Assertion: groundhog's holiday | /r/CapableOf | begin as pennsylvania german custom
Facets:
value: in the 18th and 19th centuries
type: TEMPORAL
value: in southeastern and central pennsylvania
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The holiday, which began as a Pennsylvania German custom in southeastern and central Pennsylvania in the 18th and 19th centuries, has its origins in ancient European weather lore, wherein a badger or sacred bear is the prognosticator as opposed to a groundhog.