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

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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  517e
CULTURE  198s
DAISY  1920w
DANCE  72w
DAYLIGHT  23s
FERTILITY  1111w
FLOWERS  1211se
GREENMAN  1012w
IKEA  119ne
JOHNDINDAL  814w
MAYPOLE  134e
MIDSUMMER  89ne
MOONBEAMS  89n
MUSIC  1614se
PICKLED  78n
PICNIC  203w
PORRIDGE  87ne
POTLUCK  203s
RIBBONS  913w
SALMON  616w
SINGING  59n
STAWBERRIES  1111sw
STOCKHOLM  616e
SUMMERTIME  166s
SWEDEN  81w
VALUES  148s
WHITEMARSH  139w