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How lucky is he? Schoolboy finds seven-leaf clover while out walking his dog
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1191586/How-lucky-Schoolboy-finds-seven-leaf-clover-walking-dog.html
By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 2:07 AM on 09th June 2009
[size=1.2em]If a four-leaf clover brings good luck, then what on earth can one with seven leaves do?
[size=1.2em]Whatever the answer, perhaps Alastair Barnes - who has found one in a nature reserve - should be allowed to pick his family's Lottery numbers this week.
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[size=1.2em]The nine-year-old found the rare plant close to his home in Coombe Bissett, near Salisbury in Wiltshire.
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Lucky: Alistair Barnes with his seven-leaf clover
A special four-leaf variety, and Alistair's rare seven-leaf clover
[size=1.2em]He discovered it while searching for four-leaf clovers - which are relatively common compared with his find - as he was walking his dog with his father Jonathan. [size=1.2em]
[size=1.2em]Alastair has placed the clover in a book to protect it.
[size=1.2em]According to tradition, four-leaf clovers bring even more good fortune if they are found accidentally.
[size=1.2em]Each leaf represents a different quality: the first is for hope, the second is for faith, the third is for love - and the fourth is for luck.
[size=1.2em]A fifth leaf is said to stand for money, but no one has come up with a meaning for a sixth and seventh - yet. |
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