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Who couldn't love the month of February. There's the promise of an early spring with appearance of the groundhog. On the first Saturday closest to February 2nd my father's Sertoma Club would hold their annual Groundhog Pancake Feed. It was always cold, but who cared if the groundhog saw his shaddow! There were all you could eat pancakes and sausage waiting for you at the community center. All of my friends came and now that I think about it, it was probably because my father had sold tickets to their parents. After breakfast you could always wonder if the prairie dogs at Sunset Zoo would come out of their holes and predict an early spring for Manhattan, Kansas.

Groundhog Day was first observed in 1886 and since then they have been successful in forecasting the season only 39 percent of the time. Groundhogs are also known as woodchucks, marmonts and whistlepigs.

The World of Groundhogs

Holiday Page: Groundhog's Day

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