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  1719w
CULTURE  1613nw
DAISY  37n
DANCE  192w
DAYLIGHT  123e
FERTILITY  1111ne
FLOWERS  420n
GREENMAN  1010ne
IKEA  166se
JOHNDINDAL  88ne
MAYPOLE  813nw
MIDSUMMER  813ne
MOONBEAMS  410n
MUSIC  813n
PICKLED  510ne
PICNIC  1420e
PORRIDGE  49ne
POTLUCK  1420w
RIBBONS  613s
SALMON  66ne
SINGING  513s
STAWBERRIES  1111nw
STOCKHOLM  1616n
SUMMERTIME  1616w
SWEDEN  66n
VALUES  1414w
WHITEMARSH  1313w