Peräpohjola
Runosong collection place · Finnish tradition (JR corpus)
| Tradition | Finnish (JR corpus) |
|---|---|
| Poems | 728 |
| Verses | 2,838 |
| Distinct words | 3,689 |
| Collection years | 1830–1932 |
| Collectors | Perä-Pohjolan ja Lapin Kotiseutuyhdistys, Fellman, J. |
| Coordinates | 67.7661, 26.4645 |
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Distinctive vocabulary
Words unusually characteristic of poems collected here, compared with the whole corpus — not the most common words.
| Word | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| uppen | 43 |
| puppen | 40 |
| portten | 25 |
| piiraa | 48 |
| mii | 31 |
| tysikin | 25 |
| puuaa | 13 |
| nuuaa | 15 |
| anikka | 27 |
| okka | 20 |
| tanikka | 24 |
| paaraa | 42 |
| ysikin | 28 |
| puks | 41 |
| lee | 24 |
| yy | 29 |
| ii | 31 |
| lokka | 16 |
| sillalla | 33 |
| pukkaa | 22 |
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.
- tästä joukosta yksi pois (JR 58443) — parallel in Alatornio
- sulaperä suittia valaperä vaittia (JR 58118) — parallel in Alatornio
- osikin tosikin toukun loukun (JR 58279) — parallel in Kemi
- ettapo tettapo tois (JR 58049) — parallel in Kemi
- toinen tuomas karjalainen (JR 58321) — parallel in Rovaniemi
- yksi yrtti pihlajainen (JR 58446) — parallel in Rovaniemi
- joita piti oleman viisitoistakymmentä (JR 58408) — parallel in Tornio
- sotamies souteli vetten päällä (JR 58464) — parallel in Tornio
- ii mii mikko kulta (JR 58306) — parallel in Turtola
- yheksäs ylikylästä (JR 58307) — parallel in Turtola