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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N Q E U B J W O Z F C J H Y G U L A N N
M Q E D F E T Y O C O E T E O Y D W I B
S B N L Z Y J R O M O C D F S W F T Z K
Y P E S O L W Q H L Z N H I L A H P F X
T B N N A P X K S Q A A A O X G O G T D
H K E O R F Y B R H Q D W K I S N E B F
P A I B N E B A A Y N V N L E I O G J L
F N W B Q M P Q M E R G Y I G N V D P O
U L L I W I I O E I E A R N D O G I Q W
B C T R K T C S T F D R I E O N K R M E
N A I E G R N E I J E S U M E D H R S R
Q O A S J E I U H B O R U T X N E O W S
G R M X U M C L W H Y I T M L T M P J V
D Y V L G M K A D P Y P N I M U K A A Z
D H A W A U T V E T A R B E L E C W N T
N E D E W S T O C K H O L M M I R F N L
Y K C U L T O P I C K L E D C R T R D Y
S S T C E F M W S E Q V O H W J L Y K U
T L B X H S P T U C W M O O N B E A M S
R C F D J K H F T N T A P L Q B A F G E
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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  1715w
CULTURE  1715nw
DAISY  126ne
DANCE  126n
DAYLIGHT  1110ne
FERTILITY  1111se
FLOWERS  206s
GREENMAN  139se
IKEA  69sw
JOHNDINDAL  148nw
MAYPOLE  98nw
MIDSUMMER  98se
MOONBEAMS  1219e
MUSIC  614nw
PICKLED  817e
PICNIC  78s
PORRIDGE  1812n
POTLUCK  817w
RIBBONS  410n
SALMON  616nw
SINGING  1211ne
STAWBERRIES  1111ne
STOCKHOLM  616e
SUMMERTIME  616n
SWEDEN  616w
VALUES  814n
WHITEMARSH  913n