Traditional St. Patrick's Day clovers, or shamrocks, typically have three leaves. According to legend, St. Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the concept of the Holy Trinity to the Irish people. While four-leaf clovers are considered lucky, they are not part of the traditional symbolism associated with St. Patrick's Day.
The shamrock has 3-leaves. What does a 4-leaf clover have to do with Ireland (question).
Does a clover always have three leaves?
Shamrocks simply refer to four-leaved small clover-like plants. There are three species of clover and one species of medick that all grow in Ireland and normally have three leaves. Shamrocks are simply normal clover/medick that grew an extra leaf. As four leaves is not normal, they are very rare.
Yellow is not associated with St. Patricks Day at all. It's green, green, green.
A clover plant typically has three leaves.
One type of clover plant with tiny leaves is white clover (Trifolium repens). It is a common plant in lawns and pastures, known for its small white flowers and trifoliate leaves. White clover is a nitrogen-fixing plant that can help improve soil fertility.
It is called a four leaf clover because it is a clover plant with four leaves, rather than the usual three leaves found on most clovers. The rarity of finding a clover with four leaves is considered lucky in many cultures.
Interesting question. The only people I know who associate a four-leaf clover with Ireland are Americans. It must have something to do with "4-leaf clover = lucky">"the luck of the Irish". Anyone who knows anything about Ireland knows the shamrock has three leaves. St Patrick is reputed to have used the example of the shamrock to illustrate the Trinity.
Because it's a clover with four leaves
The water clover is a species of clover that grows on the surface of the water. This plant is green and contain four clover shaped leaves.
It has 3 leaf... the first one is father, second one is son, and the last one is for holy spirit!
The Shamrock does NOT have four leaves. It has three. The reason it is an Irish symbol is because St. Patrick used it in explaining to the people of Ireland about the Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. He used each leaf as a representation of each person in the Trinity. The use in the USA of a four-leafed clover in representations of Ireland is due to the belief that a four-leaf clover is lucky and it fits with the expression, 'the luck of the Irish'. In Ireland a four-leaf clover has no particular cultural symbolism.