Leap Year
Across
- 2. A leap year starting on this day will always end on this day.
- 3. What event in Scotland encourages unmarried women to wear a red petticoat on leap day?
- 7. Some cultures believe that on leap day, you should wear what colors for good luck?
- 11. The earliest known leap year was in this ancient civilization.
- 13. According to folklore, what does it mean for the weather if a frog croaks on leap day?
- 14. The Chinese calendar inserts a leap month instead of a leap day. How many extra days does this month have?
- 16. In Ireland, women are encouraged to do this on leap day.
- 17. Leap years are necessary because Earth's orbit around the sun is not perfectly this shape
- 18. Month in which leap day typically occurs.
Down
- 1. Some people believe that if you're born on leap day, you age how often?
- 4. In some countries, businesses offer what on leap day to celebrate the occasion?
- 5. What animal is associated with leap day in many cultures?
- 6. Some people believe that if you look into a mirror on leap day, you might see what?
- 8. 366 is the approximate number of _ in a leap year.
- 9. Greek astronomer known for his work on leap years and calendars
- 10. Type of year in which February has 29 days.
- 12. 45 BC is the _ during which Julius Caesar introduced the concept of leap year
- 15. 1582 is the _ in which the Gregorian calendar was introduced including Leap Day.