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 ...

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.

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 ...

(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, ...

With St. Patrick’s Day approaching, grocery stores and nurseries will be selling “shamrocks.” As someone of Irish descent, I look forward to bringing home a plant from my ancestral homeland. Given my ...

St. Patrick’s Day is coming up, which means it’s time to celebrate with parades, corned beef and cabbage, green beer and more. Some might even prefer to go on a lengthy search for a leprechaun and its ...

St. Patrick’s Day has no shortage of iconography, but for those who celebrate on March 17, one symbol stands above the rest: the shamrock. The holiday, which began centuries ago as the feast day of St ...

Everybody and their brother — plus Ma and Da — is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. But even everybody and their brother — and Ma and Da, too — occasionally makes the classic St. Patrick’s Day gaffe of ...

Shamrock vs. Clover: Scientific Classification There is some question as to what the actual shamrock plant is. Several scientific studies have been conducted for more than a century. Based on these ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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, ...