Something Isaiah asked today kinda pique my interest to talk about this subject..

He went to watch the Singapore movie "The Leap Years"..


"Based on a novella by acclaimed writer Catherine Lim, the story is about Li-Ann, a young Singaporean girl who meets her 'special someone' on 29 February. She decides to base her intuition on an Irish leap year tradition that no man will refuse any request of a lady and invites him out for a date. Together, they embark on a romantic journey that spans over 12 years, meeting only thrice in 12 years, on the leap year. "

and was apparently so inspired by it that he decided to come ask four girls, Sharon, Xiu Ling, WeiWen and myself, whether we will be willing to wait 4 years to see someone and only every 4 years???!!!

My answer was of course NOT! I think its a torturous experience to have to wait to see your love one every 4 yrs.. And between now and then, many many things could have happen.. Why would i want to torture myself this way?? Oh well..

Anyway i was interested in this Irish tradition where "no man will refuse any request of a lady on the leap day".. So i did a lil research on it.. (^-^)

A Little Background History
In reality, it takes the earth a little longer than 365 days to complete it's trip around the sun. It take 5 hours, forty-eight minutes and forty-five longer. This extra day was added to the month of Feb because it was the shortest month in the year proposed by Julius Caesar back in 45 BCE.

So now lets talk about this special day tradition according to the Irish culture.. Lolz...

 

Lol funny lil comic strip sums up the tradition perfectly!!

Yepz yepz its proposal year for the ladies!!! Rofl... Feb 29 is often referred to as "Ladies Day". As according to old tradition, woman are allowed to propose marriage to men throughout the entire Leap Year!!! This tradition can be traced back to an old Irish legend concerning St Patrick and St Bridget in the 5th Century.. To cut the long story short, St Patrick annouced that woman are allowed to propose to man every 4 yrs (the leap yr) as durin those times woman/nuns were never given a chance to propose marriage.  To St Patrick surprised, St Bridget actually propose to him after the rule is set and Patrick declined her proposal. Instead he promised to give her a silk gown and a kiss to soften the rejections.. Lolz and so yea this is how the story begins... ^^''

There is also another tradition which states that 29 Feb is also called "Bachelor's Day" where it is the ONLY day out of the entire Leap Year that a woman CANNOT propose to a man.. So its the only day where the man get a break out of romance... Wahaha.. My dear might be happy to know this?? But 29 Feb is going going gone!!!! Bleahz...

Anyway these are jus for information and just for laugh.. Haha the wonders of traditions....