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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R K G N E A W A R E M M U S D I M G D T
U J V D F X U E L S D Q E P A F I I K Y
T T M C I W K B X U J E C C I L Q K S S
L T W I K R G N U D E G N X Y S M I E Z
U M W N E E R O Y X T S A A E R A O M T
C U G C A M P O J O H N D I N D A L N O
E Z S I B I C M P Z P W R I B B O N S Q
L K O P O T L U C K G R E E N M A N L F
E P G I M R F A K F E R T I L I T Y H T
B Q Q C K E V B W B O P Z X S A K W N P
R C C K W M B L W H I T E M A R S H U C
A I F L Z M Y A N A V F L O W E R S M Y
T J W E Z U T Q X I Z O T I M L B Z O Y
E I Y D R S T O C K H O L M A Y P O L E
Z M U L M I I P B S Q T S Y Z M F Z N Q
X X E I R C A U K C T J G Q J E X J N Y
F Z H T M H C F J A B G U Z D X M A S Q
N J L U V R X U O H Y W O F O U N E M M
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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  18s
CULTURE  18n
DAISY  168ne
DANCE  138n
DAYLIGHT  138ne
FERTILITY  1111e
FLOWERS  1214e
GREENMAN  1210e
IKEA  55s
JOHNDINDAL  148e
MAYPOLE  1416e
MIDSUMMER  173w
MOONBEAMS  89n
MUSIC  614s
PICKLED  410s
PICNIC  410n
PORRIDGE  88nw
POTLUCK  410e
RIBBONS  139e
SALMON  143se
SINGING  81w
STAWBERRIES  1111ne
STOCKHOLM  616e
SUMMERTIME  616n
SWEDEN  81se
VALUES  83se
WHITEMARSH  913e