The Beauforts Re: reverse dictionary (was: "Herb - Now Aluminum")

[Carol]

Carol wrote:
> 
> > I wear my roses white, meaning, I'm a Yorkist.)

Catlady replied: 
> Can someone give me a mnemonic device to remember which is red and
which is white? I keep being confused being York and red are the
shorter words and Lancaster and white are the longer words.
>
Carol:
No mnemonic, but Richard's symbols were the white rose of York and the
white boar, which I already explained stands for Ebor(acum) = York. 

Here's a link to the Richard III Society's brief introduction to the
Wars of the Roses:

http://www.richardiii.net/ (I hate that portrait of Richard but I
don't want to confuse you with an irrelevant link to a better one.)

Maybe this link to the flag of Yorkshire will help by creating a
visual memory:

http://www.fahnenversand.de/fotw/images/g/gb-en-ys.gif

Carol, who hopes to visit York some day