My Lucky Day

I can find four-leaf clovers quite easily, even when I'm not explicitly looking. Many find this "gift" extraordinary, and even though it's been reported to only occur once in about 10,000 clovers, getting lucky isn't as hard as you would think. It took me about 20 minutes to find these "lucky" three. If you are wanting to find your own this summer here is some tips for you as you are out in about.

First things first, don't get on your hands and knees with magnifying glass in hand, individually examining each clover. From standing height, look over the entire patch, brushing the clover with your foot to ensure none remain unexposed. If you enjoy math problems, eye-spys, the game "SET", or any pattern game in general, you'll be in your element. Amongst all the sets of 3 leaflets, the four leaf clover will stick out like a sore thumb, TRUST ME!

Remember, 78% of all statistics are made up. So even though they say there is only one 4-leafer in 10,000 clovers, that's not entirely the whole story. One clover is just a member of one White Clover plant, which can cover from a few square inches to a few square feet. And some plants are more susceptible than others, so if you find one, look hard in the near vicinity you will more than likely find another one close by.


4-leaf clovers are a mutation of the usually 3-leafed White Clover plant. One clover is actually one leaf of a larger plant, with 3 leaflets. Mutations can occur due to a low frequency recessive gene or environmental causes. Often the reason for mutation is differentiable from one clover to another. The mutation does not stop at the 4-leafed variety: 5-leafed clovers are not uncommon. Six, seven, eight(etc)-leaf clovers are rarer the more leaflets they have, but really stick out! Some have the attributes of several different kinds of mutants and can be really interesting. However, the more leaflets, the harder they are to find (and the luckier they are) =) the record is an 18-leaf clover, and the highest I've ever found is a 7-leaf.

The four-leaf clover has said to have special meaning. The first one is 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. A less dogmatic interpretation is that one leaf stands for faith, another for hope, the third for love and the last for luck.

Whatever the special meaning behind it, it is so neat to find one of these little four leaf wonders! So, get outside this summer and start looking! You can even get some four leaf clover merchandise by going here. Oh, and one more thing......Good luck. =)