When St. Patrick preached the Gospel in Ireland 1500 years ago, the Irish peasants asked him: "You tell us that there are three gods in one, how is this possible?"To answer them, the saint cut a clover leaf and said to them: "Do you see how this wild plant has three leaves joined into one stem? In the same way you must believe me when I tell you that there are three people in one God.
Historians have relegated many of the stories about St. Patrick to the field of legend; but despite this, the clover continues to be the emblem of Ireland, and the Irish collect it in large quantities on March 17 of each year, the feast of their patron saint. The real Irish clover (seamrog, a word meaning three leaves) looks very much like the common or white that is found in large numbers in all the meadows of temperate countries; but its flowers are yellow and not white, and its leaves are bluish-green. Each year, large shipments of Irish clover are sent from Ireland to North America to celebrate the feast of St. Patrick.
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