The Clover instead of the Shamrock.

Rhys Essien

To add to the St Patty fcukup,our American friends think a clover is our national symbol.

I like Dara O'Briain's comment on Twitter

'All right people, it's very simple. A shamrock has THREE leaves. And a four leaf clover has nothing to do with Ireland'.

LDN_Irish

A shamrock is a clover.

RGDATA!

Rhys Essien wrote: »

To add to the St Patty fcukup,our American friends think a clover is our national symbol.

I like Dara O'Briain's comment on Twitter

'All right people, it's very simple. A shamrock has THREE leaves. And a four leaf clover has nothing to do with Ireland'.

is shamrock not the same thing as clover?

Menas

Just for you OP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamrock

Badly Drunk Boy

In fairness to the OP, the image used is usually a 4-leafed clover, which is not the national symbol of Ireland. The whole reason for the shamrock being the national symbol was because it was used to explain the three elements of God being the one thing.

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Botanically there is no shamrock. Various trefoil species are called shamrock in different parts of the country -the white clover, the small hop clover, black medick and the wood sorrel,

Putin

Rhys Essien wrote: »

'All right people, it's very simple. A shamrock has THREE leaves. And a four leaf clover has nothing to do with Ireland'.

So quite the same way that this St Pattys day dip shít nonsense, has nothing to do with today.

DEFTLEFTHAND

It represents The Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit, this why our symbol is the shamrock. Patrick used it as a tool to explain the teachings of the Lord to the Irish.

philstar

so why do celtic (you know, that irish club in scotland prounced selltic) have a four leaf clover???

DoYouEvenLift

philstar wrote: »

so why do celtic (you know, that irish club in scotland prounced selltic) have a four leaf clover???

A club in Scotland is Irish?

Gran Hermano

philstar wrote: »

so why do celtic (you know, that irish club in scotland prounced selltic) have a four leaf clover???

The father, the son, the holy ghost and their dog. Four leaves.

endacl

philstar wrote: »

so why do celtic (you know, that irish club in scotland prounced selltic) have a four leaf clover???

Because that's as far as a soccer fan can count?

xabi

philstar wrote: »

so why do celtic (you know, that irish club in scotland prounced selltic) have a four leaf clover???

They used a 3 leaf shamrock in the early days and it was changed to a 4 leaf clover in the 1930's - no-one seems to know why though... Wouldnt exactly call them an Irish club either..

Lapin

Rhys Essien wrote: »

To add to the St Patty fcukup,our American friends think a clover is our national symbol.

I wouldn't pass too much remarks on what Americans think.

Most of them can't point out the USA on a globe let alone Ireland.

As long as he knows Jesus loves him, milk comes from Walmart, and America is bringing freedom to the Middle East, the average American is content and no further knowledge of any other subject is necessary.

Vomit

Rhys Essien wrote: »

To add to the St Patty fcukup,our American friends think a clover is our national symbol.

I like Dara O'Briain's comment on Twitter

'All right people, it's very simple. A shamrock has THREE leaves. And a four leaf clover has nothing to do with Ireland'.

Clover/Shamrock... neither. Our national symbol is the harp.

Buona Fortuna

Gran Hermano wrote: »

The father, the son, the holy ghost and their dog. Four leaves.

Sure, its a metaphor.

PARlance

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

Sure, its a metaphor.

A Metafour surely

conorhal

philstar wrote: »

so why do celtic (you know, that irish club in scotland prounced selltic) have a four leaf clover???

Probably for the same reason they can't pronounce the word celtic, they're a bunch of numpties.