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Groundhog Day
According to the legend, on groundhog day, February 2nd, if the groundhog comes out of hibernation and sees its shadow, then winter will last another 6 weeks.
274 Questions
Did the groundhog showed his shadow?
In 2010, Sorry to say, yes, he did! 6 more weeks of winter! aw man! But 2011, he did not. Early spring folks.
What happens when the groundhog doesnt see his shadow?
Yes. The groundhog saw his shadow. Today is 2-2-10.
What word starts with the letter h and it has to do with groundhog?
The word is hibernate. Groundhogs hibernate for the winter.
In what Pennsylvania city does the official Groundhog appear?
Punxsutawney, PA.
Punxsutawney Borough which is the home of Punxsutawney Phil.
What radio station did Phil work for in the movie ground hog day?
He was the weatherman on TV Channel 9 in Pittsburgh.
The station is fictitious.
What song do they dance to in groundhog day?
Not likely that the world is going to end on December 21 2012, but change is coming and this date may mark the end of the world as we know it.
That date represents the end of the Mayan calender. Not even the Mayans believed that the world would end at that point in time they simply saw it as the beginning of a new age in their cyclic calender system.
However, if you want to make lots of money write a book about the end of the world in 2012 and get lots of mugs to buy into it and youll become rich.
Oh, and the world didn't end in the year 1800, 1900, or 2000 as "predicted" by Nostrodamus, so if you get it wrong just shift the goal posts and pretend that you knew the outcome all along and write another book about it!
Although Groundhog day began to be celebrated in North America during the 18th and 19th centuries (most historians say it began in 1887) it has been celebrated in Europe for hundreds or thousands of years before that. The original weather wise animal was a badger or sacred bear but for convenience, or perhaps safety, the groundhog was chosen as the go to critter in North America.
Since the beginning of Groundhog Day how often does the groundhog see his shadow?
Since 1887 Punxsutawney Phil has: * Seen his shadow 97 times * Not seen his shadow 15 times * No recorded record 9 times
Is the groundhog on Groundhog Day real?
No ground hogs day is not real because scientist that are called Meteorologist study the weather for a period of time and when they come to the conclusion of whether it is six more weeks of winter or an early spring and then when the mayor picks up the groundhog the meteorologists tell him threw a mini microphone the answer
Why is February 2 called a groundhog day?
The Christian holiday of Candlemas falls on February Second. Many traditions relting to Candlemas purport to predict the remaining time until spring. some of these relat to groundhogs, bot others to bears and marmots. So it seems likely that Groundhog day being of February 2nd derives from German settlers' in Pennsylvania and how they treated Candlemas
In the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the end of times will come when God deems it so. In the realms of science, a plethora of possibilities could happen to wipe all life off the planet but are just as unknown as to when they would strike. Nobody would be ready when it comes.
How did the groundhog see his shadow?
According to the tradition we will have 6 more weeks of winter.
What city does groundhog day take place?
Groundhog Day takes place in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, USA
