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 D Y R Q B U O T L H B K V Z S I N B S
N O S R E W O L F H G O S C O H F M X K
Y N M F P C O B B O A K C I U Z A J C O
I E Q L T S O J L W X Z P S Q X I Y F K
W O F I A T N W Q S V H L U F T T Q V J
N E D E W S T O C K H O L M X I R N D B
H I Y B N U T V B U G O D D L E A D H G
A E X X E M Y A K B L S I I M M S E O M
G Z C U T M P L W A I T T M N J V L Y L
H I A J A E H U H B Y R U E Z Y Z K E Y
Q C Q S R R F E I Z E S E R E Q A C U B
S O U M B T X S T F D R I X E E N I K D
P N B A E I K R E I G H R A K A D P O D
Q C W E L M C A M L A D N I D N H O J P
Q X I B E E U W A J B B E G E G V R W X
P N I N C R L X R G N I G N I S R R B Z
B T E O C I T T S D J I X K A Q P I F Y
A Y Z O J I O F H G T H G I L Y A D B Q
E B Z M A Y P O L E W I K S G I A G S D
S M C J L B N A O X D Z U R X T K E S F
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Answer Key for MID SUMMER

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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  516n
CULTURE  96se
DAISY  1514nw
DANCE  1514ne
DAYLIGHT  1818w
FERTILITY  1111ne
FLOWERS  92w
GREENMAN  1212ne
IKEA  1414ne
JOHNDINDAL  1414w
MAYPOLE  419e
MIDSUMMER  914ne
MOONBEAMS  419n
MUSIC  146n
PICKLED  1813n
PICNIC  719nw
PORRIDGE  1814s
POTLUCK  719n
RIBBONS  1210nw
SALMON  66nw
SINGING  1616w
STAWBERRIES  1111se
STOCKHOLM  66e
SUMMERTIME  66s
SWEDEN  66w
VALUES  88s
WHITEMARSH  99s