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 O F V V S B G P G E R U T L U C K Y P
W Q G F C I F E J I C E L E B R A T E B
E D E L K C I P H O C L Z K B N F T I E
M L O H K C O T S H H N A F K X X K E Q
N P X K W R D I R Z Z N I O H S A Z N Y
U O P N R I N K A N Z Q D C E E P E S A
A P M I D G U G M U S I C I X A D I B R
V U D L I F S I E O G C R L N E A T D J
L G J N A C D U T F O R Y I W D A N C E
E W G V M S T X I B E N E S B V A Z B W
M T G G U P H K H B R R B E R B P L L Y
E P W M E R E V W E V D T E N E O Z K A
Q R M A L A V A L U E S G I A M W N U A
D E F Y X J T S T J R T C G L M A O S X
R C V P P S U M M E R T I M E I S N L A
E G Z O I D Q W J V X J F S K H T V R F
H C B L O A P D P O T L U C K O N Y F Y
U K I E Q E C H P I Z D C W K C S X X H
S H X N Z A S X G B V I M G L Q M Q H F
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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  113e
CULTURE  172w
DAISY  1610ne
DANCE  1610e
DAYLIGHT  41e
FERTILITY  1111se
FLOWERS  2017nw
GREENMAN  1210se
IKEA  911sw
JOHNDINDAL  148se
MAYPOLE  413s
MIDSUMMER  98sw
MOONBEAMS  98se
MUSIC  98e
PICKLED  84w
PICNIC  92se
PORRIDGE  75sw
POTLUCK  918e
RIBBONS  139se
SALMON  611nw
SINGING  95sw
STAWBERRIES  1111ne
STOCKHOLM  95w
SUMMERTIME  616e
SWEDEN  1411ne
VALUES  814e
WHITEMARSH  913n