I was astonished in reading the post about Candlemas ( what is exactly "mas"?), since I was thinking about
a saying - in a very strict dialect

La Madonna Candelora
dell'inverno semo fora
ma se piove o tira vento
dell'inverno semo drento.

(The day of ) the Virgin Mary - (queen of ) the candles - or bringing candles ( February, 2)
we are out of the winter,
but if it rains or there is wind
we are in (the middle of ) the winter.

I knew about Ground-hog day just from a movie with Bill Murray and...I don't remember, maybe Andie Mc Dowell?
Ciao
Emanuela