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May 19 / Jenni Summerall

with a little luck…

We found a four Leaf clover!

And I wasn’t even looking for it. Cody took me to a tree t sniff around and when he stopped I looked down and there it was, right at my toe! I wonder if it really will bring me good luck like superstition has told us?

According to legend (and wikipedia):

The four-leaflet clover is an uncommon variation of the common three-leaf clover. According to superstition, such leaves bring good luck to their finders, especially if found accidentally.[1]

Clovers can have more than four leaflets. The most leaflets ever recorded is eighteen.[2]

Many believe that these are “four leaved” clovers which is not true as these are the “leaflets” and not “leaves”; usually clover have 3 leaflets.

According to legend, each leaflet represents something: the first is for hope, the second is for faith, the third is for love, and the fourth is for luck.[3] Legend also holds that if a lady hangs a four-leaf clover on her door, the next man to come in will become her husband.

It is debated whether the fourth leaflet is caused genetically or environmentally. Its rarity suggests a possible recessive gene appearing at a low frequency. Alternatively, four-leaf clovers could be caused by somatic mutation or a developmental error of environmental causes. They could also be caused by the interaction of several genes that happen to segregate in the individual plant. It is possible all four explanations could apply to individual cases.

You probably already guessed it- I definitely have it hanging over my door ;) *wink*

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