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

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Word X Y Direction
CELEBRATE  121w
CULTURE  121sw
DAISY  108nw
DANCE  108ne
DAYLIGHT  78ne
FERTILITY  1111ne
FLOWERS  116n
GREENMAN  99w
IKEA  169sw
JOHNDINDAL  88e
MAYPOLE  813sw
MIDSUMMER  813ne
MOONBEAMS  1812s
MUSIC  168ne
PICKLED  1714n
PICNIC  420e
PORRIDGE  1518w
POTLUCK  1714s
RIBBONS  71se
SALMON  66nw
SINGING  110e
STAWBERRIES  1111nw
STOCKHOLM  1616w
SUMMERTIME  1616n
SWEDEN  66w
VALUES  1414n
WHITEMARSH  1313w