tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918474934970337247.post2146668373977836017..comments2024-02-28T12:23:49.991-08:00Comments on Less Hat, Moorhead: EVERY HOG HAS HIS DAYM.V. MOORHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15398205168324140929noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918474934970337247.post-10318466408896740112011-02-02T09:08:23.876-08:002011-02-02T09:08:23.876-08:00I don't know if anyone ever took the ritual se...I don't know if anyone ever took the ritual seriously as a belief, but I think I once heard that EATING THE GROUNDHOG after he made his prediction was once part of it (regardless of the predicition, poor guy). I can't find any info on this online, though apparently the observance is thought to derive from the ancient pagan late winter/early spring festival of Imbolc, & also the later Christian feast of Candlemas.M.V. MOORHEADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15398205168324140929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918474934970337247.post-78468518955040461602011-02-02T08:56:06.920-08:002011-02-02T08:56:06.920-08:00Okay, I'm not some holier-than-thou-take-away-...Okay, I'm not some holier-than-thou-take-away-your-fun-puffy-stuffy-grumpus (well, not all day every day.) But I have always hated the idea of Groundhog Day. (No, I liked the movie.) It would be amusing to read that somebody actually believed this at one time, but to continue every goddam year with this hype and holler...<br /><br />It embarasses me each year that I live in Pennsylvania.triztanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596435180897624786noreply@blogger.com