Came coat-sleeve buttons to peeve

I thought buttons were born but to fasten, Or if not, as added frill to fashion, But not those on coat-sleeve— They were placed there to peeve, To teach a wiping nose a sure lesson! ___________________________________ Happenings |10.06.2023| humour Poet’s note: Buttons on coat sleeves is a fashion today. But that was not the purpose why they were fixed there long back. Napoleon’s forces, exposed to cold, when started wiping noses with coat sleeves, he was annoyed and had buttons fixed on sleeves making it uncomfortable to wipe nose. Yea, these buttons were not for fastening, nor for fashion.