LEAP YEAR.
I A "Little .-.Sister*., wbo.has-^n inquiring of a Dunedin paper afol&Leap Xear, and the alarming privilege said tpbe possessed by/ unmarried ladies, s is answered hy the following* by Dp' * Y «™^"The : ,ladie* propose, and if ' not excepied, claim a silk gown. St Patrick, having 'driven the frogs out of the bogs,' was walking along the shores of Lough Neagb, when he was accosted by St Bridget. in t^rs,.. and?. was told that a mutiny had broken out m the nunnery over which 'She presided, the ladies claiming the light of « poppin* the. question.' ; ,,Srit r i OPatfick /said he would concede them the right every seventh year, when St. Bridge! qthrew her arms around his neck, and exclaimed, • Arrah, Patrick, jewel, I | daurn't go teiekttQ; the o girls with such a proposal. Make it one year m four.' St. Patrick replied, « Bridget, acushla, scjufc&za me that way agin; an] -1!J1 give you leap year, Hue "longest of ttie lot.' St. Bridget, upon this, popped the question to St. Patrick himself, who, of course, could not marry; so he patched up the difficulty as best he could, with a kiss and a silk gown."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 39, 14 January 1884, Page 2
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196LEAP YEAR. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 39, 14 January 1884, Page 2
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