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Happy Groundhog Day!
Phil's official forecast as read 2/2/07 at 7:28 a.m. at Gobbler's Knob:
Hooray! Happy Groundhog Day everyone!Originally posted by Punxsutawney Phil
http://www.groundhog.org/prediction/Helen: Everyone's special, Dash.
Dash: [muttering] Which is another way of saying no one is.Tags: None -
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Well we got to the single digits, but it just doesn't feel right without snow. And Sucre, it has been snowing off and on here for the last week or so, but its like 1 inch or a coating every time. Basically, not enough to have school closing, but enough to tick me off and make driving treacherous.Comment
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Around the fifth century, the European Celts believed that animals had certain supernatural powers on special days that were half-way between the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox.[citation needed] Folklore from Germany and France indicated that when marmots and bears came out of their winter dens too early, they were frightened by their shadow and retreated back inside for four to six weeks.[citation needed] This may have been adopted by the Romans as Hedgehog Day. In Scotland the hedgehog has long been revered for its healing powers (as referenced in Robert Burns' Ode to a Hedgehog).
The earliest known American reference to Groundhog Day can be found at the Historical Society of Berks County in Reading, Pennsylvania. The reference was made Feb. 4, 1841 in Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania storekeeper James Morris' diary: "Last Tuesday, the 2nd, was Candlemas day, the day on which, according to the Germans, the Groundhog peeps out of his winter quarters and if he sees his shadow he pops back for another six weeks nap, but if the day be cloudy he remains out, as the weather is to be moderate."
2007
6 more weeks of winter — Jimmy the Groundhog, Holtsville Hal, Dunkirk Dave
Early Spring — Punxsutawney Phil, Staten Island Chuck, Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam and General Beauregard Lee of Georgia, Malverne Mel
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Yeah that's how it's been here. I like cold weather and I like snow, but I cannot stand driving in it.
School never gets cancelled either, I just decide not to go.Comment
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Every school around here was canceled because we had 1-2 inches of snow, most which melted off the roads by 8am. Very typical of the South though.Originally posted by CardsFan27This is the 3rd time John Calipari has been to his first Final Four!What I'm Currently Listening ToComment


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