Are you wearing odd socks?
Well, that’s quirky in
the youth
And it’s quite nice to
see, but
On you they look
stupid in truth
Wednesday, 1 February 2023
ARE YOU WEARING ODD SOCKS? # 1
PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL
On Groundhog Day
In Punxsutawney,
Pennsylvania
Punxsutawney Phil
Incites Groundhog
mania
Thousands watch to see
If he will see his
shadow
For if he does winter
remains
And he goes back below
GROUNDHOG DAY
If it is cloudy when he emerges
Then winter will soon
go
But if he finds it
sunny
He quickly returns
below
ON CANDLEMAS DAY
The winter will not come again
If Candlemas day has
cloud or rain
But if the day is
bathed in sun
Then the spring hasn’t
yet begun
FERSOMMLINGE
Fersommlinge is a feast
Celebrated on
Candlemas day
In south-eastern
Pennsylvania
In the “Fancy Dutch”
way
Where in the Groundhog
Lodges
Traditional foods are
served
In their typically
sociable way
Speeches are made and
to entertain
They perform g'spiel
skits and plays
But only Pennsylvania
Dutch is spoken
So, for English
there’s a penalty to pay
CALL IT WHAT YOU LIKE
Jour de la Marmotte
As the French
Canadians say
Grundsaudaag or Murmeltiertag
Is the Pennsylvania
German way
But for the rest of us
We just call it Groundhog
Day
GROUNDHOG DAY 2015
I heard that Punxsutawney Phil had last year
Bitten the towns
Mayor's on the ear
It spoilt the photo
opportunity alright
I wonder if that would
be a sound bite?
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