Groundhog Day 2025

The most common question we get about groundhogs is whether "Groundhog Day" and the folk belief that the shadows of groundhogs can predict the weather comes from Native American lore. The answer to this is: No, it does not. It is true that there are many Native American legends about the behavior of animals predicting the weather, but in this case, the groundhog folktale is European in origin. It traces back to an old German belief about weather-predicting badgers, which the Pennsylvania Dutch brought with them to the United States in the 18th century and applied to the new animal.
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Have a great spring break by either watching the NCAA Basketball Tournament, an urban vacation like Washington D.C. and a tropical vacation like Cancun, Mexico.