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

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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  1219nw
CULTURE  1219w
DAISY  131e
DANCE  152se
DAYLIGHT  131w
FERTILITY  1111nw
FLOWERS  211n
GREENMAN  1012nw
IKEA  96n
JOHNDINDAL  814se
MAYPOLE  1314se
MIDSUMMER  1314nw
MOONBEAMS  191s
MUSIC  1314w
PICKLED  202s
PICNIC  813nw
PORRIDGE  192w
POTLUCK  214s
RIBBONS  913nw
SALMON  616nw
SINGING  199s
STAWBERRIES  1111sw
STOCKHOLM  166s
SUMMERTIME  166w
SWEDEN  25se
VALUES  148s
WHITEMARSH  139s