Poppy etiquette
Discussion
Is it me or politicians and TV presenters in to some kind of arms race about who starts wearing thier poppies first? I'm sure they're all getting earlier and earlier every year. I usually get one about the start of November, is there any general etiquette as to when you should start wearing them.
Men wear it on left lapel. Ladies on right.Do any other countries do anything similar ?
I live in Norway now, a country that was occupied of course, and they seem to have things a bit more low key.
They remember the day the the war ended here, flags are out and all sorts. During the war the puppet government banned the national flag. Have a bit of a drive out of Oslo and you'll occasionally see Norwegian flags painted up on sheer cliff faces. These have never been allowed to fade and are touched up by folk in honour of the dare devils that went up and painted them under Nazi eyes.
I was in a Police station the other week, and they still have posters up asking for unregistered resistance firearms to be turned in.
I really must read up on WW2 history here, and visit the site of the Bluchers sinking :
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df...
Sorry for going a bit O/T.
I live in Norway now, a country that was occupied of course, and they seem to have things a bit more low key.
They remember the day the the war ended here, flags are out and all sorts. During the war the puppet government banned the national flag. Have a bit of a drive out of Oslo and you'll occasionally see Norwegian flags painted up on sheer cliff faces. These have never been allowed to fade and are touched up by folk in honour of the dare devils that went up and painted them under Nazi eyes.
I was in a Police station the other week, and they still have posters up asking for unregistered resistance firearms to be turned in.
I really must read up on WW2 history here, and visit the site of the Bluchers sinking :
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df...
Sorry for going a bit O/T.
Shaw Tarse said:
I think this came up last year. How early is too early?
And _white poppies_ WTF?
I'm still proud to wear my poppy with Pride.
We shall rember them
Bolivian marching And _white poppies_ WTF?
I'm still proud to wear my poppy with Pride.
We shall rember them
Poppies are red, always have been, always should be.
They signify the spilt blood of every last hero who fought for his, and her country, for their future, for our past and our future.
We owe them all, so much.
rearwheelsteerin said:
Shaw Tarse said:
I think this came up last year. How early is too early?
And _white poppies_ WTF?
I'm still proud to wear my poppy with Pride.
We shall rember them
Bolivian marching And _white poppies_ WTF?
I'm still proud to wear my poppy with Pride.
We shall rember them
Poppies are red, always have been, always should be.
They signify the spilt blood of every last hero who fought for his, and her country, for their future, for our past and our future.
We owe them all, so much.
The origin was in a poem, written by a Canadian Major at Ypres in 1915, which was published in England.
In Flanders’ Fields
In Flanders’ Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders’ Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders’ Fields.
An English woman wrote an answering poem and took to wearing a poppy to keep faith with the troops.
We Shall Keep The Faith
Oh! You who sleep in Flanders’ fields,
Sleep sweet – to rise anew;
We caught the torch you threw;
And holding high we kept
The faith with those who died.
We cherish, too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valour led.
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies,
But lends a lustre to the red
Of the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders’ Fields.
And now the torch and poppy red
Wear in honour of our dead
Fear not that ye have died for naught
We’ve learned the lesson that ye taught
In Flanders’ Fields.
Wearing poppies to keep the faith caught on and when the Royal British Legion was formed in 1919 they adopted it as a symbol.
In Flanders’ Fields
In Flanders’ Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders’ Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders’ Fields.
An English woman wrote an answering poem and took to wearing a poppy to keep faith with the troops.
We Shall Keep The Faith
Oh! You who sleep in Flanders’ fields,
Sleep sweet – to rise anew;
We caught the torch you threw;
And holding high we kept
The faith with those who died.
We cherish, too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valour led.
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies,
But lends a lustre to the red
Of the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders’ Fields.
And now the torch and poppy red
Wear in honour of our dead
Fear not that ye have died for naught
We’ve learned the lesson that ye taught
In Flanders’ Fields.
Wearing poppies to keep the faith caught on and when the Royal British Legion was formed in 1919 they adopted it as a symbol.
RizzoTheRat said:
Is it me or politicians and TV presenters in to some kind of arms race about who starts wearing thier poppies first? I'm sure they're all getting earlier and earlier every year. I usually get one about the start of November, is there any general etiquette as to when you should start wearing them.
Well, they are selling them now, so why would you wait until the 'trendy' time to wear one?
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