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I heard about it on my TWC news channel this morning, but I found this article online. I notice that it also claims that Sir Walter Wally has a higher accuracy rate than Punxsutawney Phil.
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Thanks! And thanks to Mehitabel for the info on Staten Island Chuck!
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Staten Island Chuck sez early spring. Deal with it.
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Apparently there is some disagreement among the groundhog contingent.
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Apparently there is some disagreement among the groundhog contingent.
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This is a great article for the kids, thanks!
BTW- give me a phonetic pronunciation of Shubenacadie, would you, please?
Pig? Nah, at my grandparents’ house, there’s no substitute for the real thing. Ground Groundhog. Grampap used to shoot them as vermin, and Gramma would grind them up. They actually make pretty good burgers.
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Pig? Nah, at my grandparents’ house, there’s no substitute for the real thing. Ground Groundhog. Grampap used to shoot them as vermin, and Gramma would grind them up. They actually make pretty good burgers.
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Only in Montana. 
I’ll tell hubby when he goes on flight test in Glascow later this month he’ll be fed real ground hog, that might actually keep him home!
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BTW- give me a phonetic pronunciation of Shubenacadie, would you, please?
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Shoe-ben-ack-a-dee
I live nearish to there, but I had no idea we had our own groundhog. Sweet!
If you like to swim in the ocean, it’s Drowned Hog Day.