What legends are there about the four-leaf clover? Let us walk you through the stories behind the four-leaf clover
When it comes to the four-leaf clover, everyone is familiar with it, because it is a symbol of happiness! As for the legends about the four-leaf clover, please let us tell you one by one!
Legend 1:
In legend, the four-leaf clover was brought to the earth from the Garden of Eden in heaven by Eve, and its flower meaning is happiness. It is also known as clover. Usually it has only 3 leaflets; the chance of finding a 4-leaflet one is very small, the chance of finding a 5-leaflet one is moderate, and the chance of finding a 6-leaflet one is only one in one hundred thousand. It implies gaining happiness and being favored by heaven.
Legend 2:
There is also a very beautiful legend about the four-leaf clover! Once upon a time there was a pair of lovers who truly loved each other and lived together in a very beautiful peach grove, but because of a particularly small matter, they had a falling-out and were unwilling to give in to each other. Finally one day, the god of love could not stand it anymore. She floated to the peach grove where they lived and quietly told a lie: she told them that each of them would face disaster, and only by finding that four-leaf clover in the deepest part of the peach grove could they be saved. After hearing this, they pretended to be completely indifferent, but in their hearts they still worried about each other. That night it rained, a torrential rain, but they still secretly went to the deepest part of the peach grove to look for the four-leaf clover for each other. When they learned how much the other cared about them, they were both deeply moved and decided to let the four-leaf clover witness their love. The god of love smiled... This was a joke played by the god of love, because she did not want happiness to come too easily; only those who care about each other and cherish each other deserve to have happiness... The four-leaf clover, the witness of love!!
Legend 3:
It is also said that the name lucky clover comes from Napoleon. Once, when he was leading his troops across a grassland, he found a four-leaf clover and thought it was very unusual. When he bent down to pick it, he happened to dodge a bullet fired at him and escaped disaster. From then on, he called the four-leaf clover the lucky clover. As it spread, the four-leaf clover became internationally recognized as a symbol of good luck. Its four leaves represent love, health, reputation and wealth respectively, and having it will bring you good luck.
Legend 4:
The lucky clover first originated in Europe, and was especially popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. To this day, it has become a folk tradition in Western countries. Children take pleasure in searching for four-leaf clovers on grasslands, and every year in March at the Saint Bede's Day held in New York, people wear green clothing and bring mascots - four-leaf lucky clover ornaments - to parade. Clover taste: sweet and sour. A game you can play: pinch off the four-leaf clover and leave only the thread-like stem, then intertwine them and pull back and forth.
Legend 5:
In Irish folklore, the four-leaf clover can bring good luck and is Ireland's most well-known national symbol. At traditional Irish weddings, the bride's bouquet and the groom's boutonniere must both include lucky clover. Lucky clover is considered an indispensable third person at the wedding.
Legend 6:
In Switzerland, every year at Christmas, real potted four-leaf lucky clovers can be bought in shopping malls. Lucky clover is considered the most creative Christmas gift. The good luck of the lucky clover, given to relatives, means the recipient will from then on begin to be happy and have everything go smoothly in this world.
Legend 7:
In Germany, a real four-leaf clover was found in 1190, and the lucky clover is considered a symbol of freedom, unity, solidarity and peace. They believe that nothing bad can happen if they have a four-leaf clover.
Legend 8:
People always say that finding a four-leaf clover means finding happiness, because the first leaf of the clover represents hope, the second leaf represents giving, the third leaf represents love, and the rare fourth leaf - is happiness. The meaning of the clover is: even if you have given, hoped and loved, you will not necessarily find happiness. The meaning of the four-leaf clover is: regain confidence in hope, win love with confidence, and what you get is happiness! Activate the magic of the four-leaf clover: One leaf for fame, One leaf for wealth, One for a faithfully lover, One for glorious health, All in this four-leafed clover. After murmuring the above hymn to the four-leaf clover, hold the four-leaf clover with two fingers of your right hand, slowly turn the four-leaf clover, and make your wish. The witness of love!!
[Conclusion]No matter how the four-leaf clover actually came to be, it always symbolizes happiness! No matter how many legends there are about the four-leaf clover, the symbol of happiness is the four-leaf clover!
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