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Pesky Phil

Groundhog Day 
What is it they say?
If he sees his shadow, six more weeks of winter 
Should we let something like this become a hinder
After all, this started as a Pennsylvania Dutch superstition 
Who thought of this proposition 
Was this used for farmers to seed their fields and grow crops 
If it was I have to give them props
For such a foolish thing 
To predict the coming of spring
The holiday spread throughout the United States
And into Canada surely the groundhog’s reaction had some meet their untimely fates 
Silly enough, this is not the only superstition of an animal predicting spring 
This surely isn’t a thing 
German speaking areas believed a badger could predict the weather 
All of these superstitions came from someone clever 
Supposedly, these are extensions of a Christian festival called Candlemas
Someone most have been smoking the grass
After all, studies have proven them all not correlated 
Still, some cannot help being elated 
It’s still unbelievable that studies were actually done 
They might as well conduct studies on black cats or another one 
Other animals like the bear, marmot, and fox were also used
But don’t worry none were abused 
It appears these lores all come from Europe 
I wonder if they drank too much of their special syrup

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