Legend has it that St. Brigit of Kildare asked St. Patrick whether there couldn't be a day on which a woman might propose to a man (not, I think, self-interest: she was fiercely celibate). Anyhow, it has stuck and for a while in some places it was an offence for the man to say no (there weren't the tax implications then).
And speaking of the economy, if the UK's Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne could claim last year that growth was slower due to the day off for the Royal Wedding, presumably he will have to acknowledge that growth ought to be higher this year due to the extra day. What goes around, as the Gregorian Calendar makes clear, comes around.
A child born today will legally be allowed to vote on 1st March 2030, assuming we still have voting then.
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