Hey! Happy Groundhog Day to you!
>> [APPLAUSE] >> And
it is Groundhog Day, not Groundhogs cuz it's only one hog we're talking about.
>> [LAUGH] >> You know how the Groundhog Day thing
works, right?
So if the groundhog sees its shadow, you don't have to pay your taxes.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Yeah.
No?
That is not true, Mary?
>> That is not true.
>> I've gotta get a new accountant.
Darn it.
Groundhog Day is a tradition that goes back to the 1800s.
I don't know who started it but I'm pretty sure they were drunk.
>> [LAUGH] >> So there are traditions in other
countries that have strange, I don't know what they're doing but
there's something in France, and it's called St. Catharine's Day.
And here's what happens.
If you're a woman over 25 and you're not married, then you're supposed to walk
around all day long in a yellow and a green hat on your head.
Like that.
>> [LAUGH] >> That way people know you're single
and desperate.
>> [LAUGH] >> Thanks, Catherine.
Or, if you're 25 and single and not looking for
a husband, it's a great opportunity to find other single girls.
That's how my mind works.
>> [LAUGH] >> That's what I'm, you know.
Another unusual celebration,
there's a village in Spain that has a yearly festival called el colacho.
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So for el colacho-
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Parents with newborn babies place them on pillows in the street and
then men dressed as the devil jump over them, and it looks like this.
>> [LAUGH] >> They
have to jump over the babies to get the devil out of them.
>> [LAUGH] >> Now I'm no expert on parenting, and-
>> [LAUGH]
>> Clearly neither is anyone in Spain.
>> [LAUGH] >> But
that's not how you get a baby to stop crying.
That is- >> [LAUGH]
>> Here's another photo of El Colacho.
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>> [LAUGH] >> That's what they do.
That's what they're doing.
Now, the poor woman in the yellow hat found a husband,
had a baby, moved to Spain, and now there's a devil jumping over the baby.
>> [LAUGH] >> Finally,
here's what happens in one town in Japan.
Every year on April 6th, they do something called Connemara Matsuri.
It's a festival to celebrate male fertility.
Here's one of their parades.
I can't-
>> [LAUGH]
>> I can't really show you
what happens there.
>> [LAUGH] >> Hey, listen,
if the parade lasts more than four hours, consult a doctor.
>> [LAUGH] >> I
don't even wanna know what happens if it sees its shadow.
I don't, I don't wanna. >> [LAUGH]
>> [LAUGH] Boy.
Here's a photo of some of the people at the festival enjoying lollipops.
>> [LAUGH] >> You
know who should go to that festival?
Those single women wearing the yellow and green hats.
>> [LAUGH] >> Take that down, I'm tired, okay.
So what have we learned?
Well, I've learned I'm not going to Japan on April 6th, that's what I've learned.
>> [LAUGH] >> But
here's a tradition that I will continue and that is dancing.