The fox with the red rose

Posted by Joe on April 17, 2009 at 17:33

In Reply to: The fox with the red rose posted by Jan on April 17, 2009 at 10:39:

: Hi, could you please tell me the meaning of the phrase "beware of the fox with the red rose"?

Red Rose. A popular designation of the house of Lancaster, from its emblem, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - Reference - 2006 - 1180 pages

The Red Rose of Lancaster was, says Camden, the accepted badge of Edmund ... of
the Duke of Richmond (Lady Carolina Lennox) ran away with Mr. Henry Fox then it refers to "The Holland Arms" in Kennsington which has a fox with a rose in its mouth...

rather abscure but it is what turns up when you search with "red rose" and fox and Lancaster