But even though Phil has been in the weather-prediction business for more than 130 years, he doesn't have a stellar track record. [54][55], In Washington, D.C., the Dupont Circle Groundhog Day event features Potomac Phil, another taxidermic specimen. The bear goes back into his cave.)".
[8] The simpler version is summarized in the English (Scots dialect) couplet that runs "If Candlemas is fair and clear / There'll be twa winters in the year",[e][f] with equivalent phrases in French and German. But the people who know Phil best don't exactly see it that way. [43] Fans of Punxsutawney Phil awaited his arrival starting at 6:00 a.m., thanks to a live stream provided by Visit Pennsylvania. Either way, human forecasters don't mind having the alternate prediction out there in case their own projections go askew. Buckeye Chuck, Ohio's official State Groundhog, is one of two weather predicting groundhogs. Short Punxsutawney Groundhog Day Documentary: Wiarton Willie Festival – Wiarton, Ontario, Annunciation of the Virgin Mary / Annunciation of the Theotokos, Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust, Emancipation Day in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Fast in Honor of the Holy Mother of Lord Jesus, Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Nativity of Mary / Nativity of the Theotokos, Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month, Virgin Islands–Puerto Rico Friendship Day, Presentation of the Theotokos to the Temple, Urus Mubarak of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Groundhog_Day&oldid=983113528, Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text, CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Announcing whether a groundhog sees its shadow after it emerges from its burrow, This page was last edited on 12 October 2020, at 09:36. It was celebrated midway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox.

There are several different ways of defining when spring begins, but by some common methods of doing so, the first day of spring is around March 20, which is always just under seven weeks after February 2, even in leap years. If it rains that day, the rest of summer is supposedly going to be rainy. Wann Ilchtmess Marye awwer drieb is, dann bleibt der dachs haus un's watt noch enanner Friehyaahr.
In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, every February 2 people gather at Gobbler's Knob to see if Phil will see his shadow.

[62][63] A study also shows that in Quebec, the marmot or groundhog (siffleux) are regarded as Candlemas weather-predicting beasts in some scattered spots, but the bear is the more usual animal. In Croatia and Serbia, Orthodox Christians have a tradition that on February 2 (Candlemas) or February 15 (Sretenje, The Meeting of the Lord), the bear will awaken from winter dormancy, and if it sees (meets) its own shadow in this sleepy and confused state, it will get scared and go back to sleep for an additional 40 days, thus prolonging the winter. The Germans already had a tradition of marking Candlemas (February 2) as "Badger Day" (Dachstag), where if a badger emerging found it to be a sunny day thereby casting a shadow, it foreboded the prolonging of winter by four more weeks.

[57], Elsewhere in the American South, the General Beauregard Lee makes predictions from Lilburn, Georgia (later Butts County, Georgia). [21][20], Scholar Rhys Carpenter in 1946 emphasized that the Badger Day tradition was strong in Germany, but absent in the British Isles, and he referred to this as a reason that the U.S. Groundhog Day was not brought by immigrants from these places. [3] Notably, several traditions akin to weather lores use Candlemas' weather to predict the start of spring. [33], The Groundhog Day celebrations of the 1880s were carried out by the Punxsutawney Elks Lodge. [24][25] While in Scotland the animal that heralds spring on this day is a snake,[26] and on the Isle of Man a large bird,[27] in Ireland folklorist Kevin Danaher records lore of hedgehogs being observed for this omen: In Irish folk tradition St. Brighid's Day, 1 February, is the first day of Spring, and thus of the farmer's year. Grundsow Lodges in Pennsylvania Dutch Country in the southeastern part of the state celebrate them as well.

Signet Classics, NY, 1987. p. 725. [60] "Daks Day" (from the German dachs) is Groundhog Day in the dialect of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. In 2017, Groundhog Day was scheduled to be observed at zoos in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Samara, Russia.[66]. For the Pennsylvania Dutch, it became the dox which in Deitsch referred to "groundhog". The weather-predicting animal on Candlemas was usually the badger, although regionally the animal was the bear or the fox. Assessments of the accuracy of other groundhogs such as Staten Island Chuck do use an objective formula (in Chuck's case, a majority of days that reach 40 °F (4 °C) in New York City between Groundhog Day and the March equinox). "Faithful followers, there is no shadow of me and a beautiful spring it shall be," a member of Phil's Inner Circle read from the groundhog's prediction scroll to the cheers and applause from the crowd. Local lore suggests that if Punxsutawney Phil doesn't see his shadow, an early spring can be expected. If the groundhog sees its shadow ...)" is given as common to all 14 counties in Dutch Pennsylvania Country, in a 1915 monograph.[c][12]. A.J. [30][18], Clymer Freas (1867–1942)[l] who was city editor at the Punxsutawney Spirit is credited as the "father" who conceived the idea of "Groundhog Day". [8] In Germany, the animal was dachs or badger. "It's better than blaming your meteorologist.".

[11] The form was a regional variant according to one 19th century source. The History The Christian religious holiday of Candlemas Day has become most commonly associated with the current celebration, but it's roots are older than that. Coffee and Doughnuts are donated by the event’s sponsor Bronson & Guthlein Funeral Home.

Victor Hugo, in "Les Misérables," (1864) discusses the day as follows: "...it was the second of February, that ancient Candlemas-day whose treacherous sun, the precursor of six weeks of cold, inspired Matthew Laensberg with the two lines, which have deservedly become classic: 'Qu'il luise ou qu'il luiserne, Nearly the same series of events unfolded about 300 miles to the east, where Staten Island Chuck's handlers also revealed the same prediction. "Groundhog Day 2019: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts An Early Spring. The earliest mention of Groundhog Day is an entry on February 2, 1840, in the diary of James L. Morris of Morgantown, in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, according to the book on the subject by Don Yoder. Phil's annual prediction draws thousands of revelers to the town of Punxsutawney, about 80 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, every year.

He resides in Marion, Ohio. Candlemas is a primarily Catholic festival but also known in the German Protestant (Lutheran) churches. From his first appearance in 2012 to 2018, Phil's spring predictions invariably agreed with those of the more lively Punxsutawney Phil, who made his predictions half an hour earlier. Whether Groundhog Day has been on your bucket list for years or it is your birthday, or if you just would like a reason to celebrate — Groundhog Day is the event for you. It was speculated that the European counterpart might have lore similar to the groundhog attached to it. Also styled H. C. Freas, H. Clymer Freas, or Clymer H. Freas. ", "What Time Does the Groundhog Come Out on Groundhog Day?


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