisa

UPDATE: There’s one other saying I just remembered… Home, Sweet Home. My mother used to say this to me when I was a child, and we’d just get home. Now I say it to my children. I’ve seen it on signs that can be hung in the house.

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Housewarming Traditions in France and Around the World

Monday, July 10th, 2006

Joann wrote me…

I was wondering if the French have any traditions or special rituals for when someone buys new home.

I have found in the US a “new home blessing” with items that you would give to symbolize the blessing. Do the French have anything similar or something along those lines.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Jo-Ann

I asked Monique of Mama Lisa’s World en français about French housewarming traditions. Here’s what she said…

We usually invite friends for a party and we call that “pendre la crémaillère” , literally “to hang the trammel”. In the Middle Ages, the trammel was the last thing fixed in the house, so when it was hung, people could cook a meal to thank whoever had helped with the building of the house. Guests usually bring a present for the house, either individually, or else they chip in.

A trammel was an iron hook or rack with hooks, built into the chimney, and used for hanging kettles and cooking pots over the fire.

Please feel free to share information about housewarming customs or sayings where you live (in the comments below).

-Lisa

UPDATE: Come see a later post with some proverbs about having a house or about home.

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