THE FIRST GROUNDHOG DAY WAS IN 1887

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On February 2, 1887,
Groundhog Day, featuring a rodent meteorologist,
was celebrated for the first time at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney,
Pennsylvania. According to tradition, if a groundhog comes out of its
hole on this day and sees its shadow, it gets scared and runs back into
its burrow, predicting six more weeks of winter weather; no shadow
means an early spring.

Groundhog Day has its roots in the ancient Christian tradition called
Candlemas, when clergy would bless and distribute candles needed
for winter. The candles represented how long and cold the winter
would be. Germans expanded on this concept by selecting an animal–
the hedgehog–as a means of predicting weather. Once they came to
America, German settlers in Pennsylvania continued the tradition,
although they switched from hedgehogs to groundhogs, which were
plentiful in the Keystone State.

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posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,CURRENT EVENTS,Groundhog Day,HISTORY,HOLIDAY,weather,Winter and have Comment (1)

One Response to “THE FIRST GROUNDHOG DAY WAS IN 1887”

  1. J.Cool, staff reporter says:

    Cool here to say that my Dad was born on the 33rd Ground Hog Day which would have made him 100 today! I sure miss you Dad!

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