It's Leap Year Day everyone!

Since this is a special day <and please don't start arguing with me that everyday is special, this day happened once every four year so gimme a break will ya?> i thought, hey... there must be some interesting folklore or funny stories regarding or connected to this special Leap Year Day!

LOOK AT WHAT I FOUND ON THE NET!

 In the British Isles, it is a tradition that women may propose marriage only on leap years. While it has been claimed that the tradition was initiated by Saint Patrick or Brigid of Kildare in 5th century Ireland, this is dubious, as the tradition has not been attested before the 19th century. Supposedly, a 1288 law by Queen Margaret of Scotland (then age five and living in Norway), required that fines be levied if a marriage proposal was refused by the man; compensation ranged from a kiss to £1 to a silk gown, in order to soften the blow.

In Denmark, the tradition is that women may propose on the bissextile leap year day, February 24, and that refusal must be compensated with 12 pairs of gloves.



In Finland, the tradition is that if a man refuses a woman's proposal on leap year day, he should buy her the fabrics for a skirt. 

In Greece, marriage in a leap year is considered unlucky. One in five engaged couples in Greece will plan to avoid getting married in a leap year.

 A person born on February 29 may be called a "leapling" or a "leaper"

 For legal purposes, legal birthdays depend on how local laws count time intervals.

Republic of China
The Civil Code of the Republic of China since 10 October 1929 implies that the legal birthday of a leapling is February 28 in common years:

If a period fixed by weeks, months, and years does not commence from the beginning of a week, month, or year, it ends with the ending of the day which precedes the day of the last week, month, or year which corresponds to that on which it began to commence.　 But if there is no corresponding day in the last month, the period ends with the ending of the last day of the last month.

Hong Kong

Since 1990 non-retroactively, Hong Kong considers the legal birthday of a leapling March 1 in common years:

1. The time at which a person attains a particular age expressed in years shall be the commencement of the anniversary corresponding to the date of his birth.
2. Where a person has been born on 29 February in a leap year, the relevant anniversary in any year other than a leap year shall be taken to be 1 March.
3. This section shall apply only where the relevant anniversary falls on a date after the date of commencement of this Ordinance.

WHATEVER THAT MEANS...HEHEHEHHE.... No lah, it simply means that in Chaina, LEAPLING legally turn 21 on 28th February while in  Hong Kong Leapling turn 21 on the 1st March.  that is, figuratively speaking.




Owh speaking of legally, for all of us working on a Fixed annual wage is actually working for free on the 29th of February hahahahahaha.....


anyway, this day happend once in every four years, ironically for most of us, we are sitting at our desk working. but hey, no biggie.... this day will come again in every 4 years. after all, everyday is a special day right? but sitll, why dont we just declare 29 Febuary a holiday? or else add another day's extra payment, nothing's free in this world you know that right? hehehhehehe.....


Have a nice leap year day everyone! i think im gonna ask prince harry to marry me since he cant say no :D oh yeah he can..... well then, he have to compensate! i dont need anything big,  all i need is the queen's tiara to soften the blow....