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

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16# # # Y # I E M I T R E M M U S B # # L
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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  197s
CULTURE  197n
DAISY  412s
DANCE  86nw
DAYLIGHT  89w
FERTILITY  1111sw
FLOWERS  1210n
GREENMAN  1010n
IKEA  88w
JOHNDINDAL  88n
MAYPOLE  177nw
MIDSUMMER  1712n
MOONBEAMS  1712s
MUSIC  1416sw
PICKLED  144s
PICNIC  1015sw
PORRIDGE  812w
POTLUCK  2019n
RIBBONS  99n
SALMON  66nw
SINGING  1720w
STAWBERRIES  1111nw
STOCKHOLM  1616n
SUMMERTIME  1616w
SWEDEN  66w
VALUES  1414w
WHITEMARSH  1313n