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Red Clover is aliovr all othrrs aiKliiird to a saiiily haliital, rc- 

 qiiirin;^' a saiuK' soil. It is touiul on Kciipcr Marl, I.i.is, i>ouKl(.'r 

 Clay, ^:c. 



Scxcral fLii\i;i inlcst it: i'ropltlyctis tiijolii, I'ci-oiiospora trifolii, 

 Si/c rot i Ilia trijoliontiii (Clo\cr Sickness), Pseudopczizcx trijolii, (.ilco- 

 sporimii cati/k'oni»i, Mairosporiiiin sarciiucfoniiis; aiul it is i^alkcl 1)\' 

 Cccido))i\'ia (ri/o/ii. The beetles Siioius /iiica/i(s, ^Ipioii z'iiii/s. J'/iv/o- 

 itoiims iite/is; the moths Lciicophasia S/;/ap/s, Zyoav/a trifo/ii, Lasio- 

 caiiipa trifo/ii, Jiit/a/ia bipunctaria, liitbolia paiiiiiilxiria, Stigiiioiiifa 

 cowpositi/ta, and the Hemi[nerous Orthocip/ia/iis saltator feed on Red 

 Clover in one form or another. 



Trifo/iiiiii (VVmx) is ii\)m the Latin trcs. three; foliiiiu. leaf, hence 

 trefoil; awA pratcusc alltides to its meadow hahit.U. Clo\er is from 

 A.S. c/tcjcr, Bel<:^. k/ovcr, from A.S. cUalaii. to clea\e. It is called 

 Beebread. Broad Clover, (Broad, Meadow. Red, or Soukie) Clover, 

 Clatter Malloch, Clover- grass. Cob, Cocks-head, Cow-clover, Cow- 

 grass, Honey-siick, Honeysuckle Trefoil, Knap, Marl-grass, Plyvens, 

 Shamrock, Sleeping Maggie, Sookies, .Surk-bottle, Suckles, Sucklers, 

 Suckles, .Sucking Sugar Plums. 



Under lliat trcL-. and on tlic suckler brae, 



W'licrc oil we wont, when liairns, to run and play. 



Though called Beebread the hive bee does not visit it. The name 

 Soukie Clover is given because children suck the flowers for honey. 

 In \'irginia it was said to have sprung trom the blood of men slain 

 in battle. It is a talisman to detect fairies: 



I '11 seek a Ibur-leaved clover 

 In all the fairy dells. 

 And if I find the charmed leaf — 

 Oh. how I'll weave my spells! 



Two-leaved clover is lucky, and gathered with a formula: 



.\ clover, a clover of two, 



Put it in your right shoe, 



The first young man you meet, 



In field, street, or lane. 



You '11 get him, or one of his name. 



If a lo\-er puts a sprig of clover in his shoe bef ire he sets out on 

 a journey in Bohemia he will rc-main faithful, and a lover also puts a 

 four-leaved one under his pillow to dream of his .sweetheart. To 

 dream of it foretells a happy marriage. To live in luxury is " to lie 

 in clover '. Bad luck attends the finding of a five-leaved clover. 



