Why a four leaf clover is lucky?

In this, she's not as unusual as you might think: The Guinness World Record for the largest collection of four-leaf clovers goes to one Edward Martin of Cooper Landing, Alaska, who has amassed more than 100,000 of them [source: Guinness World Records]. read more

The four-leaf clover is not so uncommon, in spite of their reputation as uncommon harbingers of luck. It is estimated there is one four-leafed clover for every 10,000 three-leafed clovers, occurring as a result of a mutation in the regular three-leaf. read more

The four-leaf clover is a rare variation of the common three-leaf clover. According to traditional superstition, such clovers bring good luck, though it is not clear when or how that superstition got started. read more