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A
GGIELIFE
Will Phil predict a chill
Groundhog Day history reveals Germanic, pagan
BY MARIANO CASTILLO
The Battalion
B etween New Year’s Day and Valentine’s
Day falls a small holiday that passes by
without much recognition — unless the
weather gets colder, than all remember the
holiday.
Feb. 2 marks one of the most interesting
and rich American celebrations — Groundhog
Day. Most of the public may know Punx-
sutawney Phil will emerge from his burrow to
day at Gobbler’s Knob and judge from his
shadow whether or not there will be six more
weeks of winter.
However, most are not informed on the his
tory and events linked to Groundhog Day.
Sammie Whitman, a freshman internation
al business and Spanish major, said the day
passes every year without regard.
“It doesn’t make sense at all,” he said.
“Groundhog Day has no significance to me;
it’s just a superstition.”
The groundhog tradition in the United
States is traced back to the arrival of German
immigrants in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania,
who celebrated February 2 as Candlemas Day.
The holiday is based on a superstition
about a pagan celebration called Imbolog. It
was believed that if an animal came out from
hibernation on this day and found the weath
er fair, winter would continue for six more
weeks. However, if the day is dark and wintry,
spring will arrive early.
Candlemas Day is the mid-point between
the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox.
Ancient farmers depended solely on weather
to guide their agriculture which strengthened
their hope for an early spring in hope of a bet-.
ter crop.
Groundhog Day
•If the groundhog sees his shadow, then
there will be six more weeks of winter.
•If the groundhog does not see his shad
ow, then spring is around the corner.
From the official Punxsutawney Phil Web site
According to oral tradition, a popular say
ing at the end of the 1800s was “If Candlemas
be fair and bright, winter has another flight.
If Candlemas brings clouds and rain, winter
will not come again.”
When Candlemas was celebrated in Ger
many, hedgehogs were traditionally used to
predict the weather. In Pennsylvania there
were no hedgehogs, so the German settlers
chose the groundhog as the replacement be
cause of the its resemblance to the hedgehog.
America’s first official Groundhog Day cel
ebration was on Feb. 2, 1886 in Pennsylvania
when Punxsutawney’s local newspaper. The
Punxsutawney Spirit, printed the following:
“Today is Groundhog Day and, up to the time
of going to press, the beast has not seen its
shadow. ”
The following year the Punxsutawney
Groundhog Club made the famous first trip to
Gobbler’s Knob to see the groundhog who
would become known as “Punxsutawney
Phil: Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosti
cator of Prognosticators and Weather Prophet
Extraordinary. ”
Every year, thousands of people make the
trip to Gobbler’s Knob to watch Phil exit his
Ruben Daw
burrow. Gobbler’s Knob was op-
round to the public in 1996andliii
risen in popularity to watch a grouri
has predicted the weather 39 periij
time.
Regardless of his accuracy ini
cal matters, Phil lives a plush
pared to others of his species. Hi
climate-controlled habitat at
sutawney Library.
His main source of nutritioni
and dog food and he weighs at
pounds, said his handler, Bill Deelei
Phil’s day planner is also busier till
other groundhogs’, especially as%|
proaches. In past years, Phil has bn
on “Oprah” and "Today” whereh.
prediction on live television.
in March of 1986, he made a:
White House to meet President to
gan. Phil was even involved intheki
research for the 1993 comedy Grauo
starring Bill Murray, a movie thatga|
ebration a mainstream.
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