Name that House

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I once received a letter simply addressed
Macmillan
Wicklow
Ireland

Given that I was the only one in the county it probably didn't pose too much of a puzzle to an Post.

[Spc. Scott]

Many of the houses along a lake near where I grew up were named. I dont think that the names were ever incorporated into the address of the house though.

I once received a letter simply addressed
Macmillan
Wicklow
Ireland

Given that I was the only one in the county it probably didn't pose too much of a puzzle to an Post.

Sort of a "me too"...
My grandmother once received a card from one of my cousins that was addressed
Grandma
RR1
Troy, PA

We could not believe that it had gotten there with no name or zip code.

[The Wizard of BC]

When Bobbie and I bought our house here in Victoria it had been known as "The Rockport Tourist Lodge" since 1959.

We decided to keep the name.

[Piper]

In a related vein, my bride and I participate in black powder "Rendezvous". Some of these encampments are fairly large, almost small, temporary villages. Several of the camps set up by longtime participants are named (Groundhog Lodge, No Name City, etc). We've finally come up with a name for our camp, but I need a bit of help from one of the Gaelic speakers on the forum. What would be the Gaelic for "Mousetrap Lodge (or House)"? The name came about from a process that didn't involve mice at all, but unfortunately, is not fodder for a family forum.

[Arlen]

It's actually very, very common for the housed to be named in Scotland. Even in the cities most actual houses, especially the older ones, will be named.
In Glasgow they often have the names carved on the sandstone gate pillars.

One thing that does amuse a lot of people in Scotland is when foreigners will ask for the Gaidhlig name of their own house which just happens to be called 'Little house.'
Well, wouldn't you know it but that's the literal translation of the Gaidhlig term for 'Toilet.'

[Phil]

The funniest house name I ever saw was in Glasgow (this is true), a bungalow on Paisley Road West at Cardonald, called "OORAIN". A translation for non-Glaswegians is "our own". They had obxiously paid off the mortgage and wanted everyone to know.

[beloitpiper]

Teach Chearc Hen House, cearc is feminine so the 'c' is aspirated. The Scottish Gaelic form is identical to the Irish.
Cúb Eiteoige Chicken Coop. The Scottish Gaelic form is almost the same: Cùb Eiteoige.

Damn, I forgot the aspiration! Ah well, I'm still learning.

[macwilkin]

Not quite the same thing, but when I was into Civil War reenacting, the shelter/dog tent I shared with another fellow was named "Sanssouci" after Frederick the Great's summer palace at Potsdam -- we actually found a reference to a Union soldier who named his tent with this name.

Civil War soldiers would frequently name their tents and cabins in winter quarters, complete with signs above the threshold.

Regards,

Todd

[Tartan Hiker]

I don't think that there is a house in Montreat, NC that doesn't have a name. Then again, Montreat was founded and populated by Presbyterians wtih names like Anderson and MacCallum.

But my own home in east Asheville doesn't have a name! This will have to be remedied!

[ThistleDown]

Damn, I forgot the aspiration! Ah well, I'm still learning.

Thanks BP and Slohairt. I'm looking at restoring a former hen house in Inverness-shire and, since it is now known only as "the hen house", thought I could either keep that name or translate it to the Gaelic. Probably, in the end, it will stay as it is. Sort of appropriate for a falconer, isn't it .

The Wizard offered a couple of pics of his former guest house in Victoria on Vancouver Island. The following is my place, ThistleDown, on the BC mainland.