For traditionalists, just once every four years, on February 29 (Leap Day), a woman is allowed to take her destiny in her own hands and ask a man to marry her.
But, how and why did the Leap Year tradition come about?
Well, the tradition is thought to date back to the 5th century, when, legend has it, an Irish nun called St Bridget complained to St Patrick that women had to wait too long for their suitors to propose.
So, they struck a deal. St Patrick decreed this one day in February, which occurs once every four years, when women were allowed to propose.
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