The year 2017 has only 365 days; thus, no Leap Year, no Sadie Hawkins Day.
The calendar as we know it was set in place by Julius Caesar. Prior to 46 B.C., there was "The Year of Confusion," with 445 days. Big Julie changed all that, determining that the year would have 365 days, plus six hours, with an extra day every four years.
March 1 is also St. David's Day, celebrated in Wales, where David is the patron saint. The national emblem of Wales is the leek, commemorating a Welsh victory over Anglo-Saxons, when David urged King Cadwaladr's troops to wear leeks in their caps.
How to celebrate the day? Perhaps by wearing a daffodil, and enjoying a dish of robust Welsh rabbit, or a bowl of leek soup. And reading Dylan Thomas. With Bryn Terfel on the CD player.
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