Question sent via email:
Can you please tell me why Scottish Remembrance Poppies have no green leaf and English Poppies do?
Kathleen McDonald
poppyscotland.org.uk answer:
“Unlike the English poppy, the Scottish poppy has four petals and no leaf. Apart from being botanically incorrect, to put a leaf on each of our poppies would cost £15,000 each year, money we feel is better spent on supporting veterans and their dependants in Scotland.”
Money raised from the selling of poppies in Scotland goes to the Earl Haig Fund, where as the money raised in the rest of the UK go to the Royal British Legion. Could this also be the reason why the poppies are different, so people know where the money will go?
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06 November 2012
10 January 2012
River Thames Frost Fairs
13 January is St Hilary’s Day has gained the reputation of being the coldest day of the year due to past cold events starting on or around this date.
Can you imagine the River Thames freezing over so much that a fun fair could be held on the ice? Well that did happen about four hundred years ago. The worst cold spells in Britain occurred between 1550 and 1750. The climate during this time was known as the Little Ice Age, when winters were so cold that the Thames froze over each year.
Henry VIII is said to have traveled all the way from central London to Greenwich by sleigh along the river during the winter of 1536 and Elizabeth I took walks on the ice during the winter of 1564.
Find out more on our Facts about January page
http://projectbritain.com/year/january.htm
Can you imagine the River Thames freezing over so much that a fun fair could be held on the ice? Well that did happen about four hundred years ago. The worst cold spells in Britain occurred between 1550 and 1750. The climate during this time was known as the Little Ice Age, when winters were so cold that the Thames froze over each year.
Henry VIII is said to have traveled all the way from central London to Greenwich by sleigh along the river during the winter of 1536 and Elizabeth I took walks on the ice during the winter of 1564.
Find out more on our Facts about January page
http://projectbritain.com/year/january.htm
09 January 2012
Plough Monday
Monday (9 January) is known as Plough Monday, the first Monday after Twelfth Night. Molly dancing on Plough Monday was an important ritual for agricultural workers, as well as pulling a decorated plough and a man dressed head to toe in straw.
Visit our page on Plough Monday to find out more
Visit our page on Plough Monday to find out more
08 January 2012
Twelfth Night London
Twelfth Night is an annual seasonal celebration held on the Bankside by Shakespeare’s Globe, in London. It is a celebration of the New Year, mixing ancient Midwinter seasonal customs with contemporary festivity.
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