I didn’t know that St Patrick and St Brigid were the two who started the whole tradition of enabling women to propose marriage on a leap day.
Apparently St Brigid had a chat with St Patrick about letting women have the right to propose to a man. And the cautious St Patrick ruled that woman could certainly propose to a man. But only on a leap day, which falls once every 4 years.
In Scotland, the tradition developed that if a man rejected a lady’s proposal on a leap day, he had to pay a fine, ranging from a kiss to a new silk dress.
And did you know that if you’re proposing to a man, all you need is a football, not a diamond ring. Are men really so easily pleased?
Anyway. I’d advise anyone to have an enlightening 3 minutes with this videojug.com production, and then to spend the next 12 hours either hiding from ladies, or stalking gentlemen.
