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  102w
CULTURE  102e
DAISY  918e
DANCE  168ne
DAYLIGHT  918w
FERTILITY  1111e
FLOWERS  1620n
GREENMAN  1210w
IKEA  78nw
JOHNDINDAL  148e
MAYPOLE  411s
MIDSUMMER  916nw
MOONBEAMS  411n
MUSIC  816ne
PICKLED  79n
PICNIC  38n
PORRIDGE  49se
POTLUCK  1020w
RIBBONS  139e
SALMON  616w
SINGING  1713s
STAWBERRIES  1111ne
STOCKHOLM  166w
SUMMERTIME  616e
SWEDEN  166n
VALUES  1513s
WHITEMARSH  913e