“In the 18th century, the cult of St. Patrick associated the three-leaf shamrock (which is a clover) with a legend that he used to teach the Catholic doctrine of the Holy Trinity ...

Any more or less than three clovers are not considered as a shamrock. A four-leaf clover is a rare genetic mutation, and their unusual appearance has led to them being associated through folklore ...

The word "shamrock" comes from the Irish seamrog, which is the diminutive form for the Irish word for clover, and translates roughly to "young clover." Clover is a grass-like plant, and bees ...

BBC News Online unearthed the truth rooted behind the myth. It is commonly believed the shamrock is a clover - the Gaelic word seamrog means "little clover" - but the botanical world is not so sure.

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If a leprechaun leaps from the faerie den this St. Patrick’s Day to ask if you know a shamrock from a clover, what will you answer? “If you said the shamrock is a clover, you’re in luck ...

One-minute lesson: The name shamrock derives from the Irish word “seamrog,” and means young clover. Nothing too out-there or mysterious about that. “But there’s also a spiritual and ...

The three-leaf clover, a type of trefoil plant, has been considered the unofficial national flower of Ireland for centuries. Irish legend says that Saint Patrick used the shamrock as an ...

The Alfa shamrock doesn't have anything to do with Ireland, but it has everything to do with luck. The Quadrifoglio — the Italian name for a four-leaf clover, and further proof that almost any ...