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Grave Carvings - Symbolism

Rooster  - wakening, courage and vigilance

Rose - love, beauty, hope, unfailing love, associated with the Virgin Mary, the "rose without thorns."

Shamrock  - Symbol of the Trinity and Saint Patrick

Shattered urn  - Old age, mourning if draped

Shell  - Birth and resurrection

Skeleton - Life's brevity

Snake in a circle  - Everlasting life in Heaven

Square and Compass -Often has the letter "G" in the middle - Freemasons

Star of David  - The God

Swallow - Motherhood

Thistle  - Scotland, symbol of earthly sorrow and sin

Torch  - Eternal life if upturned, death if extinguished

Tree trunk  - The beauty of life

Triangle - Truth, equality and the trinity

Tulip - Symbol of charity and the declaration of love.

Urn with serpent - Immortality

Vase, draped - vessel for the soul

Weeping willow - Mourning, grief

Wild rose  - Symbol of love and the love of our Lord.


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