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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 celebrations are major events in other parts of North America. It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual 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. Subscribe to CBC Kids for new videos EVERY day! more videos, games, stories and activities at CBC Kids #GroundhogDay feels different this year. Or the same. No, different wait but every day is the same so maybe because it’s Groundhog Day it’s different 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. 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. The organizer of Thursday's Groundhog Day event in Val-d'Espoir announced the sombre news following some 40 minutes of festivities, including music and dancing. 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] Folklore has it that if a groundhog sees his shadow on Groundhog Day he'll flee to his burrow, heralding six more weeks of winter, and if he doesn't, it means spring is around the corner. 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 Event organizer Roberto Blondin holding Fred la marmotte at a Groundhog Day event in Val-d'Espoir, Quebec, in 2020. (Image credit: CBC) Bob Roberts, protector of the present-day Punxsutawney Phil, said the first official Groundhog Day excursion in the area took place in 1888. Reporter 'had to have a story' 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 for the past few years, joining a 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 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 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 . The original Wiarton Willie, an albino groundhog said to be 22 years old, died during hibernation in the winter of 1998-99. The good burghers of Wiarton discovered this to their horror just before 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.
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