Happy birthday Leap Year babies!

For several Meath residents, today is the first chance in four years they’ve had to celebrate their birthday on the exact date they were born.
There will be plenty of parties around the county as Leap Year babies celebrate their proper birthdays.
The chances of having a leap birthday are one in 1,461. People who are born on 29th February are referred to as “leaplings”, or “leapers”. In non-leap years, many leaplings choose to celebrate their birthday on either 28th February or 1st March, while purists stick to 29th February for the occasion.
Today is also traditionally the day when a woman has the opportunity to ask a man for his hand in marriage, although in 2016 women surely have to right to this any time of they want, but there are still a lot of traditionalists around who choose to do on this day.