“May love and laughter bless your days and warm your heart and home…” is an Irish blessing that has been cited in print since at least 1994. Authorship is unknown. The saying has been printed on many images.
Newspapers.com
17 March 1994, La Crosse (WI) Tribune, pg. A-2, col. 2 ad:
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam,
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May shopping at Quillin’s bring
the best to you and yours!
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Have a nice day! March 17, 1996
Jeanne-Mance Bavington
Mar 18, 1996, 3:00:00 AM
Have a nice day !—- Every day ! Sunday, March 17, 1996
An Irish blessing…
May love and laughter bless your days
and warm your heart and home
May good and faithful friends be yours
Wherever you may roam
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures
May all life’s passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours.
Newspapers.com
9 April 2000, Fort Pierce (FL) Tribune, pg. A9, cols. 3-4:
An Irish blessing: May love and laughter light your days and warm your heart and home. May good and faithful friends be yours wherever you may roam. May peace and plenty bless your world with joy that long endures. May all life’s passing seasons bring the best to you and yours.
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From Me To You
oldtrout
Jan 1, 2007, 10:51:42 AM
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An Old Irish Blessing
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life’s passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours!
IrishCentral
WATCH: An old Irish blessing for love and laughter
This old Irish blessing begins “May love and laughter light your days and warm your heart and home.”
IrishCentral Staff @IrishCentral
Sep 04, 2017
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An Irish blessing for love and laughter
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life’s passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours!
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Cleopatra the English Bulldog
@Catsemail
May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world with joy that long endures.
May all life’s passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours!
Éirinn go Brách🇮🇪
7:50 AM · Mar 17, 2023
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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