Europeans do not have an equivalent of Groundhog Day. In Canada and the US, Ground Hog Day is a silly annual festival, held in late winter, to 'predict" how soon Spring will come to the area, Groundhog Day in the US (as seen in the Bill Murray film) is 2nd February. Early in the morning, of the " Day ", a tame Ground Hog, is observed, to see if there is enough daylight for him " to see his shadow ". The result means either 6 more weeks of winter weather, or a earlier than normal spring thaw of the lakes and rivers, which are frozen in winter in Canada. A number of towns hold such a "Ground Hog Festival" as a tourist boost for the town. Some attract huge crowds, as much as 25,000 people to a town with a normal population of 5,000. The Day is allways held on a week end to get maximum attendance, and TV stations all ways send a camera crew to do a "live remote shoot". It is all in fun, and nobody takes it seriously at all. Pre-Christian Celts observed solar cycles halfway between each solstice and equinox; these are called Quarter Days. On Quarter Days, the "veil" between this world and the Otherworld or spirit world is thinnest. This is the best time to see into the future, with the aid of the spirits. On Samhuin (now Halloween) one dresses as a ghoul so that spirits intent on mischief would mistake you for one of their own and pass by. Groundhog day corresponds to Imbolc, therefore it has the prognostication aspect. Hedgehogs are "used" in Britain. Don't pick one up - they're loaded with fleas. The underlying principle behind Groundhog Day in North America was almost certainly brought over by settlers from Western Europe. Both in England and Scotland there are old weather sayings about the same date (2 February) which is celebrated in many Christian traditions as the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the popular name for which is Candlemas. All these sayings are similar; one example is: "If Candlemas Day be fair and bright Winter will have another fight; But if Candlemas Day brings clouds and rain, Winter's gone and won't come again." The principle behind the rhyme is this: in NW Europe (including the British Isles), sunny weather in early February is normally associated with anticyclonic weather, which often persists for long periods and brings long periods of cold, frosty weather. Cloudy, rainy weather is usually associated with depressions coming in from the Atlantic and the weather is consequently less cold, snow and frost appearing only briefly, if at all. The important thing is that by early February the weather is normally set in a pattern in that one or other of the above types tends to persist, usually for several weeks.
Candlemas
Yes, there are wild hedgehogs native to Europe.
A hedgehog.
A hedgehog.
There could be. I have listed a sight with hedgehog breeders listed in the UK and Europe.
Yep, there are two of them. One called Sonic The Comic and the other called Sonic the Hedgehog. The Sonic the Comic one is only in Europe, and the Sonic the Hedgehog one is in America.
Predators of the hedgehog are birds of prey, wild dogs, and jackals. In the UK and most of Europe, the only natural predator of the Hedgehog is the Badger.
a hedgehog is a small mammal native to Europe, Asia, Africa and New Zealand
The hedgehog lives in Europe, Asia and south africaUnder my front deck.
I have listed a website that has a breeder list for the USA, Canada, and The UK/Europe.
food and personals was lacking in Europe.
that depends on which hedgehog you mean. the European hedgehog ist spread in western Europe and parts of eastern Europe and southern Scandinavia, Great Britain and it was introduced to New Zealand. the Eastern hedgehog is spread more in eastern Europe.then we have African hedgehogs in different African countries and also Gran Canaria.there are hedgehogs in Israel, other middle East countries and China.They are not native to America