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Kids get to decorate their own mini-Maypole, which sits near the house. All of the various plants and flowers have symbolic meanings that are tied to fertility, luck, and protection. Children often dance around the Maypole in a circle, singing and acting out “Små grodorna” (Swedish for “The little frogs.”) Yep, hopping frogs are another fertility symbol.

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