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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B W B P Z N U H S G E M I E L H J V V U
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Q K D V X J M A R A T R S O A P F M R P
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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  32e
CULTURE  1419w
DAISY  98s
DANCE  813nw
DAYLIGHT  201s
FERTILITY  1111s
FLOWERS  93e
GREENMAN  1012s
IKEA  96nw
JOHNDINDAL  814s
MAYPOLE  1314se
MIDSUMMER  118w
MOONBEAMS  68s
MUSIC  146e
PICKLED  220n
PICNIC  191w
PORRIDGE  120e
POTLUCK  191s
RIBBONS  38s
SALMON  166n
SINGING  88nw
STAWBERRIES  1111sw
STOCKHOLM  166s
SUMMERTIME  166w
SWEDEN  314s
VALUES  148s
WHITEMARSH  139s