HAPPY LEAP DAY!
Every 4 years, we get an extra day of the year thanks to Roman leader Julius Caesar! Do you know how it is celebrated around the world? In certain European countries, February 29th is known as “Bachelor’s Day”. If a man proposes and the woman refuses, he must buy her 12 pairs of gloves, to find the lack of a ring on her finger. In Ireland, women propose to men, instead of the other way around! According to Irish tradition, Saint Brigid made a deal with Saint Patrick for women to have this right, every four years. In Greece, it is unlucky for a marriage to occur on this day or even year. It is also bad luck to have Leap Year as a birthday in Scotland.
Speaking of birthdays, people with the birthday of February 29th are called “Leaplings!” Some joke saying that they are technically only their age divided by 4. Statistically, there are only about 5 million people on the planet that share February 29th as their birthday. To learn more about Leap Year, click here and here.
