MID SUMMER

CELEBRATE
CULTURE
DAISY
DANCE
DAYLIGHT
FERTILITY
FLOWERS
GREENMAN
IKEA
JOHNDINDAL
MAYPOLE
MIDSUMMER
MOONBEAMS
MUSIC
PICKLED
PICNIC
PORRIDGE
POTLUCK
RIBBONS
SALMON
SINGING
STAWBERRIES
STOCKHOLM
SUMMERTIME
SWEDEN
VALUES
WHITEMARSH

Midsummer celebrations in Sweden were held to welcome summertime and the season of fertility. In some areas, therefore, people dressed up as ‘green men’, clad in ferns. They also decorated their houses and farm tools with foliage, and raised tall, leafy maypoles to dance around, probably as early as the 16th century and modelled on a German tradition. Midsummer was primarily an occasion for young people, but it was also celebrated in the industrial communities of central Sweden, where all mill employees were given a feast of pickled herring, beer and schnapps. It was not until the 20th century, however, that this became the most Swedish of all traditional festivities. Enjoy ~ Culture & Values Committee

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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  210s
CULTURE  210n
DAISY  78w
DANCE  1614se
DAYLIGHT  78e
FERTILITY  1111e
FLOWERS  617e
GREENMAN  1212w
IKEA  136ne
JOHNDINDAL  1414e
MAYPOLE  149ne
MIDSUMMER  96sw
MOONBEAMS  411s
MUSIC  86ne
PICKLED  313s
PICNIC  176n
PORRIDGE  413e
POTLUCK  2016n
RIBBONS  1313e
SALMON  66ne
SINGING  419e
STAWBERRIES  1111se
STOCKHOLM  1616w
SUMMERTIME  66e
SWEDEN  66n
VALUES  159ne
WHITEMARSH  99e