Brewer's: Shamrock

the symbol of Ireland, because it was selected by St. Patrick to prove to the Irish the doctrine of the Trinity (Irish and Gaelic, seam-rog.)

Shamrock.
According to the elder Pliny, no serpent will touch this plant.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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