Oh, how superstitious people are on the eve of the wedding, and even those who have never twisted a black cat with a black cat, are actively becoming interested in all the wedding signs. Especially strongly among the people is the superstition about a leap year - they say, it's absolutely impossible to play a wedding in such a year, the family will be doomed to all sorts of misfortunes. Is it really possible to get married in a leap year or to play a wedding? And there is some evidence for this superstition?
What is a bad leap year?
To answer the question whether it is possible to play a wedding in a leap year, one must understand, and what is wrong with the fact that in the year a superfluous day appears? Traditionally, a leap year was considered bad, it was connected with the fact that the patron of this year was Kasyan. This saint in the people was considered a stingy, envious, self-serving and spiteful type, which brings people only misfortunes. And with such a patron of what good from year to wait? But this popular opinion is not confirmed by statistics - unhappiness occurs not only in leap years.
There is also an opinion that leap year allegedly causes more deaths than in other years, not burdened with an "extra" day. But this superstition is also not confirmed by science - a pestilence, every leap year is not marked.
Why, then, it is said that there are more troubles in the leap year, do our ancestors have been so short-sighted? No, in some ways they are right, there is indeed more for one day in the year, which means that events can happen a little more. And why did they rely on bad incidents? It's just that people prefer to believe in bad things and are more likely to hear about tragedy, rather than happily rejoice.
Is it possible to make a wedding in a leap year?
Are there any signs related to the wedding and the leap year, is it possible to marry this year? Superstitious people will say that it is possible to marry in any year, but it is better not in a leap year. Because the marriage, concluded in such a year, will certainly fall apart. But this superstition is not something that science does not confirm, even the people's tradition does not support it.
You will say that from ancient times in leap years the matchmakers did not go to the bride's house, because this year was considered unhappy? Yes indeed, in a leap year in the homes of brides matchmakers could not be found, but not because of the bad year, but because this year the matchmakers went to the grooms. Only in a leap year the bride could send matchmakers to the groom, and he could not refuse her, with very few exceptions. So history does not confirm the superstition about unhappy marriages in a leap year.
And how does the church look at it, maybe she categorically forbids the wedding in a leap year? And then the mistake - the Christian church not only does not forbid to get married in a leap year, it also shames the superstitious people in every possible way, equating them to the Gentiles. And really, if everything is God's will, can somehow affect the appearance of one extra day in a year as a couple?
It turns out that to be afraid to marry in a leap year is not worth it, all superstitions are just a legacy of the dark and maybe not very happy past of our ancestors. We, modern people, they are not afraid, and does true love not overcome all obstacles?