Entries from February 1, 2007 - March 1, 2007

Groundhog Day Predictions

Posted on Sunday, February 4, 2007 at 08:00AM by Registered CommenterMarshall Massey in , | Comments2 Comments

The itch to have ways of foretelling the winter is an awfully widespread itch.

Go up to the Yukon and the Indians will tell you how they tell how severe the winter will be by the shape of the tracks the snowshoe hares leave in the ground. Go to Tennessee, and the mountain folk will tell you how they predict the severity of the cold by the markings on the fur of the woolly bear caterpillar. In the Northeast there are those who check to see how bushy the squirrels’ tails are, and those who look to see how high the wasps are building their nests.

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