[Ads-l] Antedating of "Goundhog Day"

[Laurence Horn]

Seems like a good premise for a movie...

On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 11:19 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> Groundhog Day (OED 1865)
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> 1852 Lebanon (Pa.) Courier 13 Feb. 2/5 (Newspapers.com)  The Johnstown
> Mountain Echo, of the 3d inst., says: The 2d of February is known to our
> natives of the mountains by the not very euphonious name of ground-hog day.
> ... On that day the ground-hog emerges from its hole, and if it gets a
> glimpse of its shadow it will return immediately, and remain for six weeks,
> as the weather for that apace of time will be extremely hard and severe.
>
> Fred Shapiro
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