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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Answer Key for MID SUMMER

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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  16s
CULTURE  1613nw
DAISY  1518e
DANCE  79nw
DAYLIGHT  1011nw
FERTILITY  1111ne
FLOWERS  811nw
GREENMAN  1010ne
IKEA  916sw
JOHNDINDAL  88ne
MAYPOLE  813sw
MIDSUMMER  813ne
MOONBEAMS  1915n
MUSIC  813nw
PICKLED  2013n
PICNIC  217n
PORRIDGE  1914sw
POTLUCK  2013s
RIBBONS  99ne
SALMON  66nw
SINGING  1110nw
STAWBERRIES  1111nw
STOCKHOLM  1616n
SUMMERTIME  1616w
SWEDEN  66ne
VALUES  1414w
WHITEMARSH  1313w