Paisley Place (tea by the lake)

04/07/2023

🇮🇪 Good Friday traditions in Ireland 🐇

✝️ Fasting - Today is the most serious day of fasting from the Lenten calendar. Some devoutly Catholic will not eat until midday and even then will only have a piece of bread and three sips of water, honoring the Holy Trinity.

✝️ Cutting your hair and trimming your finger and toe nails.

✝️ Taking off your shoes when entering Church.

✝️ Remaining quiet from noon until 3pm.

✝️ Visiting holy wells and graveyards. All water from holy wells have curative properties on Good Friday.

✝️ Planting a few crop seeds to bring a blessings on all your crops.

✝️ A child born on Good Friday and baptized on Easter Sunday will have the gift of healing. It was thought that boys born and baptized on these days should enter the ministry. Those who die on Good Friday go straight to heaven.

✝️ Chicken's eggs laid on Good Friday are marked with a cross. Each member of the household eats one Easter Sunday. And chicks hatched on Good Friday will be healthy.

04/07/2023

03/18/2021

Turning back time..

03/18/2021

Turning back time, our teashop in Montague, Mi..☘

03/18/2021

Didn't realize our former Teashop photos were still online..

10/20/2018

Paisley Place,tea by the lake, has a beautiful new home at Sweet Annie's at 8701 Ferry St in Montague, Mi..It's a beautiful store owned by a truly sweet lady, Angela Pope Heur.
Stop by and check out all the unique, items offered by local talented people.
Saturday, October 20 is the last chance to win prizes and sample tasties during the Depot to Depot Fall tour. Hope to see you there.. 🍁

07/22/2016

Hello friends, it's wonderful to see that Paisley Place is still getting visitors on our page, however Paisley Place is no longer in business and this page will be no more in 7 days. We have sold our historic building at 4578 Dowling St in Montague and it is currently undergoing a major renovation under directions of new owners Mary Payne, and son, Michael. It was not easy to leave Paisley Place after almost 15 years, but we are excited to see (as you will be) the new changes and new energies making their contributions and dreams come true in beautiful dear Montague.

08/30/2014

The following is a poem I found an a paper inside an old book on the opening day of Paisley Place in 2002. I have discovered since it comes from STREAMS IN THE DESSERT. As autumn approaches it is word that expresses that need for a contemplative season in ones life:
I need wide spaces in my heart where faith and I can come apart
and grow serene.
Life gets so choked by busy living,
Kindness so lost in fussy giving,
That love slips by unseen.

I want to make a quiet place where those I love can see God's face,
Can stretch their hearts across the earth,
And understand what spring is worth,
Can count the stars, watch violets grow,
And learn what birds and children know.

08/18/2014

According to the Australian Daily Telegraph this week, more and more men are now flocking to the art of knitting. Whilst the traditional Aran Sweater was originally handmade by the women of the Islands to protect the fishermen who braved the rough Irish seas, this ritual has evolved throughout the centuries.Today the garment is made by both men and women who are both equally as passionate about the craft, but still inspired by it's treasured heritage and the original women of the Aran Islands.

We would love to hear from anyone that enjoys a stitch or two to tell us what you love most about the craft of knitting and where you get your inspiration from?

Browse our very own selection of knitting patterns and kits here:
http://www.aransweatermarket.com/knitting/knitting-wool-and-patterns

04/16/2014

Could have been here with our tea friends in January visiting the beautiful plantations instead of being buried in snow in Michigan- need to sell LOTS more tea ! However, tomorrow the sun will shine and we will be warmed by our tea and it will be almost as nice as being in Sri Lanka......almost. Just received our new tea catalog filled with every tempting tea you can imagine. Excited to place our order for the upcoming season. What are your favorites?

Tea & Scenic Tour of Sri Lanka January 2014

04/04/2014

New Loom Gallery at Paisley Museum Opened in Honour of Former Mill Girl Ellen Farmer MBE.

A new gallery has been created in Paisley Museum housing the looms associated with the manufacturing of the Paisley Shawls. The Loom Gallery in Paisley Museum will be officially opened on Friday 28 March 2014, with the unveiling of a plaque dedicated to Ellen Farmer MBE, founder of the Paisley Development Association, Old Paisley Society and a key driving force behind Sma’ Shot cottages and the Thread Mill Museum.

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