How will you be marking the extra day?
In modern times, it's a little outdated to think women need a specific day to propose – but for those that want an extra reason, a leap year has long been the year 'women can propose to men'. Proposing, for centuries, was the gentleman's prerogative, but once every four years Leap Year tradition dictated that on the 29th of February, women looking to put a ring on it can ask their loves to marry them..
As the Irish nun would have been around nine or ten years old when St. Patrick died in 461 A.D, this story is a little dubious, but no less charming for it.In another win for the girls, Queen Margaret of Scotland is said to, saying any man who refuses a Leap Day proposal should be issued with a fine amounting to anything from £1 to a silk gown. Though the queen would have been only five years old at the time, so the truth of this is also a little bit murky.
goes that the tradition came about when St Patrick turned down St Brigid's marriage proposal, offering her a kiss and a silk gown as a consolation prize.
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