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story was based on the Scottish couplet :
If Candlemas Day is bright and clear,
There’ll be 2 winters in the year.
Candlemas Day is celebrated on February 2nd. It was determined that if an animal came out of its underground hibernation on that day, and the sun was out, there would be 6 more weeks of winter.
What began as a tale from ancient times, became fact in the early 1880’s . A group of residents from Pennsylvania decided to celebrate Candlemas Day by going to the woods in search of a groundhog. The group was named “ the Groundhog Club”. They deemed a certain hilltop near the town as “Gobbler’s Knob” proclaiming that from this knob, people could accurately forecast the weather.

is a type of solitary mammals which hibernate (sleep through winter) in burrows. Groundhogs are found in North America in forests and fields.
A groundhog grows up to 17 inches( 43cm) long. It has a tail that is about 5 inches(13 cm) long. This mammal has a bulky body and short limbs. The fur is brown-grey and the eyes are black. The hands and feet are black and have sharp, sturdy claws.
Groundhogs/woodchucks are mostly herbivores (plant – eaters). They eat grass, seeds, leaves, flowers, fruit, eggs and some insects. Groundhogs are hunted by
wolves, dogs, coyotes, foxes, bobcats and
humans.

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a fringed strip onto the outside of a plastic drinking glass. Draw a groundhog and colour it brown. Glue it onto an ice lolly stick. Cut a slit in the bottom of the plastic glass. Slide the stick inside the glass. Hold the glass and slide the stick up and down to make the groundhog come out of its hole.