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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | No, I don't have one--but my daughter does, who is "7" today. (And, a congratulations card I received from a college friend had only two words penned in it: "It figures....") :D
So if you are among the few, 'fess up. Who know, you may even get a set of string tubes out of it..... ;)
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Location: Brisbane Australia | There was a guy interviewed on one of the local radio stations this morning, he was turning 21.
Strange, he sounded quite mature, said he'd been busted several times for under age drinking :D
It is a tradition here that on the 29th Feb women are able to ask the men for their hand in marriage.
Is it the same in the States?
Apparently there were quite a few guys here that went "missing" for the day
AJ :D |
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Location: GA USA | From Wikipedia:
In the English speaking world, it is a tradition that women may propose marriage only on leap years. While it has been argued that the tradition was initiated by Saint Patrick or Brigid of Kildare in 5th century Ireland, it is dubious as the tradition has not been attested before the 19th century [7]. 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.[8] Because men felt that put them at too great a risk, the tradition was in some places tightened to restricting female proposals to the modern leap day, 29 February, or to the medieval leap day, 24 February. According to Felten: "A play from the turn of the 17th century, 'The Maydes Metamorphosis,' has it that 'this is leape year/women wear breeches.' A few hundred years later, breeches wouldn't do at all: Women looking to take advantage of their opportunity to pitch woo were expected to wear a scarlet petticoat -- fair warning, if you will." [9]. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Local paper here had a picture of an older married couple couple and their birthdays.
His; May 24th, 74 years young and still handsome.
Hers; Feb. 29, 19 and finally legal. |
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Location: Yorkshire, England | Over here in England,the custom is that a lady is allowed to propose to a gentleman on a leap year, (29th of March) and should the gentleman refuse, it is held as tradition that he has to buy her a pair of gloves !
Clyde |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Yeah, sure.
But what's she have to do with the gloves? |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Women , eh...?!.. |
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Any Leap Year birthdays out there?