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Kuusalu

Runosong collection place · ERAB corpus, Estonian Folklore Archives

CorpusERAB, Estonian Folklore Archives
Poems4,373
Verses81,555
Distinct words42,648
Collection years1876–1940
CollectorsGustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Karl Viljak · Hans Lohk
Coordinates59.4760, 25.5478

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Distinctive vocabulary

Words unusually characteristic of poems collected here, compared with poems collected at other places — not the most common words.

WordPoems
neitsikäne175
siel198
poisikane130
kooje177
peiukane104
vennikäne99
sielt94
eidekäne83
nuorukane70
ode116
nie199
oue147
uekane63
päällä129
toine121
kuoje81
mihed117
koep47
taadikane51
sidä43

Villages, communes and other places the songs were collected in

Of the 4,373 poems collected in this place, 4,151 name a smaller place on their archive record; the remaining 222 records give no finer place, or one of a kind this list does not cover. The counts reflect how often collectors wrote an address down, not how much was sung. Names are shown as written on the records, so they span different eras’ commune divisions; a place may be where the song was written down or where the singer came from, and a name marked (?) was uncertain in the record itself. The abbreviations after the names are the archive’s own unit words: v. = vald (commune); t. = talu (farm); m. = mõis (manor); as. = asundus (settlement); al. = alevik (small borough); rand = coastal area. All these names, across every collection place, can be searched in the Place Name Index. Commune borders and parish borders did not coincide, so some of these places were also written down under a neighbouring collection place; those entries link to the other list.

Kolga v. (2,870)
Juminda (278)
Kolga-Aabla (269)
Leesi (254)
Pedaspää (200)
Tappurla (195)
Tammistu (126)
Virve (120)
Kiiu-Aabla (107)
Tapurla (94)
Pedaspea (76)
Kahala (48)
Hirvli (45)
Hara (33)
Suurekõrve (11)
Tammisto (11)
Kiiuabla (7)
Tsitri (7)
Sigula (6)
Muuksi (2)
Kiiu-Abla (1)
Aruküla (17)
Juhana ta (1)
Kolga as. (1)
Kolga rand (833)
Also recorded at välismaa (1).
Oja t. (6)
references naming only the commune
Kõnnu v. (890)
Also recorded at Kadrina (117).
Viinistu (335)
Kasispea (110)
Pärispää (54)
Turbanõmme (44)
Hauaneeme (40)
Kolga (39)
Pärispea (32)
Turbuneeme (28)
Kalme (26)
Kassispää (26)
Vanaküla (26)
Suurpää (24)
Vihasoo (21)
Also recorded at Kadrina (4).
Loksa (12)
Parksi (11)
Kemba (3)
Kolgaküla (3)
Kõnnu (3)
Turbaneeme (3)
Kolme (1)
Parispää (1)
Päripää (1)
Turboneeme (1)
Loksa al. (3)
references naming only the commune
Kiiu v. (177)
Salmistu (39)
Valkla (34)
Kullamäe (20)
Pirsallika (14)
Eesõitma (11)
Haapse (6)
Rehatse (2)
Kosu (1)
Allika k (22)
Kiiu m. (14)
references naming only the commune
Kodasoo v. (71)
Aavakannu (34)
Kaberneeme (33)
Also recorded at Jõelähtme (6).
Kaberla (4)
Anija v. (46)
Also recorded at Harju-Jaani (427).
Härmakosu (46)
Koitjärve v. (24)
Loo v. (15)
Sõitmäe (12)
references naming only the commune
Kuusalu v. (4)
Villages with no commune on the record (7 villages, 51 records)
Suurpea (20)
Kasispää (14)
Arupere (7)
Mohni (3)
Mõhuste (3)
Suru (3)
Ohepalu (1)
Kiida (12)
Luuba m. (8)
Laurisöödi t. (2)
Poems with no finer place recorded (222)

Sample verses with parallels in other places

Verses recorded here whose close parallels appear in poems from other collection places — a trace of the shared oral tradition.