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THE AGE-OLD TRADITION of allowing a chosen groundhog to predict the end of winter has continued in the US state of Pennsylvania.
The ceremony, made famous thanks to the 1993 Bill Murray film Groundhog Day, sees the rodent Punxsutawney Phil emerge from his burrow and choose one of two scrolls to decide the upcoming weather.
One has a sunnier outlook, the other less so.
And unfortunately Phil has opted for the scroll providing locals with six more weeks of winter.
Thousands of people gather every year at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania as members of Punxsutawney Phil’s “inner circle”, wearing top hats and traditional garb, summon him from his tree stump at dawn to learn if he had seen his shadow.
According to folklore, spring would come early if he did not see it.
The annual event has its origin in a German legend about a furry rodent.
According to records dating back to 1887, Phil has predicted winter more than 100 times.
Additional reporting from PA
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Detective says the attack is ” unsual ” for a town like Ballymoney.
Anyone put some sense to that for me. ..
No idea! Ballymoney is a typical unionist Hellhole.
It’s normally a quiet town.
Is that where you are from it was the nationalist again was it?
I have no idea who it was, it’s a shocking innocent that thankfully doesn’t happen here too often.
I think you mean incident numpty! Im glad your taken a mature view this time there may be hope for you yet
Predictive txt on my fone. Sorry about that mate. I’ll strive for better in future.
Good man keep up the good work!
They haven’t gone away you know…
Who??
Murdering terrorist lowlifes in general
Where does it say terrorists? Missed that bit now you could be right but you could also be wrong!
Call it intuition…
It may or may not have been paramilitaries, but either way, in my book kneecapping and beating someone to death is a terrorist act regardless of which gang is doing it.
Thats a bit of an extreme view
Why?
Seems to be an uplift in violent crime up North recently.
Don’t piss people off!
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