Winter is just as long to a groundhog as to us, but supposedly, groundhogs can predict the season changes.
According to the legend, if the groundhog on leaving its burrow does not see his shadow, it will leave the burrow , which it means that winter will soon end. If, however, it "sees his shadow" and is frightened, it will go back into the Burrow, meaning that winter will last six more weeks.
The significance of this holiday is just to see how long winter will last. This is only for entertainment purpose and weather centers sometimes predict differently than the groundhog. Hope this helps!
According to tradition, if the groundhog sees its shadow on Groundhog Day, there will be six more weeks of winter.
Groundhog Day, celebrated on February 2nd, is a tradition where a groundhog predicts the weather. If the groundhog sees its shadow, it is believed that there will be 6 more weeks of winter.
No he hibernates.
If a groundhog sees its shadow then there will be 6 more weeks of winter.
This is the name of the groundhog in Pennsylvania associated with Groundhog Day. He predicts based on his shadow if we will have 6 more weeks of winter or not.
The groundhog did indeed see his shadow and there will be six more weeks of winter.
Groundhog Day is celebrated on February 2 in the US and Canada. According to folklore, if a groundhog emerging from its burrow on this day fails to see its shadow, it will leave the burrow, signifying that winter will end soon. If the groundhog sees its shadow, the groundhog will supposedly retreat into its burrow, and winter will continue for six more weeks.
No, the point of the Groundhog Day is to see if there will be a longer winter. If the Groundhog "sees" his shadow, then there will be a longer winter. If the Groundhog doesn't "see" his shadow, then the winter for that year will be over. Personally, I think the Groundhog Day is very biased because what they do is take a groundhog and hold him up against lights so everyone may see. Well, if there are many of bright lights, his shadow will definitely be there won't it? (:
to tell if its winter or summer
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it is a European "culture" and people follow it here because we have descendants over in usa. the groundhog symbolizes the changing of winter into spring. this year the groundhog saw its shadow, so 6 more weeks of winter! i could live with that(: