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Groundhog Day is an annual tradition in the U.S. and Canada that takes place on Feb. 2. A groundhog gets woken up from its winter hibernation and asked to predict what the weather will be like for Groundhog Day was marked in the U.S., with the first prediction by Punxsutawney Phil in 1886, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's website reports. The first official trek to Gobbler's Knob was made Groundhog Day is an absurd holiday — and my kids want answers The wacky, wonderful and surprisingly accurate tradition of Balzac Billy There has been at least one other attempt to add a B.C Wiarton Willie IV died in 2020, leading to the 2021 prediction being made without the presence of a groundhog. Wiarton Willie IV's death was not publicly announced until November 2021. [8] Wiarton Willie V was introduced at the 2022 Groundhog Day celebration; he is the first brown groundhog to assume the position. [9] [10] Folklorists say the Groundhog Day ritual may have something to do with Feb. 2 landing midway between winter solstice and spring equinox. In medieval Europe, farmers believed that if hedgehogs The Groundhog Day tradition came to North America from German settlers in Pennsylvania. The celebration dates back to Candlemas Day , a Christian holiday observed on February 2nd. Subenacadie Sam and mascot make the winter prediction, 2024. Nova Scotian Groundhog Day traditions arrived with German Foreign Protestant immigrants in the 1750s who settled around Lunenburg where the day was known as "Daks Day" (from the German dachs for badger) after the belief that badgers could predict the coming of spring on February 2. The observance of Groundhog Day in the United States first occurred in German communities in Pennsylvania, according to known records. 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. This was a According to a February 4, 1999 CBC article, the original Wiarton Willie died just days before the Wiarton Groundhog Day festival, so they decided to have the corpse predict the weather. Dressed in a tuxedo, coins over its eyes and a carrot between its paws, the corpse of a groundhog made an appearance at the 1999 Groundhog Day festival. In the self-described lobster capital of Canada, Barrington, N.S., a 50-year-old crustacean named Lucy has been making weather predictions on Groundhog Day f The Groundhog Day ritual may have something to do with Feb. 2 landing midway between winter solstice and spring equinox, but no one knows for sure. It is a priority for CBC to create products Merv, an inanimate stuffed animal, has been in the Groundhog Day game for more than two decades. But Wyn, a real-life woodchuck, is Manitoba's newest weather prognosticator and made its debut last Manitoba Merv lives at Oak Hammock Marsh north of Winnipeg, where the site's Wetland Discovery Centre is currently being renovated, and came out from his hiding spot on Groundhog Day wearing a It's Groundhog Day! Will there be an early spring? 11 months ago; News; Duration 2:24; Take a look at what some renowned weather prognosticating rodents have to say. Shubenacadie Sam and Wiarton Willie dare you to test your knowledge of Feb. 2 traditions. CBC News Last Updated: Jan. 30, 2014 The traditional Groundhog Day ceremony, which in years past included different groundhogs — who were also named Fred — requires a groundhog to emerge from his den and, if he sees his suncast "Groundhog day is very effective at letting us know whether it is currently sunny or cloudy in Wiarton without the bother of having to actually look up at the sky," CBC meteorologist Jay Scotland As of March 15, 2023, the CBC Parents website will no longer be accessible. All submission, Groundhog Day is an Absurd Tradition — And My Kids Want Answers. By Joseph Wilson . This year's Groundhog Day forecast was officially announced at 8:07 a.m. ET Thursday from Wiarton, Ont., but Willie wasn't the only four-legged prognosticator with a view on how the weather will Groundhog Day is a holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on February 2, each year. ↑ 13.0 13.1 CBC News, "What Wiarton Willie sees," February 2
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