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And yet ... our clover is the best known symbol of luck in the West. Find one ... and you will find love the very same day. If you're a man and you find one ... you will escape the call to military duty. Alas and alack ... there are no four leaf clovers in Iraq ... though I did think I saw some guys at some army camp or other crawling on the grass on all fours looking for who knows what? I do wish these secrets were made public sooner.
In fact ... in the U.K. during WWII it was thought that if a man wore a four leaf clover in his buttonhole he would not be drafted. Personally ... I don't care where you wear that clover ... if they want you ... they're gonna git you. Find one on the evening of Saint John ...and supernatural powers will be bestowed upon you.
Clover infusions ... for those of you medically inclined ... will cure various skin diseases. As to the first to discover the powers of the four-leaf clover ... can anyone guess? Yup. It was the Druids. Don't ask how I come to this deep and arcane wisdom ... I am sworn to secrecy. They knew that the possessor of this green little planty thing could see evil spirits and witches. What they did with this power is open to conjecture. Perhaps they made alliances and danced with the dervishes.
And then there's the five-leaf clover. Yes ladies and gennulmen ... the five-leaf clover does indeed exist. There are two thoughts on the finding of this. One is that you will immediately become extremely wealthy ... the other is you'll probably get sick and die.
So ... should you one day find yourself on your hands and knees rummaging around on your front lawn ... oblivious to the fact that your neighbors are probably looking at you behind curtained windows thinking you have surely gone stark raving mad ... and should you suddenly find yourself confronted by a five-leaf clover ... I can only say good luck. It's a bit like playing Russian roulette. Ya pulls the clover ... ya pulls the trigger ... ya takes yer chances ... wealth or death.
So ... all this ... for what? I'll tell you for what. I have a four-leaf clover ... that's for what. Princess cuts and pear shaped and round diamonds inlaid into what looks like black onyx. No description available. No price available. Just an image. But rather nice looking when considering its history.
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And there ya have it. That's it for this week folks. Catch you all next week. Benjamin Mark
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