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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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  44e
CULTURE  169sw
DAISY  815ne
DANCE  118n
DAYLIGHT  815nw
FERTILITY  1111se
FLOWERS  195s
GREENMAN  1012se
IKEA  814nw
JOHNDINDAL  814n
MAYPOLE  89nw
MIDSUMMER  89se
MOONBEAMS  162w
MUSIC  146ne
PICKLED  718w
PICNIC  62sw
PORRIDGE  818e
POTLUCK  718nw
RIBBONS  1212ne
SALMON  616nw
SINGING  616e
STAWBERRIES  1111sw
STOCKHOLM  166s
SUMMERTIME  166w
SWEDEN  1911s
VALUES  148w
WHITEMARSH  139w