#6 - Four Leaf Clovers

According to Irish tradition, each leaf of a clover has a meaning.  The first is faith, the second is hope, the third is love and the fourth is luck. Only about 1 in 10,000 clovers have four leaves. So it's thought that finding one with four leaves (especially by accident) makes one lucky. It's unknown whether the fourth leaf is a genetically or environmentally caused mutation.

Irish tradition also says clover leaves represent the Holy Trinity. The first leaf being the Father, the second the Son, and the third the Holy Ghost. The fourth leaf is said to be God's Grace.


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Clovers can have more than four leaves, of course. One with 56 leaves was found in Japan!! Many people believe finding a four leaf clover is lucky while finding a clover with more than four leaves is unlucky. Others believe the more leaves...the more luck.

Really lukcy OR unlucky?!

56 leaf clover from Japan (source: National Geographic)