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Rose Petal Giftbag

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Price: £6.00

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The rose has always been valued for its beauty and has a long history of symbolism. The ancient Greeks and Romans identified the rose with their goddesses of love referred to as Aphrodite and Venus. In Rome a wild rose would be placed on the door of a room where secret or confidential matters were discussed. The phrase sub rosa, or "under the rose", means to keep a secret — derived from this ancient Roman practice.
Early Christians identified the five petals of the rose with the five wounds of Christ. Despite this interpretation, their leaders were hesitant to adopt it because of its association with Roman excesses and pagan ritual. The red rose was eventually adopted as a symbol of the blood of the Christian martyrs. Roses also later came to be associated with the Virgin Mary.
Rose culture came into its own in Europe in the 1800s with the introduction of perpetual blooming roses from China. There are currently thousands of varieties of roses developed for bloom shape, size, fragrance and even for lack of prickles. Roses are ancient symbols of love and beauty. Roses are so important that the word means pink or red in a variety of languages (such as French, Italian, English, Greek and Polish).
Numerous traditions and much folklore surrounds the Rose Petal. One such belief was that red rose petals placed in a red velvet bag and pinned under your clothes would attract love. Fresh Rose Petals are frequently thrown at wedding ceremonies, a tradition dating from the middle ages, when they were also used to decorate the bride's hair. The colours of wedding rose petals are often chosen to match the bridesmaid's dresses. They can also be used to decorate floral walkways at the reception and as table decorations.

It is said that the throwing of wedding rose petals and confetti, rather than rice, began in 1988, when Ann Landers invented the story of birds exploding after eating dried rice in order to discourage the throwing of rice at weddings. This, of course, is nonsense, otherwise there would be few birds left in China! It is more likely that because dried rice is very slippery when trodden upon, in today’s society confetti and rose petals were considered safer.

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May 2008