Ants oli aus saunamees
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Ants was an honest cottager (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Lüroeepilised laulud (lyric-epic songs) › Laulud argielust |
|---|---|
| Poems | 124 |
| Verses | 1,942 |
| Collection places | 62 |
| Collected | 1820s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Gustav Seen · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Peeter (Peter) Saul · Jakob Weltmann · Rudolf Põldmäe · Peeter Penna · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Oskar Philipp Kallas |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
ERlA IV järgi "uuem lauluke". Siirdevormilisena tuleb ehk kõne alla. Koeduslaulu kuju. Ei tea, kus peab olema
Where it was collected
Collection places of the poems, with the number of poems of this type from each. A place may be where the song was written down or where the singer came from.
- Maarja-Magdaleena (6)
- Märjamaa (6)
- Halliste (4)
- Rõuge (4)
- Sangaste (4)
- Suure-Jaani (4)
- Tõstamaa (4)
- Vigala (4)
- välismaa (4)
- Audru (3)
- Jüri (3)
- Karksi (3)
- Koeru (3)
- Nissi (3)
- Palamuse (3)
- Pilistvere (3)
- Pärnu (3)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (3)
- Rapla (3)
- Risti (3)
- Saarde (3)
- Tarvastu (3)
- Ambla (2)
- Järva-Jaani (2)
- Kullamaa (2)
- Käina (2)
- Nõo (2)
- Rõngu (2)
- Tartu (2)
- Tori (2)
- Varbla (2)
- Viljandi (2)
- Väike-Maarja (2)
- Haljala (1)
- Helme (1)
- Jämaja (1)
- Järva-Madise (1)
- Jõelähtme (1)
- Jõhvi (1)
- Karuse (1)
- Keila (1)
- Kihnu (1)
- Kolga-Jaani (1)
- Kärla (1)
- Laiuse (1)
- Läänemaa (1)
- Martna (1)
- Muhu (1)
- Puhja (1)
- Pöide (1)
- Pühalepa (1)
- Ridala (1)
- Räpina (1)
- Tallinn (1)
- Tartu-Maarja (1)
- Torma (1)
- Urvaste (1)
- Vaivara (1)
- Viljandi l. (1)
- Viru-Jaagupi (1)
…and 2 more places
- Viru-Nigula (1)
- Võnnu (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1820s | 1 |
| 1870s | 7 |
| 1880s | 33 |
| 1890s | 38 |
| 1900s | 9 |
| 1910s | 6 |
| 1920s | 8 |
| 1930s | 14 |
| year not recorded | 8 |
Example poems
The opening verse of one poem from each of the ten places with the most poems of this type: the first such poem in the archive’s order. Each links to the whole poem. A poem can be filed under several types, so its opening verse may belong to another song.
- Ants oli aus peremees, ERM 10, 13 — Maarja-Magdaleena
- Ants oli väike saunamees ja ERA II 7, 443 (108) — Märjamaa
- Mede Märt oli märkä miis, H II 22, 521 (1) — Halliste
- Hans oli veike saunamees E 17282/3 (22) — Rõuge
- Ants oli veike saunamees, H II 25, 820 (7) — Sangaste
- Oh mina vaene vabatmees, E 18306/7 (2) — Suure-Jaani
- Hans oli vaene saunamees E 8752 (7) — Tõstamaa
- Ants oli veike saunamees, ERA II 7, 68 (20) — Vigala
- Heast ma härjad ikeldasin E 41429/30 — välismaa
- Nõmme Jüri rikas mees, E 12935 (33) — Audru
Other types the same poems are filed under
The archive can file one poem under several types. These are the types most often given to poems of this type, with the number of poems they share.
| Type | Poems in common |
|---|---|
| Saunamees Ants | 116 |
| Mõisa märg vili | 10 |
| Mõisa märga vilja müümas | 4 |
| Nimesõim | 2 |
Content-based similar types
Several methods each rank the song types whose poems resemble this type's poems; the combined ranking merges their lists. The first 20 are listed here.
- Enne härra poiss (Formerly the Lord's Servant)
- Sulase otsija mäng (Game of finding a servant)
- Sulase mäng (Servant's game)
- Oma ja võõra valla mehed (Men of Home and Foreign Parishes)
- Rikka herra pilge (Mockery of the rich lord)
- Oma ja võõra küla poisid (Boys of Own and Stranger's Village)
- Antsu sõim (Taunting little Ants)
- Ants (Ants (personal name))
- Killavooris (On village caravan duty)
- Endine kubjas (Former overseer)
- Mõisa märg vili (The Manor's Wet Grain)
- Killavoor (Swing frame)
- Mõisa müüb märga vilja (The manor sells wet grain)
- Rikas härra ja vaene mees (Rich Lord and Poor Man)
- Nimesõim (Name-Insult Song)
- Härra ja toapoiss (Lord and manservant)
- Mõis müüb märga vilja (The Manor Sells Wet Grain)
- Poiste pilge (Mocking the boys)
- Mõisa vili märjana linna viidud (Manor grain taken to town wet)
- Hitto sulhasen sisässä, pahahenki paian alla (The devil inside the groom, an evil spirit under his shirt)SKVR type
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Sources: the type’s name, filing and description come from the type index of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database; the counts, places, decades and collectors are counted from the poems on RunoVerse.