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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  26s
CULTURE  714sw
DAISY  164se
DANCE  89w
DAYLIGHT  89sw
FERTILITY  1111sw
FLOWERS  1210n
GREENMAN  1010n
IKEA  88w
JOHNDINDAL  88n
MAYPOLE  138ne
MIDSUMMER  35s
MOONBEAMS  119n
MUSIC  1614e
PICKLED  82w
PICNIC  43s
PORRIDGE  812sw
POTLUCK  43e
RIBBONS  1012se
SALMON  135se
SINGING  111se
STAWBERRIES  1111nw
STOCKHOLM  1616w
SUMMERTIME  1616n
SWEDEN  111w
VALUES  1414n
WHITEMARSH  1313n