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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J U S D B H K C U L T O P I C K L E D R
T Z A M C N I G V N J D M I Q A I W A T
Q K H Y C B U N E L H T R L C K Q P N E
Q O L R T W Y N W H D H U Q A N S P C H
A U B N R I O M L O H K C O T S I X E P
R Z V N A E L I L Z N U X V T U A C E I
X I M Z P M M I T P L Q S A K M B Y T A
M F E E X A N M T T A D W L S M G T A C
I R W S Y G Y E U R Y B H U M E A B R S
P N H P B N I R E S E T I E A R R I B N
E C O S L I E J I R D F T S E T O O E M
K L E P G G V A R Y G I E X B I Y S L C
E E J O H N D I N D A L M X N M K T E G
N U Y R F I E W C I M A A W O E U E C B
A O X R I S S N O B B I R E O P A S A F
Q S G I P Y N N E D E W S L M K S W I E
H G D D A Y L I G H T L H X F I H L B C
K A Y G U U W I Y F L O W E R S H W J X
O B C E F V T S Q T V I O E E A O N R D
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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  1915n
CULTURE  136sw
DAISY  714ne
DANCE  192s
DAYLIGHT  418e
FERTILITY  1111nw
FLOWERS  1019e
GREENMAN  1012nw
IKEA  1613se
JOHNDINDAL  814e
MAYPOLE  78sw
MIDSUMMER  1314nw
MOONBEAMS  1517n
MUSIC  1614se
PICKLED  132e
PICNIC  132se
PORRIDGE  414s
POTLUCK  132w
RIBBONS  1316w
SALMON  166nw
SINGING  616n
STAWBERRIES  1111sw
STOCKHOLM  166w
SUMMERTIME  166s
SWEDEN  1317w
VALUES  148s
WHITEMARSH  139s