A LITTLE LUCK CAN"T HURT

Do you carry four-leaf clovers or press them in books? If so, why? Do you attribute any specific type of luckiness (like health, money, or love) to them?



Do you remember when four-leaf clovers used to be encased in plastic and sold as key chain fobs? I haven't seen one of those in years. You could probably buy a laminated four-leaf clover wallet card at an occult supply store called Anicent Ways, but what with the badly kerned Souvenir type font and the clash between the actual clover-leaf and the artwork, it doesn't do too much for me. The clover is a lot smaller than the ones growing on my lawn, too.

Where do all the four-leaf clovers used in commerce come from, anyway? Does someone grow big patches of the mutant plants in Iowa, selecting and improving the strain until every branch bears a four-leaf sport? Or are the plants now being cloned from one venerable mother-plant in Florida whose root-crown is carefully divided every few years to increase the stock?

Did the same company that made four-leaf clover key chain fobs also make those mustard seed key chain fobs for Christians? Are mustard seed key chain fobs still manufactured? Do Christians still carry them? Do they do so for luck...or for religion?
 
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