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  • Today is --- Feb. 2nd

    From Mike Dippel@954:895/1 to All on Sun Feb 2 21:21:38 2025
    Today is Candlemas Day - important in the lives of farmer s in Europe. An old English song
    went as follows:

    "If Candlemas be fair and bright, / Come, Winter, have another flight. / If Candlemas
    brings clouds and rain, / Go, Winter, and come not again."

    In other words, the farmers believed that the end of winter could be predicted as being the
    exact opposite of whatever the weather was like on Candlemas Day. In 1887, German
    immigrants in Pennsylvania adopted the practice of looking for the shadow of a large
    hibernating rodent at sunrise on February 2nd to determine how much longer winter would
    remain, replacing Candlemas Day with ÿ Groundhog Day! Happy Groundhog Day!

    Mike Dippel

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  • From Rixter@954:895/76 to Mike Dippel on Mon Feb 3 02:03:43 2025
    Re: Today is --- Feb. 2nd
    By: Mike Dippel to All on Sun Feb 02 2025 09:21 pm

    Today is Candlemas Day - important in the lives of farmer s in Europe. An ol English song
    went as follows:

    "If Candlemas be fair and bright, / Come, Winter, have another flight. / If Candlemas
    brings clouds and rain, / Go, Winter, and come not again."

    In other words, the farmers believed that the end of winter could be predict as being the
    exact opposite of whatever the weather was like on Candlemas Day. In 1887, German
    immigrants in Pennsylvania adopted the practice of looking for the shadow of large
    hibernating rodent at sunrise on February 2nd to determine how much longer winter would
    remain, replacing Candlemas Day with ÿ Groundhog Day! Happy Groundhog Day!

    Mike Dippel
    remember my Oma and Opa speaking of Candlemas, the ground hogs, and second winter. I had completely forgotten about all of this until you posted this. Thanks.
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  • From Floris van Unen@954:31/1 to Rixter on Mon Feb 3 10:44:36 2025

    Hello Rixter!

    03 Feb 25 02:03, you wrote to Mike Dippel:

    remember my Oma and Opa speaking of Candlemas, the ground hogs, and

    Spotted that you use the Dutch terminology for grandparents!

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    Best regards from The Netherlands,
    Floris


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  • From Mike Powell@954:895/54 to MIKE DIPPEL on Mon Feb 3 09:48:00 2025
    In other words, the farmers believed that the end of winter could be predicted
    as being the
    exact opposite of whatever the weather was like on Candlemas Day. In 1887,

    It was really nice here yesterday. Guess we are in trouble!

    Mike P


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  • From Rixter@954:895/76 to Floris van Unen on Mon Feb 3 11:36:46 2025


    Hello Rixter!

    03 Feb 25 02:03, you wrote to Mike Dippel:

    Spotted that you use the Dutch terminology for grandparents!

    Best regards from The Netherlands,
    Floris

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    I grew up around the Brethren and Mennonites and my mothers folks spoke Deutsch and Nederland as well as English. English in public only. They are almost all gone now, but I remember some of the old ways very well. It was a good life. I miss a lot of community from those old days. Have a great day friend Floris.

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  • From Mike Dippel@954:895/1 to Rixter on Mon Feb 3 20:31:40 2025
    On 2/3/2025 2:08 AM, Rixter wrote to Mike Dippel:

    Re: Today is --- Feb. 2nd
    By: Mike Dippel to All on Sun Feb 02 2025 09:21 pm

    Today is Candlemas Day - important in the lives of farmer s in Europe. An ol
    English song
    went as follows:

    "If Candlemas be fair and bright, / Come, Winter, have another flight. / If
    Candlemas
    brings clouds and rain, / Go, Winter, and come not again."

    In other words, the farmers believed that the end of winter could be predict
    as being the
    exact opposite of whatever the weather was like on Candlemas Day. In 1887,
    German
    immigrants in Pennsylvania adopted the practice of looking for the shadow of
    large
    hibernating rodent at sunrise on February 2nd to determine how much longer
    winter would
    remain, replacing Candlemas Day with ÿ Groundhog Day! Happy Groundhog Day!

    Mike Dippel
    remember my Oma and Opa speaking of Candlemas, the ground hogs, and second winter. I had completely forgotten about all of this until you posted this. Thanks.
    telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23

    My pleasure! This was taken from a Sunday homily of all things.

    Mike Dippel

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