Happy Leap Year! ~2012~

Korang tau tak, tarikh hari ni sangat special kan? Sebab apa eh..sebab 29 Feb ni happened 4 tahun skali jer. It's called 'Tahun Lompat' or in bahasa omputih dia panggil 'Leap Year' :)

Hurm yang tu common sangat la kan, semua orang tau. Tapi rasanya tak ramai yang tau, orang Irish anggap tarikh ni super-duper special. Kenapa eh?? Jeng..jeng..jeng..! Sebab on this date perempuan boleh propose her man tapi valid kat Ireland je tau!!

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As tau ni pon sebab tengok movie 'Leap Year' (comel sangat citer ni tau..korang patut tengok!). Then bila google wikipedia, banyak jugak interesting informations pasal leap year ni, antaranya:-

"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 some places the tradition was tightened to restricting female proposals to the modern leap year day, February 29, or to the medieval (bissextile) leap year day, February 24.

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."

Rupa2 nye bukan Ireland je, negara-negara lain pun ada gak :-

• 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.

Ha, untuk korang2 yang baru tau pasal Leap Year ni, lau nak cipta sejarah sendiri, hurm tunggu la 4 tahun lagi ye ;p coz hari pun dah nak sampai hujung dah.. nak g Ireland pun dah tak sempat kan :D

Lain2 information yang korang nak tau pasal Leap Yar ni, boleh la baca kat sini ye:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year