St. Patrick’s Day Facts & Folly
Kiss Me I’m Irish (No, really I am!), the of the Irish and other sayings will abound on St. Paddy’s Day. I couldn’t find the pot of gold, but I did find some facts and folly to entertain you with. They are magically delicious.
The Four Leaf Clover
Have you ever seen a clove patch and wonder if there just might be one of those illusive 4-leaf clovers hiding in the bunch. Now, you may have actually found one or two in your lifetime, did they actually bring you good luck as the expression goes? Maybe not in the long run, but for that fleeting moment when you did find the 4-leaf clover you felt lucky. Maybe that is what the real meaning is. One will never know. I did run into some facts about the clover that I found silly yet interesting.
Facts
The four leaf clover is the accepted symbol of good luck. This acceptance is worldwide. There is a legend that Eve, actually carried with her a four leaf clover upon leaving the Garden of Eden. Was she luck afterwards? To bad she didn’t find it before she left!
The White Clover was held high in the eyes of the Celts of Wales. They believed that this clover would ward off “evil spirits", thus they carried with them as a charm or talisman.
The Druids considered the clover (4) a sign of good luck. The mystery of the 4 leaf clover plant still remains today, as this plant does not produce all four of the leaflets. This is why it is so hard to find them!
Folly
One leaf is for Hope
The second for Faith
The third for Love
The fourth for Luck
Sir John Melton said of the 4-Leaf Clover: “If a man walking in the fields find any four leaved grass, he shall in a small while after find some good thing".
It is said that finding a four leaf clover on St. Patrick’s Day will bring the bearer twice the luck
The Blarney Stone
Ah, I think everyone has heard about Kissing the Blarney Stone. Yet, not everyone knows what it is or looks like. The above picture is what it looks like as you are laying on your back, bent backwards kissing the stone. You have to hold onto the bars that are shown so you do not fall down the side of the building.
The stone is set in the wall of “The Blarney Castle". Located in the village of Blarney. This castle was constructed in or around the year of 1446 by “Cormac Laidhiv McCarthy, who was commonly known as Lord of Muskerry.
Magic Abounds
The legend is just that-A legend. One that nobody is really sure of where it came from or how it started. It starts like this: It is said that the King had saved an old woman from drowning. The crone was so appreciated that she cast a spell upon the wall so that when kissing the stone under the spell the king and others would have the ability to speak sweetly and be convincing in all they said. Of course, being an old crone with a sense of humor she made it in a place that was not easily reached. The stone is between the castle wall and the parapet.