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 S E Z D O O G M P L L H Z C Q O I D S
T X L R C B W A I S A T S G B P L G H D
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L P R H R G Q I R A E D M R I M S X L P
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W N T M U N N E M R D F T S Q T C C M S
Y I E O H L Y A G S E L I E A R U W S N
V G L O C Z N E U D E B H U P E L K R F
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J R N B R S M O L S W R K A H M O U Y T
C B A E E E M O H Y Q J R V T U P L O T
M R I A R L W M L O H K C O T S I T K W
S Q O M A E D G D E L K C I P I C U V T
H Y C S R M Y Z C L D O E M Z C N R Y Q
A O F S I N G I N G A R T M K L I E Y M
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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  33s
CULTURE  1813s
DAISY  91e
DANCE  91w
DAYLIGHT  163w
FERTILITY  139ne
FLOWERS  1013sw
GREENMAN  136sw
IKEA  88n
JOHNDINDAL  88ne
MAYPOLE  138ne
MIDSUMMER  138sw
MOONBEAMS  410s
MUSIC  1614s
PICKLED  1517w
PICNIC  1715s
PORRIDGE  1416nw
POTLUCK  1715n
RIBBONS  38ne
SALMON  418ne
SINGING  419e
STAWBERRIES  1111nw
STOCKHOLM  1616w
SUMMERTIME  1616n
SWEDEN  92w
VALUES  1414n
WHITEMARSH  1313n