Leap Year

This year is a leap year. We usually have 365 days in the year but this year we have 366 days.It takes the earth about 365 days and 6 hours to travel around the sun. 6 is a quarter of 24 so scienetists decided to take the quarters of four years and make a new day. We have this year every 4 years. On that special day people siad that women are allowed to ask men to marry them. I think that women should be allowed to ask men to marry them whenever they want. The extra day is put onto February so there would be 29 days in February. Every four years the Olympics are on too. If someone is born on February they would have their birthday on the 28th of February or on the 1st of March.

Here is a song that we were singing in school today to celebrate Leap Day. We were playing it on the tin-whistle as well.


Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows 

Fair is the lily of the valley 

Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne

But my love is fairer than any. 

Come over the hills, my bonnie Irish lass 

Come over the hills to your darling 

You choose the rose, love, and I'll make the vow 

And I'll be your true love forever. 

Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows 

Fair is the lily of the valley Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne 

But my love is fairer than any.

Twas down by Killarney's green woods that we strayed 

When the moon and the stars they were shining 

The moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hair 

And she swore she'd be my love forever

Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows

Fair is the lily of the valley 

Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne 

But my love is fairer than any. 

It's not for the parting that my sister pains

It's not for the grief of my mother 

Tis all for the loss of my bonny Irish lass

That my heart is breaking forever.

Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows 

Fair is the lily of the valley

Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne

But my love is fairer than any.

 The pictures that we got were from cartoonaday.com