If the badger saw its shadow, it meant a "second winter" was coming. When the practice came to the US in 1887, the groundhog was chosen, because badgers aren't native to eastern North America.

If it was sunny, the badger would cast a shadow that meant six more weeks of winter. After many Germans immigrated to Pennsylvania, a groundhog, native to North America, replaced the badger.

Yet there, it is a badger that's used to make the determinations of the forthcoming change of seasons, the reason the practice came to use a groundhog in the U.S. is simply because badgers are ...

As the German-speaking Pennsylvanian Dutch settled in America, the tradition moved stateside with a groundhog replacing the badger. The first official Groundhog Day took place in 1887 in Punxsutawney.

As the German-speaking Pennsylvania Dutch settled in America, the tradition moved stateside with a groundhog replacing the badger. The first official Groundhog Day took place in 1887 in Punxsutawney.

Pennsylvania German settlers pulled the tradition from European weather lore that used the appearance of hibernators, like badgers, as a sign it was time to prepare for spring. Groundhog Day was ...

Looking to a groundhog to predict the weather is rooted in European lore, where “...a badger or sacred bear...” prognosticates the weather. German immigrants brought Candlemas traditions with ...

However, in addition to exporting Michelin Star deserving spring rolls, the truck takes on another identity. That of our own Punxsutawney Phil. The original Punxsutawney Phil is a groundhog whose one ...

A Groundhog Club spokesman announced the prediction ... was brought to North America by immigrants from Germany. A badger played the role of weather sage in Germany in the 19th century.