Will he predict an early spring- or six more weeks of winter?
Groundhog Day originally evolved from Candlemas, a celebration of both literal and religious light. Candlemas itself has also long been a day where people used animals to speculate about the weather.
For instance, medieval pagan cults held parties by bears’ dens while they waited for the bears to wake up
from hibernation and "check the weather". Both English and German Catholics did something similar with badgers. However, when Germans settled in Pennsylvania and could not find any badgers, the switch was made to the groundhog.
THE SALE LIST CHANGES EVERY SUNDAY.
The new list of sale items is posted around 12 NOON each
Sunday.
