About Vaivaisukko - fattiggubben - poor old man
Since the time of the 1600s there were hundreds of carved wooden figures of old men that stood outside the churches in Southern Ostrobothnia and Central Ostrobothnia. They were called poor old men and stood there with an appealing expression on their faces and a hand over their heart, or stretched out for alms, imploring the parish to remember the needy and invalids. In the 1700s and 1800s it was customary for people to put money in an opening in his chest — alms for the needy. Each parish divided the money among those who were most needy. The biblical passage moved even the hardest heart: "He who gives to the poor shall not want."
There are 108 of them in Finland nowdays. 107 man and 1 woman. I´ve made it easier for you all.. I post the lady already. ´Cause Ladys first...
So... let´s collect them all in here.
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