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

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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  812n
CULTURE  916ne
DAISY  158sw
DANCE  313s
DAYLIGHT  184w
FERTILITY  1111se
FLOWERS  518n
GREENMAN  1210se
IKEA  69nw
JOHNDINDAL  148w
MAYPOLE  92w
MIDSUMMER  98se
MOONBEAMS  92e
MUSIC  614s
PICKLED  189s
PICNIC  62sw
PORRIDGE  188n
POTLUCK  115e
RIBBONS  96e
SALMON  95sw
SINGING  166s
STAWBERRIES  1111ne
STOCKHOLM  616e
SUMMERTIME  616n
SWEDEN  616nw
VALUES  82sw
WHITEMARSH  913n