Leap day!

"Leap" in time is when the calendar is adjusted to make up for extra seconds accumulated over the preceding three years, due to the rotation of the earth. A leap year has 366 days and it occurs every four years

But did you know….

• In England and Wales, the date of the legal birthday for someone born on 29th February is 1st March
• February 30th was a real date in Sweden, a Scandinavian country.
• The town of Anthony in Texas, USA was known as ‘The Leap Year Capital of the World’.
• In Scotland, it was considered unlucky to be born on a Leap Day.
• Babies born on 29th February are known as Leaplings
• In Greece it is considered unlucky to marry on a Leap Day.
• Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar was said to be behind the origin of the Leap Year

Nursery poem-

Thirty days hath September,

April, June and November.

All the rest have thirty-one,

Excepting February alone,

And that has twenty-eight days clear

And twenty-nine in each leap year.

-Unknown