Touch a Four leaf clover--Erykah Badu

First, here is a four leaf clover prayer:

One leaf is for Hope,
One is for Faith,
One is for Love, and
One is for Luck.
If you keep one with you wherever you go,
You good luck will continue to grow!

I remember someone from my youth saying that 4 leaf clovers are left behind where leprechauns (sp) walked.

I have found dozens in a day - probably the most found was at the cemetery. Probably 4 dozen or so in one sitting. I think all of the clovers on the same root system end up having four leaves.

I have found many 5,6 & 7 leaf clovers. One of the largest I ever found was a five leaf. It as about 2 1/2 inches across. I laminated it and have it on my fridge. They are much rarer than the 4 leaf. I've found maybe just a dozen of the 5 & 6 and just a couple of the 7 leaf clovers. One of the smallest 4 leaf clovers I found was barely 1/4 inch long.

The best palce to find them is in large clumps of clover - big mounds of it. You have to have an "eye" for it. The best way to look is to teach yourself to pick out what is different in a large group. What is different will start to stand out in almost everything you look at - and most likely you will always look at things differently than most people! Sometimes I will be out walking and just stop, because I "feel" a four leaf is near. I know that sounds strange, but it happens. I think once you start to see things differently, different things start to look for you!!

I started finding clovers before gradeschool. I remember sitting in the Elliott's backyard and looking for them in the summer. They had a pool, and we had mandatory breaktime so we wouldn't get waterlogged. We would take our towels out to the grass and wait for the next swim time. While I was waiting, I would look for, and find, 4 leaf clovers. And I have kept that "skill" ever since.