Finding a four-leaf clover isn’t all luck. How to hunt for them...

You don’t need the luck of the Irish to find a real four-leaf clover - you need clover hunting skills...

Just ask Kyle McKeown Mansfield. She’s been hunting four-leaf clovers since the age of 10 and has found hundreds of them. Here are her tips:

* Don’t inspect the clover patch too carefully, let your eyes gently scan the area from a standing position. Three-leaf clovers create a triangular pattern and the cross-shaped four-leaf will stand out and catch your eye.

* Check near the edges of the patch first. Four-leaf clovers tend to grow there for some reason.

* If you find a four-leaf clover, mark that spot. It’s a genetic defect and that plant or nearby plants will likely produce some more.

* If you find a five-leaf clover - you are lucky indeed. They do exist but the odds of finding one are a million to one.

If you find a whole patch of four-leaf clovers and think you’ve hit the motherload, keep looking. Those are probably something else. There are a few other ground cover plants that look a lot like clover. Real clover is dark green with a pale green line across the leaves.