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How accurate is Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day? Here’s how he stacks up to weather-predicting animals.
which started as a groundhog hunting club. Freas is credited with starting the holiday on Feb. 2, 1886, after he wrote an article in the Punxsutawney Spirit that claimed the groundhog Punxsutawney ...
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Beneath the Surface, Groundhog Day’s Deep Roots Predate Punxsutawney Phil
Pennsylvania Germans settled in the area, and in the late 1880s, they started celebrating the holiday by picnicking, hunting and eating groundhogs. Members of Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, organized in ...
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‘Newspaper editors are somewhat skeptical’: Pa.’s most famous groundhog has supernatural origins
The Punsutawney Groundhog Club explains how the first time “Weather Wags” recognized Groundhog Day was in 1886, although the first official trek to Gobbler’s Knob was the following year.
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How accurate is Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day? Here’s how he stacks up to weather-predicting animals.
which started as a groundhog hunting club. Freas is credited with starting the holiday on Feb. 2, 1886, after he wrote an article in the Punxsutawney Spirit that claimed the groundhog Punxsutawney ...