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Please join our table: The dog days of summer bark for ice cream
Please join our table - "The dog days of summer bark for ice cream"

What exactly are the dog days of summer? Don’t go jumping on my case but it is a Greek thing … It’s a Greek term, of course! The "dog days of summer" refer to the weeks between July 3 and AuG. 11 and are named after the dog star (Sirius) in the Canis Major constellation.