Leap year

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Leap year

Leap years were a type of year. 29 February only occurred in leap years. (PROSE: Imaginary Friends [+]Loading...["Imaginary Friends (novel)"])

Known leap years included 1924, (AUDIO: Golden Age [+]Loading...["Golden Age (audio story)"]) successive leap years 1964 and 1968, (PROSE: Imaginary Friends [+]Loading...["Imaginary Friends (novel)"]) and 2008. (AUDIO: The Condemned [+]Loading...["The Condemned (audio story)"])

Fay proposed to her fiancé Jake Morgan during a leap year. By tradition, he was expected to say no so he would have to buy Fay a silk dress, but he did not understand the tradition and said yes, promising to buy her a silk dress anyway. (PROSE: The Dead Man's Story [+]Loading...["The Dead Man's Story (short story)"])

The annual parade of the Church of the Silence was held on 29 February, but did not take place in leap years. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])