http://wyrk.com Today's Country And Your All-Time Favorites Tue, 21 May 2013 21:14:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://wyrk.com/time-for-punxsutawney-phil-to-make-his-annual-appearance/ http://wyrk.com/time-for-punxsutawney-phil-to-make-his-annual-appearance/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:00:55 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=57174 It’s an annual tradition in the small Pennsylvania town of Punxsutawney, northeast of Pittsburgh.  Every year on February 2nd the spotlight shines on a groundhog they call Punxatawney Phil.  All based on European folklore that if a badger wanders from his burrow and sees his shadow, there'll be six more weeks of winter.  If he doesn’t see his shadow, spring is right around the corner. 

]]> http://wyrk.com/time-for-punxsutawney-phil-to-make-his-annual-appearance/feed/ 0 Punxsutawney Phil and his handler (Getty Images) http://wyrk.com/dales-daily-data-groundhog-day/ http://wyrk.com/dales-daily-data-groundhog-day/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:04:19 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=7941 It’s a tradition going on since 1887 - Groundhog Day in Punxatawney, Pennsylvania.   Kind of a mid-winter festival based on European folklore that if a badger wanders from his burrow and sees his shadow, there’ll be six more weeks of winter.  If he doesn’t see his shadow, spring is right around the corner. 

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