资Information: Groundhog Day 土拨鼠日
自从1887年以来，一代又一代的土拨鼠一直担负著预报时令的任务，美国和加拿大许多城市和村庄都会庆祝 。
The celebration, which began as a Pennsylvania German custom in southeastern and central Pennsylvania in the 18th and 19th centuries, has its origins in ancient European weather lore, wherein a badger or sacred bear is the prognosticator as opposed to a groundhog.It also bears similarities to the Pagan festival of Imbolc, the seasonal turning point of the Celtic calendar, which is celebrated on February 1 and also involves weather prognosticationand to St. Swithun’s Day in July.
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