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[NSC] Is this Groundhog Day?
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Cantona's Flying Dropkick
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Is this Groundhog Day?
Every time the adverts come on it's 'Who Killed the F*ing Zutons', I'm not buying it on principle.
Every time the adverts come on it's 'Who Killed the F*ing Zutons', I'm not buying it on principle.
perth seagull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Vankleek Hill Seagull
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Is this Groundhog Day?
Every time the adverts come on it's 'Who Killed the F*ing Zutons', I'm not buying it on principle.
Every time the adverts come on it's 'Who Killed the F*ing Zutons', I'm not buying it on principle.
Yoda
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Vankleek Hill Seagull
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Is this Groundhog Day?
Every time the adverts come on it's 'Who Killed the F*ing Zutons', I'm not buying it on principle.
Every time the adverts come on it's 'Who Killed the F*ing Zutons', I'm not buying it on principle.
dougdeep
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Incredigull
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dougdeep said:What day is it?
feb 2nd,ask Pete
Incredigull
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European Roots
(Adapted from "Groundhog Day: 1886 to 1992" by Bill Anderson)
Groundhog Day, February 2nd, is a popular tradition in the United States. It is also a legend that traverses centuries, its origins clouded in the mists of time with ethnic cultures and animals awakening on specific dates. Myths such as this tie our present to the distant past when nature did, indeed, influence our lives. It is the day that the Groundhog comes out of his hole after a long winter sleep to look for his shadow.
If he sees it, he regards it as an omen of six more weeks of bad weather and returns to his hole.
If the day is cloudy and, hence, shadowless, he takes it as a sign of spring and stays above ground.
The groundhog tradition stems from similar beliefs associated with Candlemas Day and the days of early Christians in Europe, and for centuries the custom was to have the clergy bless candles and distribute them to the people. Even then, it marked a milestone in the winter and the weather that day was important.
According to an old English song:
If Candlemas be fair and bright,
Come, Winter, have another flight;
If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,
Go Winter, and come not again.
According to an old Scotch couplet:
If Candlemas Day is bright and clear,
There'll be twa (two) winters in the year.
Another variation of the Scottish rhyme:
If Candlemas day be dry and fair,
The half o' winter to come and mair,
If Candlemas day be wet and foul,
The half of winter's gone at Yule.
(Adapted from "Groundhog Day: 1886 to 1992" by Bill Anderson)
Groundhog Day, February 2nd, is a popular tradition in the United States. It is also a legend that traverses centuries, its origins clouded in the mists of time with ethnic cultures and animals awakening on specific dates. Myths such as this tie our present to the distant past when nature did, indeed, influence our lives. It is the day that the Groundhog comes out of his hole after a long winter sleep to look for his shadow.
If he sees it, he regards it as an omen of six more weeks of bad weather and returns to his hole.
If the day is cloudy and, hence, shadowless, he takes it as a sign of spring and stays above ground.
The groundhog tradition stems from similar beliefs associated with Candlemas Day and the days of early Christians in Europe, and for centuries the custom was to have the clergy bless candles and distribute them to the people. Even then, it marked a milestone in the winter and the weather that day was important.
According to an old English song:
If Candlemas be fair and bright,
Come, Winter, have another flight;
If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,
Go Winter, and come not again.
According to an old Scotch couplet:
If Candlemas Day is bright and clear,
There'll be twa (two) winters in the year.
Another variation of the Scottish rhyme:
If Candlemas day be dry and fair,
The half o' winter to come and mair,
If Candlemas day be wet and foul,
The half of winter's gone at Yule.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Is this Groundhog Day?
Every time the adverts come on it's 'Who Killed the F*ing Zutons', I'm not buying it on principle.
Every time the adverts come on it's 'Who Killed the F*ing Zutons', I'm not buying it on principle.
dougdeep
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yeeeeeppp! Could be.
Trufflehound
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Tom Hark said:
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Tom Hark said:
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Hi I'm Ned Ryerson 
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Yoda said:Hi I'm Ned Ryerson
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Hi I'm Ned Ryerson
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Is this Groundhog Day?
Every time the adverts come on it's 'Who Killed the F*ing Zutons', I'm not buying it on principle.
Every time the adverts come on it's 'Who Killed the F*ing Zutons', I'm not buying it on principle.
Trufflehound
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The Northstander said:
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eastlondonseagull said:Hi I'm Ned Ryerson
Curious Orange
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Is this Groundhog Day?
Every time the adverts come on it's 'Who Killed the F*ing Zutons', I'm not buying it on principle.
Every time the adverts come on it's 'Who Killed the F*ing Zutons', I'm not buying it on principle.