Groundhog DayStackpole Books, 2003 - 144 pagina's Explores the national phenomenon of Groundhog Day, opening with a look at the annual celebration in Punxsutawney. The author investigates the holiday's European origins, recounts the history of the groundhog as weather prognosticator in America -- from ethnic symbol to pop culture hero -- and traces the groundhog's appearance in poetry, songs, and recipes. Other weather lore and weather-predicting days are also discussed. |
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From Punxsutawney to the World | 19 |
The Origins of Groundhog Day | 41 |
Natures Groundhog | 53 |
Groundhog Lodges | 63 |
Groundhog on the Table | 83 |
Groundhog Culture | 93 |
Other Weather Lore | 111 |
Festivals and Souvenirs | 129 |
Bibliography | 131 |
Index | 140 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 50 - Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Pagina 128 - ST. Swithin's day if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain : St. Swithin's day if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain na mair.
Pagina 52 - If Candlemas Day be dry and fair, The half o' winter's to come and mair ; If Candlemas Day be wet and foul, The half o
Pagina 52 - Candlemas day for so many ages, it is scarcely surprising that there is a universal superstition throughout Christendom, that good weather on this day indicates a long continuance of winter and a bad crop, and that its being foul is, on the contrary, a good omen. Sir Thomas Browne, in his Vulgar Errors, quotes a Latin distich expressive of this idea : ' Si sol splendescat Maria purificante, Major erit glacies post festum quam fuit ante...
Pagina 32 - Did you see the ground hog?" I said, "Yes, I did." He inquired, "Did it see its shadow?" I told him, "Yes, it did." And I also predicted at that time that we were going to have a blizzard. Well, I was in a sweat for several weeks, but we got our blizzard. Ever since then I've been predicting the weather on February the second. I'm not crowing or bragging, but my score has been one hundred per cent accurate.41 Many years ago the Slumbering Ground Hog Lodge was organized in Quarryville, Lancaster County....
Pagina 60 - How much wood could a woodchuck chuck If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Pagina 32 - I'm going to relate. I'm going to go back about fifty years. At that time I heard my father discussing politics and other matters with a companion, and later he mentioned about tomorrow being ground-hog day. I was only a child then, but I decided to play hookey from school the following morning, and watch this ground hog. I got up real early and, to my amazement, I discovered a ground hog coming out of the hole about a quarter to eight. I made the terrible mistake of returning home before eleven...
Pagina 128 - It is an old belief, that, if it rains on St. Swithin's day (July 15), it will rain more or less for forty days following.
Pagina 35 - They will tell you that it is the day whereon the ground-hog awakens from his hibernating slumber, stretches himself, and comes out of his hole to look for his shadow. If he finds it, — that is to say, if the sun be shining...
Pagina 54 - Last Tuesday, the 2nd, was Candlemas day, the day on which, according to the Germans, the Groundhog peeps out of his winter quarters and if he sees his shadow he pops back for another six weeks' nap, but if the day be cloudy he remains out, as the weather is to be moderate.