"Mike" wrote in message
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:
: For as long as I can remember, certainly back to when I was a youngster,
: I thought that the connection with the Poppy and Remembrance Sunday, was
: because there was so much carnage during the First World War and so many
: deaths and the blood flowed so much, that it 'Made the Battle Field look
: like a field of Poppies'.
:
: It was very recent, like a few days ago, that I heard that as the ground
: had been disturbed so much, it was the right conditions for the
: 'dormant' Poppy seeds to germinate and thus the poppy petals blew about
: the crosses.
:
: That is why I asked the question, 'did poppies grow there in 1912 and
: 1913', possibly not.
:
: I wonder how many other tales, given to me in what I thought was a true
: version and in good faith, I have believed:-{
:
: Now about this Tooth Fairy . . . . . . . . . . . ;-)
:
: Mike
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June 2nd
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: R.N. Trafalgar Weekend Leamington Spa. Oct 10th - 13th. Plus many more
:
You'll be telling us there's no such person as Father Christmas next :O))

K