Every year on Feb. 2, Punxsutawney Phil emerges from the ground to tell the American public if there will be six more weeks of winter or if spring will come early. The legend goes: If he sees his shadow and retreats to his burrow, cold weather will persist into March. If he doesn’t see his shadow, then spring will begin.
The holiday, called Groundhog Day, is observed in the U.S. and Canada. But is the practice of predicting weather with animals uniquely American?
QUESTION: Did the weather-predicting tradition of Groundhog Day originate in America?
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