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Mato kalalle!

SKVR VIII 414·Uskela·1908·Collector: Kallio, Ilmari

In the SKVR edition: Uskela. Kallio E. I. 27. 08.

Song type: Kalamiehen vala

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SKVR textEnglish
1Mato kalalle!Worm to the fish!
2Kala minulle!Fish to me!
3Pää pirulle!Head to the devil!
Kun onkea veteen heitettäessä lausutaan näin, tulee hyvä kalaonni.

English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.

Source

Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-041508 · Read at SKS ↗

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