Rooster - wakening, courage and vigilance
Rose - love, beauty, hope, unfailing love, associated with the Virgin Mary, the "rose without thorns."
- A red rose symbolizes martyrdom and a white rose symbolizes purity and virginity.
- Whether the rose is a bud, flower or somewhere in between indicates how old the person was at the time of death
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.
