Today, February 2nd is Groundhog Day in Pennsylvania. It is the day that Punxsutawney Phil surfaces and if he sees his shadow, folklore has it that we will have six more weeks of winter. In medieval times this date was also known as Candlemas Day and the German farmers used a hedgehog to offer similar predictions. They had the following rhyme: If Candlemas be fair and bright - winter has another flight. If Candlemas brings clouds and rain - winter will not come again. Anyway, the mornings get a little brighter as we exit the cruel month of January - so can Spring be far behind? Tell it to the snowbound.
tjs
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