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Friday, February 29, 2008
6:06 AM Happy Leap Year People!! This is something i got to know from the movie Leap Year which i jus watched a few hours ago..I feel tat its interesting..So i'm here to post the story about it.. Leap Year Tradition Thirty days hath September, April, June and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine. Traditionally when it comes to proposing marriage, it falls on the male to ask his sweetheart if she would do him the honour of becoming his wife. This year however is a leap year and on the 29th of February the tables are turned. It is a leap year tradition that women propose marriage on the 29th of February And if the man says no then he must pay a fine, the fine can be anything that the girl desires from a simple kiss to a very expensive piece of jewellery. And there is actually a law in Scotland to protect the tradition and have people follow it..And so..This is it.. Scottish Law The tradition that originated in Ireland in the 5th century, St. Bridget complained to St. Patrick about women having to wait for so long for a man to propose. According to legend, St. Patrick said the yearning females could propose on this one day in February during the leap year. In Scotland in 1288 a law was passed that allowed women to propose marriage to the man of their choice in that year. And any man who refused would have to pay the fine. |
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