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What we do know is that the four-leaf clover has been a symbol of luck for centuries. Just to name a few examples, it's mentioned in a book from the 1600s, it was carried as soldier's good-luck ...
The four-leaf clover is a rare variation of the common three-leaf clover that has four leaflets instead of three. According to traditional sayings, such clovers bring good luck , [ 1 ] a belief that dates back to at least the 17th century.
A keychain containing a four-leaf clover. A good luck charm is an amulet or other item that is believed to bring good luck.Almost any object can be used as a charm. Coins, horseshoes and buttons are examples, as are small objects given as gifts, due to the favorable associations they make.
A good example is found at Izapa. The quatrefoil portrayal continued into the Classic period, as evidenced in the iconography of numerous Classic Maya monuments. A good example is the altar from El Perú (Maya site) , which features a quatrefoil on the back of a zoomorphic creature in which sits a ruler.
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Four Leaf Clover Records, a Swedish record company and independent label established by musician, bandleader and producer Lars Samuelson in the early 1970's; Four Leaf Clover, a 2009 album by Four Celtic Voices and Erin Hill; Four Leaf Clover, a 2007 album by Li Yifeng "The Four Leaf Clover", a song by Charles Whitney Coombs (1859–1940)
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The results show that there is no one "true" species of shamrock, but that Trifolium dubium (lesser clover) is considered to be the shamrock by roughly half of Irish people, and Trifolium repens (white clover) by another third, with the remaining sixth split between Trifolium pratense (red clover), Medicago lupulina (black medick), Oxalis acetosella (wood sorrel), and various other species of ...