This Thursday, February 29th, If You Were Born In A Leap Year You Finally Get To Have A Birthday
Finally, This Thursday, A Birthday! If you were born on a leap year day – the 29th of February – you are way younger than the rest of us. ...
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Finally, This Thursday, A Birthday!
If you were born on a leap year day – the 29th of February – you are way younger than the rest of us.
Above is the birthday cake of a 20 year old "leapling".
As A Bonus, Women Who Are Fed Up Waiting For Their Guy Can Pop The Question. It Was Made A Scottish Law In 1218 By Queen Margaret.
Above is the birthday cake of a 20 year old "leapling".
However, according to Country Living Magazine it wasn't quite that simple.
Women had to wear a red petticoat (perhaps to give advance warning and some time to run away).
The same article says that a man's refusal had economic consequences. Saying no meant you had to give the girl a silk dress or gloves. In Ireland, there was a fine for saying no.
