Quick question. Is it also a tradition in your country that you give odd number of flowers for a living person and an even number for dead at funerals? I know it's not everywhere, but how widespread?
Ive never been to a funeral, but I would have thought Id have heard that anyways. I know that in China you're supposed to give white flowers at funerals, but other than that I am ignorant of the traditions of funeral-flower-giving internationally :shrug:
never herd of that avatar but i do know that arangments in general are should be odd because odd numbers are more asetically pleasing than even
In Latvia heaven forbid you should give an even number of flowers to a person, that's like a death wish, and everybody notices that. Curiously enough in Lithuania that's the exact opposite.
I'm from the US, and I've never heard of that tradition. I'm probably not the best person to ask about flower etiquette, but I know they sell roses by the dozen, which they probably wouldn't do if even numbers were associated with death.
RubiksMaster is correct, here you can buy red roses either by the dozen or indervidually. red roses are ONLY given to lovers (that much i DO knowPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image!) so i doubt there is any specific rule here at least there are flowers which are specifically associated with funerals though, i belive white lillys are one of them but at my grandfathers funeral the arangment was 3 flowers which were aparently his favorites. i cant rember which ones they were though, i think they were some exotic african flower but im not sure. personally when i die i want roses because they are my favoritesPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image! i always by PB roses because a) it makes her know i love her and b) i get a bunch of roses in the house without any complaintsPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I always put one red rose on the coffin to be buried with the person who died. I've never heard of the number of flowers meaning anything at all.
Ok, so this appears to be a very regional tradition. So, if for some odd twist of fate you happen to be in Latvia, don't give anyone an even number of flowers, they would think you wish them dead.
In the United States, both a single rose and a dozen roses are very meaningful when given to both the living and dead. I assume this applies to all other flowers.
