[New-Poetry] Groundhog Day

[Anny Ballardini]

Happy Birthday to Bob Grumman,

and from the Writer's Almanac that reminds us all things:

German immigrants in Pennsylvania found that there weren't a lot of badgers
in America, but there were a lot of groundhogs, so the holiday evolved into
*Groundhog Day*. The first reference to Groundhog Day is from 1841, in the
diary of a storekeeper in Morgantown, Pennsylvania. He wrote: "Last Tuesday,
the 2nd, was Candlemas day, the day on which, according to the Germans, the
Groundhog peeps out of his winter quarters and if he sees his shadow he pops
back for another six weeks' nap, but if the day be cloudy he remains out, as
the weather is to be moderate."

-- 
Anny Ballardini
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I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing
star!
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