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came from all. not british. please explain. I was thinking poppy was like galoshes or something.

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In November In the UK people where a poppy flower ,that they buy from the royal British legion. The money goes to looking after vets of ww1 and ww2.

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so do people pin it on or something then?

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The most common type is a paper poppy with a plastic stalk that sits in a buttonhole

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Additional information: people get very annoyed if you’re not wearing a poppy, especially people in public life who have to wear one about 2 weeks in advance of the actual armistice day.

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it’s a poppy print thong. respect our servicemen and women

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