Christmas in Leap Year - by Florence Claxton, 1860. 'Humorous' vignettes depicting a tradition, known as Bachelor's Day or Ladies' Privilege, whereby women are supposedly allowed to propose to men on Leap Day, 29 February. It once had legal basis in Scotland and England. From "Illustrated London News", 1860.

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