Talk:White Rose of York

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[edit] Symbol

The white rose of yorkshire was invented by the lancastrians to make the civil war sound prettier the actual symbol of the house of york was i belive a boar 195.188.173.98 11:26, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

I thought it was a sun.GordyB 21:12, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
No, the white rose of yorkshire was used to portray a seemingly nicer side of the war of the roses, but the actual symbol of the House of York was a white boar. The antagoinistic house of the red rose's symbol was of a red dragon.

User: Amanda C 11:08, 27 April 2008(MHS)

[edit] Leaves

The rose is supposed to stand on two leaves. Wikipedia has it standing on one leaf.BeeryUSA 2:02, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Its not supposed to stand on two, what makes you think it does? - Yorkshirian (talk) 23:22, 21 March 2008 (UTC)