2006-06-25 21:34:35 · 19 answers · asked by Bridge 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
21 is when we are legally right to do what a kid cannot.
2006-06-25 21:37:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
21st Birthday History
2016-12-12 10:02:56 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but I wish it would go back there. I hated my 21st birthday, everyone was determined to make a big deal of it even though I didn't want to. I ended up having to attend 3 different parties for myself and I hate having a party in my honour, it makes me feel like a performing seal.
People were saying 'Congratulations', and I was there wondering what I had actually done to deserve it- I managed to survive for 21 years? Big deal.
2006-06-26 02:38:03 · answer #3 · answered by Alex should be working 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In England on your 18th Birthday you can vote and drink. It used to be 21 but it's still celebrated.
2006-06-25 21:46:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's from the rituals of knighthood. At seven a boy began to learn what he needed to be a knight when he was taken on as a page, at 14 he graduated to squire and became the assistant to a knight, training with him, caring for his equipment and, at 21, he became a knight.
2006-06-25 21:39:55 · answer #5 · answered by scotsman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
21=age of majority
2006-06-28 14:28:56 · answer #6 · answered by Conservative 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we can legally drink from the age of 16 and nobody cares about their 21st birthday....see any connection?
2006-06-25 22:13:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
logically follows the tradition of the 16th, 17th, 18th,19th and 20th birthday celebrations.
2006-06-26 00:37:01 · answer #8 · answered by jegreencreek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In modern times, it is because you are of legal drinking age. One Love People.
2006-06-25 21:41:47 · answer #9 · answered by zenhoss 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's when you legally became a man and could came into whatever estates were left to you etc. Women didn't count and they could pretty much marry you off whenever they wanted.
2006-06-28 05:19:55 · answer #10 · answered by Nannon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
21 used to be the legal age that you could vote and drink and therefore a rite of passage into adulthood.
2006-06-27 10:06:16 · answer #11 · answered by Jen_Greebo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋