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 B M E C Y Q M P I Y Q B Y E N B Q D T
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Answer Key for MID SUMMER

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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  2011s
CULTURE  2011n
DAISY  411s
DANCE  147ne
DAYLIGHT  411n
FERTILITY  1111e
FLOWERS  1011sw
GREENMAN  1212e
IKEA  119nw
JOHNDINDAL  1414e
MAYPOLE  149ne
MIDSUMMER  149n
MOONBEAMS  149nw
MUSIC  68n
PICKLED  128nw
PICNIC  176n
PORRIDGE  127n
POTLUCK  215n
RIBBONS  1313e
SALMON  66ne
SINGING  417e
STAWBERRIES  1111se
STOCKHOLM  1616w
SUMMERTIME  66s
SWEDEN  61e
VALUES  88s
WHITEMARSH  99e