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The origin of they groundhog legend is based on the old Scotch couplet, “If Candlemas Day is bright and clear, there’ll be two winters in the year.”
During theconquering of Northern Europe, the Romans brought this tradition to the Germans. They concluded that if the sun made an appearance on February 2nd, which is Candlemas Day, an animal would cast a shadow, thussix more weeks of bad weather, known as two winters.
Pennsylvania’s earliest settlers were Germans. They found many groundhogs in the state. They determined that the groundhog was the mostintelligent and sensible animal.
Records show that in the early 1800’s people from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania began to celebrate every year by going into the woods to honor the Punxsutawney Groundhog as theonly true weather prognosticator. This group soon became known as the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club and they placed the official groundhog home just outside of town on Gobbler’s Knob.
The firstofficial trek to Gobbler’s knob was made on February 2, 1887. Each February 2nd since, thousands of people celebrate Groundhog Day by making the trip to Gobbler’s Knob to get the official word of theworld’s only true weather forecaster. The rest of the day is filled with activities including: the annual Groundhog Banquet, crowning of the Groundhog King and Queen, school assemblies, craft shows, andactivities for entire families.





Questions for “The Groundhog Legend”

1. Use a dictionary to look up the meaning of the underlined words in the paragraph. Write a sentence to show themeaning of each word.
Origin: Is the beginning of anything.
Couplet:
Prognosticator:
Trek: Is a ride that makes people to visit or know places
Forecaster: Is someone who anticipates the weatherAnnual: Is something that happens once a year

2. When is Candlemas Day? The Candlemas Day is on February 2nd

3. Where is the official Groundhog home? The official Groundhog home is outside of...