Is Groundhog Day a GERMAN Tradition? Weather prediction using a burrowing animal on the 2nd of February Candlemas has roots in Germany. The Pennsylvania Dutch German immigrants who landed in America brought these traditions along. Of course, a few adjustments had to be made. Pennsylvania had no badgers or hedgehogs (Igel), so a groundhog was substituted. (And Bill Murray didn’t…
- Saturday, March 22, 2025
