Reflections on a global Groundhog Day

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Notes

1 In 2021, the ceremony had to take place virtually because of the pandemic. Some 17,000 people watched on YouTube as ‘Phil the Groundhog’ was awoken - and predicted six more weeks of winter See: https://www.groundhog.org/about. [Accessed 13/02/2021].

2 In the southern hemisphere, the Wheel is generally advanced by six months to map onto the seasons appropriately, so Imbolc occurs on 2nd August.

3 Alex Kuczynski, ‘Groundhog Almighty,’ New York Times, December 7, 2003. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/style/groundhog-almighty.html [Accessed 19/02/2021].