The shamrock is often confused with the four-leaf clover, but shamrocks have just three leaves. March 17 is known as St. Patrick’s Day because that is the believed date of death of Saint Patrick.

The shamrock is the leaf of the clover plant and a symbol of the Holy Trinity. According to legend, St. Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity to pagans.

According to St. Patrick's Day lore, St. Patrick used the leaves of a shamrock as a metaphor for the holy trinity. Each leaf represented either the Father, the Son or the Holy Spirit.

Shamrocks symbolize St. Patrick's Day because St. Patrick was a Christian missionary who used a clover to explain the Holy Trinity of Christianity, which is God the Father, God the Son and God the ...

Lore holds that St. Patrick used the shamrock’s three leaves to represent the Holy Trinity — you know, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. A fourth leaf would have been, well, like a fifth ...

The legend of St. Patrick and the lucky three-leafed shamrock goes like this: St. Patrick was an actual man, born in Roman-occupied Britain in the 5th century with the birth name Maewyn Succat.

St. Patrick is believed to have used a three-leaf clover to explain the complexity of the Trinity to nonbelievers in 5th century Ireland. Ever since, the shamrock has been revered by the Irish and ...

St. Patrick's Day celebrations are in full swing in Shamrock, drawing visitors from near and far for a weekend packed with parades, carnival rides, food and local traditions.

Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic For St. Patrick’s Day, Pictures as Green as the Shamrock National Geographic celebrates the color green with 17 stunning pictures from its archives.

In annual fashion, Manchester is getting ready for its Saint Patrick's parade. Organizers of the parade gathered at Veteran's Memorial Park Saturday morning to paint the shamrock on Elm Street.