GR translation: white stock

[Mike Jing]

That makes sense. Thanks, Mike.


On Sun, Aug 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:

> It's a flower. Matthiola incana
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthiola_incana>
>
> So red white and blue flowers are the decoration.
> On 10/08/2025 18:31, Mike Jing wrote:
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> V568.28-33, P578.21-26   The crowd next morning is sparse and placid: old
> people and children, and a few silent veterans. The Viking invaders are all
> kids, helmets sloping down over their eyes, capes dragging the ground,
> shields as big as they are and weaponry twice as high. Giant Plechazunga
> images with white stock and red and blue cornflowers woven onto the
> wiremesh frames, line the square.
>
> What does "stock" mean here?
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