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

Try to find all 27 words on this board.

U A G W B S I N G I N G V R I J C M Z X
H W S C Q J M N C G C A V E K E I W E F
B Q F R U Y V A L U E S U M P P N E T E
L T O P T L F N E T F F N M A Q C A A W
H Y A I U R T F V B A S X U B Y I S R V
N O M L A S C U F U N E V S Y K P P B O
P Q B S W U T A R O I O J D U P N O E D
R N G E P M Z A B E B U O I G D J O L N
X X D X O M X B W H I T E M A R S H E E
M E A V T E I Y I B Q F L O W E R S C T
N U N C L R L G U M E N C A V Y K R H W
Q A C Q U T F K B R G R E E N M A N D P
E N E Z C I Y O T E U B R K R S F P V M
P Y M P K M Y I H L A D N I D N H O J M
Z H T U U E L Y N D L K S A E U E R D O
T W B S R I M M L O H K C O T S U R R E
S E I S T S D E L K C I P I P D C I Q N
J C E Y K H Z Z T S T H G I L Y A D A B
P Z V N A C Z F G P F N L F D P G G A M
M P H N L C M D A I S Y J U J L M E N U
Brought to you by WordSearchFun.com



Answer Key for MID SUMMER

X
Y
1234567891011121314151617181920
1# # # # # S I N G I N G # R # # C # # #
2# # # C # # M # # # # # # E # # I # E #
3# # # # U # V A L U E S # M # # N # T #
4# # # # # L # # E # # # # M A # C # A #
5# # # # # # T # # B # S # U # Y I # R #
6N O M L A S # U # # N # # S # # P # B #
7# # # # W U T # R O # O # D # # # O E #
8# # # E P M # A B E # # O I # # # # L #
9# # D # O M # B W H I T E M A R S H E E
10# E A # T E I # # B # F L O W E R S C #
11N # N # L R # # # # E # # A # # # # # #
12# # C # U T # # # R G R E E N M A N # #
13# # E # C I # # T # # # R K # # # P # #
14# # # # K M # I # L A D N I D N H O J #
15# # # # U E L # # # # # # # E # # R # #
16# # # S # I # M L O H K C O T S # R # #
17# # I # T # D E L K C I P # # # # I # #
18# C # Y # # # # # # T H G I L Y A D # #
19# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # G # #
20# # # # # # # D A I S Y # # # # # E # #
Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  1910n
CULTURE  42se
DAISY  820e
DANCE  39s
DAYLIGHT  1818w
FERTILITY  1111sw
FLOWERS  1210e
GREENMAN  1212e
IKEA  1414n
JOHNDINDAL  1414w
MAYPOLE  143se
MIDSUMMER  149n
MOONBEAMS  149nw
MUSIC  614sw
PICKLED  1317w
PICNIC  176n
PORRIDGE  1814s
POTLUCK  58s
RIBBONS  611ne
SALMON  66w
SINGING  61e
STAWBERRIES  1111se
STOCKHOLM  1616w
SUMMERTIME  66s
SWEDEN  66sw
VALUES  83e
WHITEMARSH  99e