Just curious...what does the white rose of Scotland mean??...what's the significance, pardon the ignorance.

Answer 1

The white rose is a flower like a small dog-rose bush with big, white, single flowers that grows on poor soil, often near the sea as the only shrub, an example of hardiness thriving in the worst of conditions. Scottish poets have used it as a national symbol since Culloden and before.

Answer 2

Hi im from Scotland, ive lived here all my life but i have never heard of the white rose of Scotland. If it exists i must be ignorant. The traditional flower of Scotland is the thistle. Sorry i cant be of any help but i would be interested to know the answer.

Answer 3

Oh wee white rose of Scotland
Susanne Ferguson - 1986


Oh wee white rose of Scotland tell tae me
When wad ye rise and bloom wi fient a thorn
When wad ye rise up haill and straucht and free
Nae mair tae dwine forfochten and forlorn


Oh wad ye rise and scent the air again
Wi blossom blithe on branches noo abrede
Tae gar this land pit life in ye I'd spend
My warldis gear tae bring ye some remeid


Oh no this land's a kindly nurse tae me
It is the sky wi mirk is sair owercast
Thir days o dule they will only ended be
When fae a new airt blaws a fresher blast


When charity shall stand in Scotland's tongue
For leal and soothfu band wi aa that lives
When riches are nae mair the work o wrang
But shall requite the ane that freest gives


When Scotland's great are they wha kindest can
Lift ithers' loads tae gie their spirits room
Then wi a glad upspringin til the sun
The winds o aa the world I shall perfume

Answer 4

I'm of the Scottish land and i have no knowledge of the White Rose there is how ever white heather and white thistles and in some soldiers bonnets there is a white hackle some are white dyed red representing blood spilt in honour of the regiment.

Answer 5

Dinnae forget the glossary Gypsy...


hail = whole
fient = hardly
straucht = straight
dwine = dwindle
forfochten = worn out
abrede = spread
tae gar = to make
warldis = all the world
remeid = relief
mirk = darkness
thir = these
dule = misery
leal = loyal
soothfu = truthful

Answer 6

I am not sure I have interpreted your question correctly.
The official emblem of Scotland is the thistle.
There is a Rose clan in Scotland, but the white rose is usually regarded as the historical emblem of Yorkshire. The white rose is said to be a symbolism for the Virgin Mary called "the mystical rose in heaven", and a sign of stalwartness and purity.
However, intrigued by the reactions to my answer, I did some research which unveiled fascinating facts of which I was unaware , such a the presence of a white rose on Bonnie Prince Charlie's flag at the battle of Culloden (i.e. the Jacobite emblem). Also that members of the Scottish National party wear a white rose at the state opening of parliament.
I also found a lovely poem by Hugh Diarmid:
"The rose of all the world is not for me
I want only for my part
only the white rose of Scotland
that smells so sharp and so sweet-and breaks the heart."

Though you did not post it as a title, if what you actually wanted was the meaning of the Folk song composed by Sileas for the S.Ferguson poem, clarifications appear in the above entries.

Thank you for a stimulating question. I apologise to the Scots for not knowing that they had two national symbols.

Answer 7

Best I can do - Try this link. thescotsman.scotsman.com/critique.cfm?

That's it. Good Luck

Answer 8

It was the Jacobite emblem.

Answer 9

great question.dont know.allthough i thought the flower [BLUEBELL]was or still is the nation emblem of SCOTLAND

Answer 10

They stole it of the English