"Andrea Ryan" <ary### [at] global2000net> wrote in message
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> Thank you.  The red ones remind me of the red poppies that gave hope to
> soldiers during the first (or second?) World War in Europe.
> Brendan

Well, sort of... Poppies grew in great profusion on the WW1 battlefields. They
are therefore associated with Rememberence Day. It's always struck me as a bit
morbid, given the reason their growth was (presumably) so prolific...

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