May is the month when the people of Teramo, ltaly, celebrate Sagra delle Virtu` They prepare minestrone, a kind of thick soup made with a large number of winter and fresh spring vegetables. As part of the festival, much of the soup is traditionally served to the poor. Midsummer is celebrated on 24 June in many countries in many different ways. In Finland and Sweden, people make garlands with flowers, light big bonfires, dance traditional dances and eat lots of smoked and pickled fish.