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for they saw a groundhog pop out of his hole and supposedly see his shadow, and winter seemed to continue for two weeks. It actually did not continue so people on "Groundhog day" went to see the supposed winter forecaster maybe see his shadow. It is just nature

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It originated with ancient European lore which thought that badgers could predict weather.

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because they sleep in the winter and wake up in the spring and its big and easy to see

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The reason is that groundhogs hibernate.

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