Julie Klausner

I think of basset hounds whenever I turn on my computer because I have photos of them. And if I'm lucky, and I see one on the street, I know it's going to be a good day. They really are like a four-leaf clover.

American Author

Alysia Reiner

I think, when I was little, I was a little obsessed with anything that provided luck: Buddhas, 4-leaf clovers, heads-up pennies, even - gasp - a rabbit foot - which actually kind of disgusts me now.

American Actress

Jandy Nelson

I am insanely superstitious. All the woman in my family are, beginning with my grandmother, who would leave red ribbons under the beds and taught us how to find four-leaf clovers.

American Writer

Natalie Imbruglia

I've always been drawn to the four-leaf clover. It's deeply significant to my sister and me, so much so that we both have had it tattooed on the inside of our wrists.

Australian Musician

Conor Oberst

Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there to sleep, left there to dream of their happiness.

American Musician

Emily Dickinson

To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few.

American Poet

Helen Baxendale

If I'm on a beach I'm the one to find the ammonite, or in a field I'll find the four-leaf clover.

English Actress

Bertolt Brecht

What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.

German Poet

Finding a four-leaf clover is considered lucky in many cultures, which can be used metaphorically.

Good Luck Charm

The phrase 'in clover' means living a life of ease, comfort, or prosperity.

Idiomatic Usage

'Clover' is commonly used in casual and informal conversations, particularly when discussing nature or luck.

Casual Context

Clover is important in agriculture as a crop that enriches soil with nitrogen, benefiting other plants.

Agricultural Significance

Farmers often use clover as economical and nutritious feed for their animals, supporting their health.

Livestock Feed

Red and white clover are common varieties, each with different uses and benefits in agriculture and symbolism.

Varieties Matter

 We're down to about two million hives of bees, we think. And the reason is, after World War II, we changed our farming practices. We stopped planting cover crops. We stopped planting clover and alfalfa, which are natural fertilizers that fix nitrogen in the soil,

Marla Spivak: Why bees...

 getting in the winter our fresh vegetables one solution to that is to make sprouts here I have a whole bunch of clover seeds just take couple tablespoons of sprouts and put them into a clean jar next thing I'm gonna do is pour some water in and I'm just gonna