Traditional Housewarming Gift

[John Koski]

My mother has a wall hanging that my Grandmother had given her after traveling to Finland which includes a little bag of salt and round rye breads. I understand this is hung in the home so that home is never out of salt or bread. Do you know where I might purchase something like this?

[kalmisto]

Where in the US are you located ? You could contact the nearest Finlandia Foundation Chapter and ask them for that information.

http://www.finlandiafoundation.org/temp ... PID=471820

[John Koski]

Located in Springfield, Massachusetts. Thank you for the link to Finnish Societies.

[Jukka Aho]

My mother has a wall hanging that my Grandmother had given her after traveling to Finland which includes a little bag of salt and round rye breads. I understand this is hung in the home so that home is never out of salt or bread. Do you know where I might purchase something like this?

My parents have a small wooden frame – about 5″×5″×0.5″, with a protective glass in front of it – hanging on the wall of their summer cottage. (I guess they were given it shortly after the cottage was built.) Enclosed behind the glass is a tiny round rye bread, with a hole in the middle, and an equally tiny bag of salt. The face of the protective glass panel features the text “HÄTÄTILAN SATTUESSA RIKO LASI” (or “IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, BREAK THE GLASS”) in “official-looking” block lettering; much like the typical fire alarm buttons etc. here

(Sorry, I have no idea where you would find one of those these days.)

[John Koski]

I had found a couple of versions of what I'm looking for, a spoon and a wall plaque, on the FinnishGifts website about a year ago; however, at that time they had no stock and I have since lost the link to those items in their catalog. I have searched the FinnishGifts website for these items without success.

[Pursuivant]

My parents have a small wooden frame – about 5″×5″×0.5″, with a protective glass in front of it – hanging on the wall of their summer cottage. (I guess they were given it shortly after the cottage was built.) Enclosed behind the glass is a tiny round rye bread, with a hole in the middle, and an equally tiny bag of salt. The face of the protective glass panel features the text “HÄTÄTILAN SATTUESSA RIKO LASI” (or “IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, BREAK THE GLASS”) in “official-looking” block lettering; much like the typical fire alarm buttons etc. here

I made a similar one for my friend, but it had one of these mini-koskenkorva bottles in it. Another friend had one with a cap pistol and and an armband with red and white side and the inscription: IN CASE OF REVOLUTION, BREAK THE GLASS AND CHOOSE THE WINNING SIDE ... he was doing a thesis on the civil war os something obscure like that

[CatNip]

Aarikka might have those: http://www.aarikka.fi/en.php
They have anyway funky stuff

tse might also help:
http://www.finlandno.org/a-gifts.html
http://www.genealogia.fi/finnlinks/show.php?cid=39