Rose Tag

As per the definition in the Wenching Glossary, the time-honored RenFest pastime of Rose Tag is really quite simple; to play, one must send a rose to a person with explicit instructions to perform a particular act (the more embarrassing, the better), hence the “tag”.

If that person chooses to decline the Rose Tag, then the sender gets a point and the sendee is considered a weak-willed, insecure weiner with no social standing remaining in their pitiful, repressed little life and should hang their head in shame as they go home to slap their mother for raising them the way they did.

If, however, the person accepts the “tag” and fulfills the particularly embarrassing task or activity (and is not in police custody), then the sendee must “tag” someone else (besides the original sender) to hope to garner a point for themselves. That person is then free to “tag back” the first sender for revenge of the first sendee (if so desired) and so on. This is the “share the wealth” aspect of Rose Tag; you can’t directly gain retribution, but someone else can get it for you (Just one, big, incestuous family!)

The Significance & Meaning of the Different Rose Colors
RED. . . .True Love
PINK. . . .Passion
ORANGE. . . .Lust
PURPLE. . . .Fantasy
WHITE. . . .Purity of Intention, Loyalty
YELLOW. . . .Friendship, Forget-Me-Not (Jealousy if sent by a wench to a wench)

Specialty Combinations
WHITE, RED FRINGE. . . . .Corrupted Innocence
YELLOW, REDFRINGE....Corrupted Friendship (These bones were made for jumpin’)
BLACK (Really Dark). . . .Emotion, Change of Heart (You Oughta Know.)

Fixin's
WHIPCREAM (on top of any) This could be you! (it’s a dessert topping and a floor polish)
FLAMING* Self-explanatory, really
BLACK (Dyed)* Intense, Premeditated Malice (Avoid dark alleys, bucko)
BROKEN* Intense, spontaneous malice (Drop dead at my feet, you prong)
DEAD* The Ultimate of disdain (Bugger off; you mean nothing to me)
*Be warned that any True Roseperson will never deliver these.

Some Helpful Reminders:
Rose Persons Are Exempt During Faire Hours .

1. The same Rose Person must be used during a “tag back”, unless:
   1. The rose person looks about to succumb to heat exhaustion
   2. The Rose Person has no clue what’s going on
   3. You absolutely must use a rose color that the Rose person does not have and cannot find,
2. Don’t dish it out if you can’t take it. Nobody likes a thorny loser.
3. Be original. If not that, then be EVIL.
4. Treat your rose person well. If they are well, then the tag will go much better.