Random: Leap year legends

[caffienekitty]

Since I'm sick and laying down makes me feel like I'm drowning, have some Leap Year Legend research. Not really Winchester case material, but you never know.


"Ladies Privilege"

Very old obviously. Feb 29th was the day a woman could ask a man to marry her, and if he refused, he had to pay a forfeit.


"Carberry Day"

At Brown University, every Friday the 13th and February 29th is 'Carberry Day', a day when loose change is collected in ceramic pots as a donation to the library. This commemorates a hoax lecture on 'psychoceramics' by a 'Dr. Carberry' posted on May 13, 1955.


I can't believe there isn't a cool legend somewhere about a Brigadoon-style village that only shows up on Leap Years or a ghost that haunts something every 29th of February. I feel vastly cheated.

Comments

[angieb5.livejournal.com]

Brigadoon-style village FTW!!!!! Gene Kelly is my hero.

That would make such an awesome Supernatural episode!!!

[spndpfrdcrck.livejournal.com]

It is quite strange that there aren't any cool legends

[tigriswolf]

Ooh... *plotwolves lick their chops*

[caffienekitty]

It would, too. If the show goes on long enough maybe they'll get around to doing one. :-)

[caffienekitty]

It's such an odd little day, it needs legends.

[caffienekitty]

Oh really? :-)

[spndpfrdcrck.livejournal.com]

...You could always make one up and pretend it's from a while back....and tell everyone you know the made up legend until it is a widespread belief....

[caffienekitty]

...so eventually it'd be something Sam and Dean would have to come look into, right?

The only problem with that, see is that Leap Year's gone past and when Sam and Dean came to hunt it down four years from last Friday, I might've moved on. Also there's that whole 'having them immensely pissed off at me when they figured out it was a hoax thing' and that whole 'end of the world/demon war/Dean's going to Hell' nonsense they're busy with right now, so who knows where they'll be in four years...

*wibbles*

[spndpfrdcrck.livejournal.com]

Hm, I suppose "having them immensely pissed off at me" is a bit of a turn off

[caffienekitty]

Not that the 'shouty boys' moments aren't nice in the show in a way, but they're much better directed at evil things. *nods*

[spndpfrdcrck.livejournal.com]

Although if it does allow you to meet them so they can chew you out....maybe it is worth it

[malevolent73.livejournal.com]

I would ask a bunch of random guys to marry me and watch the money come rolling in. Heh.

[caffienekitty]

Yeah, me too. :-D