So, the shamrock symbol is a typical clover with three leaves. St. Patrick's Day shamrocks are usually green, but clovers can also be purple, green, or white. Shamrocks have been the unofficial ...

Guinness has some explaining to do. The Irish beer giant has apologized for mixing up a shamrock with a four-leaf clover on a subway ad in Toronto ahead of St. Patrick’s Day, reports the Toronto Sun.

It's only a small plant, low growing and with three heart-shaped leaflets, but it helped drive all the snakes in Ireland into the sea 1,500 years ago. St. Patrick had imbued the plant with strength in ...

St. Patrick's Day conundrum: What exactly is a shamrock? — -- Who knew such a little plant could be so controversial? There's a big disagreement among botanists and scholars of Irish history as ...

This stone gets its luck from the shamrock engraved on it. (JULIA HATMAKER/The Patriot-News) Everyone likes to pretend they're Irish on St. Patrick's Day, but I like to pretend I'm Irish all year long ...

DUBLIN, Ireland — For one week a year, nursery owner Cecil Geddis is knee-deep in shamrocks, the delicate three-leafed plant that people the world over associate with Ireland and St. Patrick's Day.

Shamrock vs. clover: what's the difference? All shamrocks are clovers, but not all clovers are shamrocks. How can that be, you ask? Clover is the common name for plants of the genus Trifolium (from ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - A local flower shop is clearing up a misconception many people may have about Ireland's national flower: A four leaf clover is not a shamrock. Wesley Berry Flowers in Commerce Township ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – From Las Vegas to New York City, ...

(NEXSTAR) – From Las Vegas to New York City, revelers donned costumes with emerald shamrocks and four-leaf clovers to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. And if you thought four-leaf clovers were shamrocks, ...