Fifi Leigh
Sunday, February 2, 2020
In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Phil the Groundhog predicts an early Spring. It is his 134th prediction. The cute furry rodent was then carried up in the air to celebrate spring will start early this year. Groundhog Day is a German legend that has to do with a groundhog predicting springtime on February 2nd. If the groundhog casts a shadow on this day, then winter will continue until mid-March. If there isn’t any shadow, then springtime will start early.
Moreover, there is a group on Gobbler’s Knob, which is northeast of Pittsburgh, who also do the prediction.
I remember watching the movie, Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell.
(I added a snapshot of local brown rabbits because I don’t have a picture of a groundhog).
I always feel sorry for the groundhogs. One day a year someone plucks them out of their homes and they cannot understand what all the fuss is about. I wish there was a way all this could be explained to them I really do.
i hope they are placed in a safe sanctuary.
funny how that tradition has continued to be celebrated in PA!
I wasnt really aware of it since I watched that Bill Murray comedy movie, Groundhog Day.
my dad and I used to argue the scientific validity of it, I was on the wrong side of that argument!
i think it is just the introduction to an early spring, or springtime in general coming soon.
i really wonder sometimes. it seems a legacy more than anything now.
i think animals live on instinct to help them deal with their surroundings and situations. i think native americans used animal instinct to guide them during weather and situations.
the first people were very much more in touch with nature than we are now!