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The origin of the very old superstition that a four-leafed clover' portends fortune and happiness is lost in antiquity… One old legend is that Eve, upon being ejected from the Paradise, took a four-leafed clover with her.
Because the clover was a bit of green from the Garden of Paradise, its presence in one's own garden came to be looked upon as an omen of good luck… At one time there was a custom of strewing four-leafed clovers as good luck omens before a bride to insure her happiness.
In Monte Carlo and other gambling places there is a belief that after a suicide of an unlucky player, all those playing against the bank will win! When the news of a suicide becomes known, therefore, the card rooms at once fill with eager players!
