Folks in the Northern Hemisphere will find out if Spring arrives
Or they'll be condemned to six more weeks of White Hell
We've celebrated a couple New Years last month (Western solar & Asian Lunar).
But going by Ye Olde Western Calendar, February 2 marks the last Feast related to ye previous year's Yuletide - The Purification Of The Virgin, aka Candlemas.
The day is traditionally the harbinger of Spring. Or not.
According to Ye Olde British weather maxim ...
“If Candlemas Day dawns fair and clear,
Expect two Winters in the year.
But if Candlemas Day be clouds and rain,
Winter is gone and will not come again.”
So ... In a few hours we'll know if it's gonna be ...
...
OR
...
As things work out this year, Murkuns will also bid farewell to a vestige of '19 ...
The Super Bowl closes out the '19 NFL Season ...
San Francisco 49ers
OR
Kanas City Chiefs
... will become Super Bowl Champs.
AND *Drum Roll* -
IT'S THE DAY OF THE PALINDROME!!
O2 - O2 - 2020 reads the same forwards & backwards!!
Y'all have never seen such a date before & never will again.
It last occurred 909 years ago 11 - 11 - 1111 and won't happen again 'til 12 - 12 - 2121.
Stay Tuned For Reports From Groundhogs
Across North Murka As They Come In!
Or come out. Depending on how one choose to looks at it.
Current Tally -
- 9
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