Lá Altaithe - Thanksgiving Day!

Here's wishing all our friends and visitors to Irishpage.com during the past year a warm Thanksgiving Holiday: Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin! or as mischief would have it: Níl aon tointinn mar do thointinn féin! - We hope you caught the difference between those 2 proverbs! ... Vivian and Jack.

Biachlár - Menu
Greadóga - Appetizers
ribe róibéis shrimp cáis cheese
manglam toradh fruit cocktail anraith glasraí vegetable soup
sailéad salad anlann sailéid salad dressing

Idirchursa [Cead Isteach] - Entré
turcaí turkey súlach gravy
mónóga cranberries prátai potatoes
búiste stuffing tornapa turnip
pis peas arán arbhair corn bread

Milseog - Dessert
pióg puimcín pumpkin pie uachtar reoite ice cream
pióg úlla apple pie piseanna talún peanuts
ciste seacláid chocolate cake sú talún strawberry

Deochanna - Beverages
caife gaelach Irish coffee braon tae a drop of tea
bainne milk muga ceirtlise mug of cider
seacláid te hot chocolate fíon bán white wine

Iarfhocal - Epilogue
Thanksgiving Day, being an American tradition, has no "native" term in Irish. However, both lá buíochais and lá altaithe mean a "day of thanksgiving". However, while buíochas means thanks, gratitude ... altú means thanksgiving (to God) and is probably more appropriate to the true meaning of Thanksgiving Day. The verb altaigh means "give thanks (to God)"; the verbal noun, thanksgiving, is altú, of which the genitive is altaithe. Altaigh also has the meaning of saying grace at meals. ... Epilogue courtesy of Brad Wilson

Buíochas le Día!
Courtesy of Vivian and Jack, IrishPage.com 2000.
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