Roses - War Memorial
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Braw Lads Gathering 2014
Galashiels, UK. 28 June 2014
Braw Lads Gathering 2014
Roses Ceremony, The mixed roses from the old Town Cross are laid at the War Memorial, 2014 Braw Lad Gavin Young, 2014 Braw Lass Alice Mackay, Bearer of the Sod - Daniel Whitehead, Bearer of the Red Roses - Lucy Black, Bearer of the Stone - Ryan Mania , Bearer of the White Roses - Nicola Mackay. The ceremony of sod and stone (sasine) is enacted and red and white roses mingled on a base of thistles to commemorate the marriage of James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor.
(Photo: Rob Gray)
