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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K Q G S V E E L H B F L D O F O O T K Z
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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  1019n
CULTURE  1019e
DAISY  177nw
DANCE  1416se
DAYLIGHT  87s
FERTILITY  1111s
FLOWERS  1110ne
GREENMAN  1212s
IKEA  35e
JOHNDINDAL  1414s
MAYPOLE  914sw
MIDSUMMER  69ne
MOONBEAMS  114w
MUSIC  68sw
PICKLED  23s
PICNIC  617nw
PORRIDGE  33e
POTLUCK  1620w
RIBBONS  141w
SALMON  917nw
SINGING  34s
STAWBERRIES  1111se
STOCKHOLM  1616n
SUMMERTIME  66s
SWEDEN  174s
VALUES  88ne
WHITEMARSH  99s