Ota omas, peri pahas!

SKVR XII2 5823·Pohjois-Pohjanmaa·1880·Collector: Meriläinen, Heikki

In the SKVR edition: [Pohjois-Pohjanmaa.] Meriläinen, H. I. 56 a. -80.

Song types: Maasta tarttuu, Vedestä tarttuu

SKVR textEnglish

[- - -] Jos joista tahi järvestä on tarttunna joku puutunnainen, niin [- -] sen joen tahi järven pohjasta otetulla maalla painellaan ja sillä veillä pestään ja sanotaan, että:

1Ota omas, peri pahas!Take your own, [but] inherit the evil!

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

The text is that of the SKVR digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), with these changes:

The editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.

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-068476 · Read at SKS ↗

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