So why does cartoonist Mike Luckovich portray groundhog Phil confessing before reporters that he accepted money from the White House?
According to popular legend, if the groundhog leaves his den and sees his shadow, it's both a sunny day and a sign that we're in for six more weeks of winter.
If the groundhog returns to its burrow, folklore states that winter will last six more weeks.
If a groundhog sees his shadow, he goes back inside to continue sleeping and there'll be 6 more weeks of winter.
I leaned the microphone up against Raylou's groundhog kiln.
According to National Climatic Data Center, Punxsutawney Phil, the most famous of all the groundhog Day groundhogs, isn't very good at his job, having picked correctly only 39 percent of the time.
The groundhog Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow in Pennsylvania to see his shadow, meaning six more weeks of winter weather according to those who believe in groundhog Day predictions.
Withthehelp of his groundhog friend, an alpine aficionado dreams of international fame by achievingthegreatest downhill runofall time.
In Punxsutawney, a pleasant Pennsylvanian town of about 7,000 people in the hills 130 kilometers northeast of Pittsburgh, there lives a plump groundhog by the name of Phil.
A groundhog would hog all the ground he could hog, if a groundhog could hog ground.
How much ground could a groundhog grind if a groundhog could grind ground?
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