What will Paxsatucky Phil predict for
us this year? Six more weeks of winter? Or an early spring? Does
anyone know the accuracy of Phil's predictions? Is this a mere
formality that we go through or is there something to this Ground
Hog's Day?
Well a little bit of research turns up
that there is certainly a history to the mythology behind watching a
ground hog wake and look for his shadow. There was a belief that the
Divine Hag came out looking for firewood on Imbolc (February 1) to
last her for the rest of winter. If winter was scheduled to be long,
she would make sure this day was nice weather to allow her to gather
extra wood.
