About Clovers

The Four-Leaf Clover is a universally accepted symbol of good Fortune and this rare find comes from the ubiquitous plant species white clover (Trifolium repens L.), and only white clover.

Clover is a vigorous, rhizomatous, stem-rooting perennial with trifoliate leaves. Occasionally, a fourth leaflet will appear, making a "four-leaf clover," said to bring good luck to the person who holds it. The four leaf clover is a universally accepted symbol of good luck with its origin ages old. According to legend, Eve carried a four leaf clover from the Garden of Eden.

The Four-Leaf Clover has stimulated the imagination of the Celtic people and cheered their spirits for over two thousand years, and was a major part of their religious and cultural life.

Celtic rule once extended across Ireland and much of Western Europe and it was the Celtic priests (Druids) who brought Four-Leaf Clover to the status of Celtic charms, powerful against hostile spirits. This is the origin of the belief in their power to bestow good luck to the holder.

Druids held the 4 leaf clover in high esteem and considered them a sign of luck. In 1620, Sir John Melton wrote: "If a man walking in the fields find any four-leaved grass, he shall in a small while after find some good thing.

The three leaves of the white clover have become associated with the Christian Trinity, or God the Father, His Son, and The Holy Spirit. The extra leaf of the four leaf clover is said by some to stand for God's grace.

Others believe that the leaves of the Four-Leaf Clover symbolize Hope, Faith, Love and Luck. But another interpretation is widely known via the following verse:

I'm looking over a four-leaf clover
That I overlooked before.
One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain,
Third is the roses that grow in the lane.
No need explaining the one remaining
Is somebody I adore.
I'm looking over a four-leaf clover
That I overlooked before.

The mystique of the four leaf clover continues today, since possessing a real four leaf clover is still a rare occurrence and omen of good luck.

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