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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S N G A T A Q P B M N T Y S H U S Z F M
W Q K M F H X H E Q C D J G O U H C D O
T O S E T A T E T A R B E L E C Y Z C O
J L O Y D E Q M Q L M W Q Z N S Z K R N
E U J C T K S Q T X Z N O E N E U R M B
H C Z N R I N M L O H K C O T S D R F E
E I K D A E L R N T Z U B V T U U E E A
B N N E F M M I H R L B T A W M V G W M
M C E L X O N M T T I G W L P M U Z F S
G I H K B G F E U R Y B H U H E A S W A
G P O C G N Y R E S E S I E U R T K I B
L D D I P I E K I R D F T S N T P C Y C
S P J P D G S A R A G I E X Z I F U P Z
N F J O H N D I N D A L M D X M L L L N
V T A R K I E C W V W Q A A B E E T F I
U K B R Q S E F L O W E R S Y D D O Q B
U P D I Z W M N O M L A S R K P G P E X
M B A D A Y L I G H T A H N H L O I I F
K E G G T L A L Y C F C C J V P G L J Q
Q W O E I N H L F L X K T W G M S C E X
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Answer Key for MID SUMMER

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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  163w
CULTURE  136sw
DAISY  714ne
DANCE  1112sw
DAYLIGHT  418e
FERTILITY  1111nw
FLOWERS  816e
GREENMAN  1012nw
IKEA  66n
JOHNDINDAL  814e
MAYPOLE  1314se
MIDSUMMER  1314nw
MOONBEAMS  201s
MUSIC  168se
PICKLED  413n
PICNIC  211n
PORRIDGE  414s
POTLUCK  1817n
RIBBONS  1010ne
SALMON  1317w
SINGING  616n
STAWBERRIES  1111sw
STOCKHOLM  166w
SUMMERTIME  166s
SWEDEN  209nw
VALUES  148s
WHITEMARSH  139s