[Ads-l] Antedating of "Goundhog Day"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

There is a passage describing the folklore of groundhog day in 1847
although the passage does not contain the phrase "ground hog day".

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117784753/arkansas-intelligencer/

Peter Reitan clipped this passage two days ago, so he may be working
on an entry on this topic.

Garson

On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 1:57 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> 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:
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> > Groundhog Day (OED 1865)
> >
> > 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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