10 Fascinating Facts About A Four-Leaf Clover

barbiee (42)in #science • 8 years ago (edited)

Four-leaf clover is among the most popular good luck symbol of the western world. As you probably learned yourself at some point, four-leaf clover is hard to find. And its rarity is why we consider them lucky. Some say that four-leaves represent fame, wealth, health and love. But the very common representation is hope, faith, love and luck.

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Here are 10 fun pieces of four-leaf clover trivia that can amaze anyone:

1.) The odds of finding one is 1 in a 10,000

Lucky or not, this pretty weed exists.

2.) They are pretty social too

A lucky clover can be social because if one plant has the lucky mutation more of its stem might have four leaves.

3.) Some four-leaf clover like it hot

Gene mutation that causes clover to have four leaves is the warm weather.

4.) Lucky Clovers can have more than four leaves

Sometimes, gene mutation can end to even more leaves.

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5.) Each leaves something different

The four leaves represent hope, faith, love and luck

6.) Foul-leaf clover are supposed to also represent the cross

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7.) It is believed that four-leaf clover has a healing power

According to legends, Druid priest used four leaf clover for healing rituals and to ward off evil spirits.

8.) Foul-leaf clover can be unlucky too

If you can find a three-leaf, that’s good but not lucky. Four-leaf,good and lucky. And five-leaf is a bad luck.

9.) There are fake lucky clovers

There are several species of clover, but only a variety of clover known as Trifolium repens is considered as lucky. Trifolium literally means three-leaf.

10.) Some say four-leaf clover will help you find love

If you didn't find the during Valentines, maybe four-leaf clover is all you need. Some people even put lucky clovers in their shoes to lead their feet to their soulmates.