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

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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  2013n
CULTURE  2013sw
DAISY  167n
DANCE  1416se
DAYLIGHT  167w
FERTILITY  1111s
FLOWERS  202w
GREENMAN  1212s
IKEA  911nw
JOHNDINDAL  1414s
MAYPOLE  914sw
MIDSUMMER  914w
MOONBEAMS  914nw
MUSIC  86w
PICKLED  812nw
PICNIC  617w
PORRIDGE  712w
POTLUCK  1818n
RIBBONS  1313s
SALMON  66n
SINGING  142w
STAWBERRIES  1111se
STOCKHOLM  1616n
SUMMERTIME  66e
SWEDEN  66nw
VALUES  88e
WHITEMARSH  99s