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(5-loVer,Wl]ite; or <§)t]amrocl\. 
National Emblem of Ireland. 
Oh, the Shamrock, the green, immortal Shamrock! 
Chosen leaf 
Of bard and chief, 
Old Erin’s native Shamrock. 
— Moore. 
? IIIS symbol of their country is worn by Irishmen on the anniversary 
and in commemoration of St. Patrick’s landing near Wicklow, in 
the beginning of the fifth century of the Christian era. 
When St. Patrick first preached the Christian faith in Ireland, be¬ 
fore a powerful chief and his people, and while he was yet speaking of the 
Blessed Trinity, i. e., of one God in three Divine Persons, the chief asked 
how one could be in three. St. Patrick, instead of then giving the learned 
theological exposition of the mystery of the Blessed Trinity, thought a 
simple image would best serve to enlighten that people, and stooping to the 
earth, he plucked from the green sod a shamrock, and holding up the tre¬ 
foil before them, he exclaimed, There, behold one in three !. . The chief, 
struck by the illustration, asked to be baptized at once, and all his sept fol¬ 
lowed his example. 
Walter Thornburg has given his readers the following lyric, “In 
Clover 
“There is clover, honey-sweet, 
Thick and tangled at our feet; 
Crimson-spotted lies the field, 
As in fight the warrior’s shield: 
Yonder poppies full of scorn. 
Proudly wave above the corn; 
There is music at our feet 
In the clover, honey-sweet. 
