So Punxsutawney Phil the Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosticator of Prognosticators and Weather Profit Extraordinary has called for, sorry to say, 6 more weeks of winter. https://youtu.be/YBTchR3jV6M
1. Phil is 135 years
old, his life is extended by seven years every summer at the annual picnic at
Gobbler Nob by taking a swig of groundhog nog.
2. Phil announces his
prediction annually in groundhogsese. Which is translated by the President of
the inner circle.
3. Punxsutawney
Phil‘s wife is named Phyllis
4. Groundhog day
originated from German settlers who came to the USA in the early 1880s. Before
their arrival in America, Germans would look to the badger to forecast weather.
The settlers replace the badger with the more common ground hog in PA. The
first Punxsutawney ground hog celebration was an 1886.
5. The Christian
religious holiday of Candlemas day evolved into the celebration we know today
is Groundhog Day.
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