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C'mon, now. Doesn't it make total sense to allow a furry member of the marmot family to predict the weather?...   >>>

C'mon, now. Doesn't it make total sense to allow a furry member of the marmot family to predict the weather?

Well, no. No, it doesn't. But our love affair with a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil runs deep, and each year we wait to find out whether the little guy will see his shadow — for if he does, it must mean we're in for six more weeks of winter weather.

Of course, Punxsutawney Phil isn't the only popular superstition that has been clinging, barnacle-like, to the human psyche for decades.



**The excerpt is taken from the short article from MSNBC website on the origins of the many popular American superstitions entitled,"Shadow or not? The origins of Groundhog Day (and 12 other superstitions)" written by the Today Staff. Click through to read more about the superstitions that we all know and perhaps, believe in.**