The famous Canadian prognostic teeth were split during the arrival of spring on the day of the ground hog.
Ontario’s Weaton Willie is reported to have seen his shadow on Sunday morning. This is good news for those who are tired of winter weather. However, Nova Succia’s Schwenacadi Sam and Quebec Fred La Malmot predicted a long winter after seeing their shadows.
According to tradition, if the ground hog cannot see the shadow on the day of the ground hog, the weather like spring will arrive immediately. However, if a shadow appears, the frozen grip in winter will not be released for a long time.
Those who continue to live in the Warton Willie tradition on the South Blues Peninsula in Ontario carried the gray hair ground hog in the sea -through box filled with a straw bed bed around 8:00 am.
According to local traditions, the only person who can speak “ground hogy,” Jay Kirkland, the only person, has put his ears in a box and announced the forecast of Willie’s early spring.
“Willie did not see his shadow. Mayor Kirkland supported the crowd.
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Swenacadisam, a beloved celebrity in Novascosia, predicted a long winter.
On Sunday morning, on a Sunday morning, the nose protruded from the pint-sized barn at the wild animal park north of Halifax, and stepped into the cold of -18 c.
She sniffed the air for a while, saw the crowd gathered in a sunny cold morning, looked back, looked back and returned to the enclosure.
“Naturally, Sam seems to want to return inside,” said the Natural Ministry of Natural and Wildlife Director Andrew Boin.
Boin said that Sam had seen her shadow.
“More winter!” He shouted.
There is no shadow to predict the early arrival of temperature like spring.
Schbenacadisam, who lives on the east coast, is the first ground hog that usually issued long -term predictions in North America.
Following her, Quebec’s Fred La Malmot continues.
In Val Das Espoir, a gas paste area in Quebec, the temperature of the fur is scooped up from a small log, and blinks in a bright sunshine bred in front of the crowd. It was hovered by C. When the mayor of a nearby town, the mayor of the perse, announced the end of spring, the prediction of Fred, the cheers and a wake -up voice were mixed.
“Do not clean up the skidou! Pull out the snowshoe!” Shouted another mayor. He has joined the stage with human -sized dance fredmascot and local children and politicians.
In western Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil looked at his shadow and predicted the winter weather for another six weeks, and his top hat handler announced on Sunday.
Since Bill Murray’s 1993 movie “Ground Hog Day”, there have been a lot of crowds to hear the weather forecast of Woodchuck, the annual ritual that brought public interests.
In medieval Europe, farmers believed that hedgehogs would come out of the burrow and catch insects.
