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7 -: (Punxsutawney Phil), (Wiarton Willie), - (Staten Island Chuck), (Shubenacadie Sam), (Balzac Billy), (Jimmy the Groundhog) (General Beauregard Lee)
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. : If Candlemas Day is bright and clear, therell be two winters in the year ( ). , . : Wann die Grundsau ihre Schatte seht, noch sechs Wochen Winter ist was es meent ( , , ). , .
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