On St Patrick's Day Aonghus McAnally learns how to tell shamrock from clover.
As 'eminent shamrockologist' Nicky Furlong explains, shamrock is plentiful in Ireland and has been growing here since the end of the last ice age, approximately 15,000 years ago.
Shamrock (in Irish seamróg meaning little or young clover) is a type of clover and ideally suited to growing in Irish soil. It can be identified by its stems which are intertwined,
The shamrock is like a mat, and is very easy to pin.
Clover however grows on a single stem, its leaves are much bigger than that of shamrock, and will wilt quickly once picked.
This episode of 'Anything Goes’ was broadcast on 17 March 1984. The presenter is Aonghus McAnally.
‘Anything Goes’ was a young people’s programme on RTÉ Television which went out on Saturday mornings. Presented by Aonghus McAnally, Kathy Parke, Dave Heffernan, Mary FitzGerald and Mary Frances Calayco, it was first broadcast on 4 October 1980 and continued for 6 years.
