According to an Irish mythology, people who discover a five-leaf clover will have better luck and financial success than those who only find a four-leaf clover. However, if you're merely looking for a four-leaf clover, much alone a five-leaf clover, good luck might be difficult to come by! In fact, it's estimated that there are about as many four-leaf clovers as there are stars in the sky. And while it's true that finding a five-leaf clover is rare, scientists say it's because there are so few of them. Five-leaf clovers first came into popularity during the 19th century, after they were featured in a number of poems and songs. These days, people sometimes pick up five-leaf clovers as "cures" for various illnesses or problems in their lives. But science has never confirmed that there is any truth to the belief that the leaf pattern has any special power over us. The reason why people think of five-leaf clovers is because there are actually two different patterns used by nature to represent a single clover plant. Each pattern contains five leaves; one pattern has all red leaves while the other has all white leaves. Since these colors are rarely found together in one plant, people often mistake them for five separate plants when really there are only two clovers growing close together.