Virtasalmi
Runosong collection place · Finnish tradition (JR corpus)
| Tradition | Finnish (JR corpus) |
|---|---|
| Poems | 561 |
| Verses | 2,974 |
| Distinct words | 4,005 |
| Collection years | 1907–1952 |
| Collectors | Pöyhönen, Martti, Paajanen |
| Coordinates | 62.1245, 27.4643 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| onkee | 17 |
| tuut | 20 |
| viäntämää | 14 |
| poes | 14 |
| koevun | 9 |
| voeta | 12 |
| paesu | 8 |
| poeka | 13 |
| ottamaa | 17 |
| ahve | 11 |
| paemenpoeka | 8 |
| viitaa | 9 |
| oes | 7 |
| yher | 6 |
| havo | 6 |
| kiiskijä | 8 |
| kalakutella | 6 |
| myötäsuka | 6 |
| vastahaka | 6 |
| paenu | 7 |
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.
- veriveihti taivahalta (JR 62572) — parallel in Saarijärvi
- punasessa pussissa (JR 62512) — parallel in Saarijärvi
- vielä vähän pitemmän (JR 62168) — parallel in Juva
- ja puhut putken juuree (JR 62224) — parallel in Juva
- kuu on noussut päivä on noussut (JR 08295) — parallel in Joroinen
- missee kirves kannon piässä (JR 62530) — parallel in Joroinen
- kanto ensisti etehe (JR 41043) — parallel in Suistamo
- petäjästä pöyryhännä (JR 41043) — parallel in Suistamo
- pitkin meren rantaa (JR 62441) — parallel in Narvusi
- tule neito noppimaa (JR 62068) — parallel in Narvusi