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  77s
CULTURE  77w
DAISY  147w
DANCE  816sw
DAYLIGHT  147s
FERTILITY  1111s
FLOWERS  72w
GREENMAN  1012s
IKEA  158s
JOHNDINDAL  814s
MAYPOLE  1314se
MIDSUMMER  169nw
MOONBEAMS  114w
MUSIC  168e
PICKLED  93w
PICNIC  1715n
PORRIDGE  94s
POTLUCK  1917n
RIBBONS  913s
SALMON  166n
SINGING  211s
STAWBERRIES  1111sw
STOCKHOLM  616n
SUMMERTIME  166s
SWEDEN  166nw
VALUES  1315se
WHITEMARSH  139s