[MR] Poppies

[David Stewart]

Blue "forget-me-nots" were used during WWII to identify some groups, such as
Freemasons, who were also persecuted by the Nazis.  You'll still see some
members wearing tiny metal versions of them these days.  (Mine's in a drawer
somewhere.)

Dubhghall mac Donnchaidh


On 11/13/07, Elspeth Payne <ebpayne at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Poppies were a symbol of WWI specifically, so no, you don't see them much
> any more.  They do tug at my heart.  Once I saw a blue tissue poppie, for
> remembrance, but that doesn't seem to have caught on.
>
> Sorcha na Preachain
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