A person born on February 29 may be called a "leapling" or "leaper". In common years they usually celebrate their birthday on February 28 or March 1.
In the English speaking world, it is traditional for women to propose marriage any time during a Leap Year and in some counties there is a fine if the man refuses.
It was also tagged as Sadie Hawkins Day.
In the Li'l Abner comic strip, Sadie Hawkins was the daughter of one of Dogpatch's earliest settlers, Hekzebiah Hawkins. When she reached the age of 35, still a spinster, her father in desperation called together the eligible bachelors of Dogpatch and declared that day to be Sadie Hawkins Day and that "when ah fires [my gun] all o' yo' kin start a-runnin! When ah fires agin - after givin' yo' a fair start - Sadie starts a runnin'. Th' one she ketches'll be her husband."The town spinsters decided that this was such a good idea, they made Sadie Hawkins Day an annual event, much to the chagrin of Dogpatch bachelors everywhere.
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