poppy-heads

Syrup of Poppies is "nothing more than a decoction of poppy-heads"

Dartmoor Book Fair 2007

Syrup of Poppies is "nothing more than a decoction of poppy-heads"

Dartmoor Book Fair 2007

Syrup of Poppies is "nothing more than a decoction of poppy-heads"

54 entries from April 2007 2007

"And I have harvested all the poppy-heads that were ripe, but I have not yet broken out the seed, I thought they should dry in the sun a day or two yet."

St. Peter's Fair Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981

"And I have harvested all the poppy-heads that were ripe, but I have not yet broken out the seed, I thought they should dry in the sun a day or two yet."

St. Peter's Fair Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981

They all went up the little winding lane, where red poppy-heads jigged about in the breeze, and after a while they came in sight of the farm-house.

Five On Finniston Farm Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1960

All the Seikhs eat opium, and very often in a particular way by infusing the poppy-heads, from which the seeds have been extracted by a hole in the side; great numbers of these are found in the bazars.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

"Not to see, nor to hear must be happiness for me", are the words attributed to Night, which is represented as a giantess sunk in heavy and uneasy slumber, and symbolized by a mask, an owl, and a bunch of poppy-heads.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

As he walked along in silence it is said that he struck off the tallest poppy-heads with his stick.

The History of Rome, Vol. I 1905

"So you do know some French," I said as I snipped off poppy-heads; "you have always pretended you don't."

The Solitary Summer Elizabeth von Arnim 1903