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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V L R C I W U Z E K N S F L X E R E Z X
R A R F T T B P K T S Q U N A W S O D Z
X O D T J Z E M I T R E M M U S H F E X
R V E T A R B E L E C K B G T T N D L F
J M T W X M P U P S E U L A V O K D K V
W Y A H S R A M E T I H W Q Y C H V C V
J I Q L K S A O I F H B O M U K T R I O
Q H N N A Y B Z G D E A V L A H J Z P M
L N M Y P D P T A R S R T A P O A K O Y
Q Q V O A O N Y R I E U T H B L O O R D
P C L I T X L I N I R E M I W M N I R C
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B Y U Z G S I M A N U B D M E I Z P D E
M C R H W N T V N A H Q O A A R T E G H
K G T K G K Z R C Z X O M N C N V Y E V
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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  117w
CULTURE  169sw
DAISY  612sw
DANCE  915s
DAYLIGHT  1011sw
FERTILITY  1111se
FLOWERS  1620w
GREENMAN  1012se
IKEA  96n
JOHNDINDAL  814nw
MAYPOLE  89sw
MIDSUMMER  89se
MOONBEAMS  2011sw
MUSIC  146nw
PICKLED  1911n
PICNIC  319e
PORRIDGE  1912s
POTLUCK  712sw
RIBBONS  913se
SALMON  166nw
SINGING  1112sw
STAWBERRIES  1111sw
STOCKHOLM  166s
SUMMERTIME  166w
SWEDEN  166n
VALUES  148w
WHITEMARSH  139w