GC698WF Take the Leap, on Feb 29th 2016 (Event Cache) in Michigan, United States created by Cherry Capital Cachers { CCC }

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Hidden : Monday, February 29, 2016

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Leap Day 2016

It is time for that extra caching day of the year that only comes once every four years. So join us for a little get together and earn a souvenir also.

Where you ask...

Panera Bread
3675 US-31

When you ask...

Febuary 29th (of course)
"5:30 to 7:00 PM"

Everyone is welcome! We look forward to seeing you there. Food and beverages are available if you choose but the cost will be your responsibility. Please post the number attending in your WILL ATTEND log.

A leap year poem to remember it by
Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November;
All the rest have thirty-one
Save February, she alone
Hath eight days and a score
Til leap year gives her one day more.

Some info about this day.
Every four years the world allows time to catch up and this year it is called leap year. So...why the extra day?

It was the ancient Egyptians who first figured out that the solar year and the man-made calendar year didn't always match up. That's because it actually takes the Earth a little longer than a year to travel around the Sun — 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds, to be exact. Therefore, as the hours accumulated over the centures, an extra day was occasionally added to the calendar, and over time the practice became more or less official.

The Romans first designated February 29 as leap day, but a more precise formula (still in use today) was adopted in the 16th century when the Gregorian calendar fine-tuned the calculations to include a leap day in years only divisible by four - 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, etc. Another stipulation ruled that no year divisible by 100 would have a leap year, except if it was divisible by 400. Thus, 1900 was not a leap year ... but 2000 was! Go figure.

Leap Year Traditions
As the story goes, the tradition of women romantically pursuing men in leap years began in 5th century Ireland, when St. Bridget complained to St. Patrick about the fair sex having to wait for men to propose. Patrick finally relented and set February 29 aside as the day set aside allowing women the right to ask for a man's hand in marriage.

The tradition continued in Scotland, when Queen Margaret declared in 1288 that on February 29 a woman had the right to pop the question to any man she fancied. Menfolk who refused were faced with a fine in the form of a kiss, a silk dress, or a pair of gloves given to the rejected lady fair.

A similar modern American tradition, Sadie Hawkins Day, honors "the homeliest gal in the hills" created by Al Capp in the cartoon strip Li'l Abner. In the famous story line, Sadie and every other woman in town were allowed on that day to pursue and catch the most eligible bachelors in Dogpatch. Although the comic strip placed Sadie Hawkins Day in November, today it has become almost synonymous with February 29.

Leap Year Trivia
* Centuries cannot be designated leap years unless they are divisible by 400. The year 2000 was a leap year because it can be divided evenly by 400.

* Only 4 million people living in the United States were born on Leap Day.

* The odds of a baby being born on Leap Day are 1 in 500.

* Did you know it is considered unlucky in Scotland to be born on Leap Day?

* People born on Leap Day are called leapers.

* Leap Year babies unfortunate to be born in 1884 had no birthday through their teen years because the year 1900 was not a Leap Year.

* In the Republic of Ireland, babies born on Leap Day receive 70 pounds from the government. This year the Dublin government expects to gift approximately 160 babies with the money.

* Superstitious Chinese believe that more accidents and mishaps occur during the leap month in the lunar calendar. They also think that children born in that month are harder to bring up. Nor are they keen to start a business or get married then.

* US Presidential elections and Summer Olympic Games are both held every four years and occur in the Leap Year.

Have A Happy Leap Day !

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