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[Facts] What in the name of behindthename.com is Groundhog's Day?
Has it something to do with pigs?
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Only the pigs that pull the poor little groundhogs out and wake them up!!Sarahjeanne
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Groundhogs are American critters, Selwyn . Here's where you can read all about the famous Punxsutawney Phil and his holiday:http://boe.cabe.k12.wv.us/ona/groundhog.html-- Nanaea
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Ah I see (txt)Interesting.
I had never heard of Candlemass or groundhog day even though I live in one of the northern European counties, which the page seems to refer to.In danish a groundhog is called a "Jordegern" which directly translated would be something like "earth squirrel".Perhaps the americans think of them as a kind of underground pigs, while the danes think of them as a kind of underground squirrels, languagewise that is.-Selwyn
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SelwynIn the Wicca/Neopaganism circles it's called Imbolc. It's one of the greater Sabbats (along with Beltaine, Samhain, and one I can't recall just now). :(
You might be able to find out more in Margot Addler's Drawing Down the Moon (preferrable second or third edition).Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
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Addendum to SabbatsSelwynThe other greater Sabbat is Lughnasa (I should've remembered it since it's the one closest to my birthday). Oops. :)Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
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