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Groundhog Day 2005 in Punxsutawney featuring Phil.
Groundhog Day 2005 in Punxsutawney featuring Phil.

Punxsutawney Phil, the "seer of seers and prognosticator of prognosticators,"[1] is a groundhog resident of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, USA. The groundhog ( Marmota monax) also known as the woodchuck land beaver or whistlepig, is a Rodent of the family Sciuridae Punxsutawney is a borough in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 84 miles (129 km northeast of Pittsburgh. On February 2, (Groundhog Day) of each year, the town of Punxsutawney celebrates the beloved groundhog with a festive atmosphere of music and food. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Groundhog Day is a holiday celebrated in United States and Canada on February 2. During the ceremony, which begins well before the winter sunrise, Phil emerges from his temporary home on Gobbler's Knob, located in a rural area about 2 miles east of town. According to the tradition, if Phil sees his shadow and returns to his hole, the United States will have six more weeks of winter. The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem acc of traditio which means "a giving up delivering up surrendering" and is used in a number of The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Winter is one of the four Seasons of Temperate zones Calculated astronomically, it begins on the Solstice and ends on the Equinox If Phil does not see his shadow, spring will arrive early. Spring is one of the four Temperate Seasons Spring marks the transition from Winter into Summer. The date of Phil's prognostication is known as Groundhog Day in the United States and Canada. Groundhog Day is a holiday celebrated in United States and Canada on February 2. During the rest of the year, Phil lives in the town library with his "wife" Phyllis.

A club of Phil enthusiasts, known as the Punxsutawney "Save the Bearded Owls" Club, take care of the famed rodent year-round. Rodentia is an order of Mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously-growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must A select group, called the Inner Circle, also plan the annual ceremony. Members of the Inner Circle are recognizable by their top hats and tuxedos.

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Punxsutawney Phil lore

Punxsutawney Phil fans say that there is only one Phil (all the other groundhog weathermen are impostors), and that he has made weather prognostications for 122 years as of 2008. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common They say that every summer, Inner Circle members feed Phil a sip of the mysterious Groundhog Punch, which he must drink to maintain his immortality. (In natural circumstances, a groundhog could never live more than 10 years or so. ) According to the Groundhog Club, Phil, after making the prediction, speaks to the Club President in "Groundhogese", intelligible only to the Inner Circle; this prediction is then translated for the entire world.

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Past predictions

Of these 112 predictions on record so far, Punxsutawney Phil has predicted an early spring 14 times (13%). World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

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References

  1. ^ Punxsutawney Phil's 2008 Prediction on Groundhog. General Beauregard Lee is a groundhog that resides at the Yellow River Game Ranch in Lilburn Georgia just outside of Atlanta. Staten Island Chuck is a Groundhog who resides in the Staten Island Zoo in Staten Island New York in the United States. Wiarton Willie is a famous Canadian Groundhog who lives in the Community of Wiarton in Bruce County Ontario. org
  2. ^ Trivia for Groundhog Day. IMDB. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons
  3. ^ "Indiana Man To Walk To Punxsutawney For Good Cause", WPXI, 2007-01-30. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain  

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