Remembrance poppy a pin in the lapel or buttonhole. In Scotland, the poppies are curled and have four petals with no leaf. The yearly selling of poppies is a major source of income for the RBL in the UK. The poppy has no fixed price; it is sold for a donation or the price may be suggested by the seller. The black plastic centre of the poppy was marked "Haig Fund" until 1994 but is now marked "Poppy Appeal". A team of about 50 people—most of them disabled former British military personnel—work all year round to make millions of poppies at the
Tall poppy syndrome Tall poppy syndrome The tall poppy syndrome describes aspects of a culture where people of high status are resented, attacked, cut down, strung up or criticised because they have been classified as superior to their peers. The term has been used in cultures of the English-speaking world. The concept originates from accounts in Herodotus' "Histories" (Book 5, 92f), Aristotle's "Politics" (1284a), and Livy's "Ab Urbe Condita Libri", Book I. Aristotle uses Herodotus' story in his "Politics" (1284a) with reversed roles, referring to Periander's advice to Thrasybulus via a herald. The specific reference to poppies occurs in Livy's account of the