It turns out not everyone is equally excited about Leap Day. In this 1728 poem, the personification
It turns out not everyone is equally excited about Leap Day. In this 1728 poem, the personification of Wales protests that Leap Day pushes back the feast day of its patron saint, St. David, on March 1st. Desaguliers, J. T. (John Theophilus), 1683-1744. The Newtonian system of the world, the best model of government: an allegorical poem, 1728.*EC7 D4508 728nHoughton Library, Harvard University -- source link
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