Have you ever wondered how or when the idea of women proposing to men on leap year got started? The tradition started in the 5th century when an Irish nun named St. Bridget was sick of women having to wait for men to get around to asking them to marry. She lobbied St. Patrick to allow women to do the asking and he agreed with the stipulations that it could only be on leap year and that the women had to make their intentions know by either wearing breeches or a red petticoat. Now you know the rest of the story...but I can't help but wonder why a nun was worrying about marriage.
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