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Hiljuke

Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database

In English: The little latecomer (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

Filed underLaulud kodust ja lapsepõlvest (songs of home and childhood) › Kasvatus asjata
Poems202
Verses3,815
Collection places70
Collected1860s to 1940s
CollectorsKarl Viljak · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Hans Siimer · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Mart Saar · Julius Mark · Jakob Weltmann · Helene Maasen-Varik

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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 1197, tuntud üle Eesti (välja arvatud Võrumaal), arvukate üleskirjutustega esindatud. Traditsioonilisemad on liitumised lauludega (~ motiividega) 1195 («Mutiks mätta alla»), 1198 («Põlatud laps»), 1199 («Kasvatus asjatu»), 1896 («Ei jõua sugu sööta») ja 1056 («Neiu linn»), nn

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.

…and 10 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1860s2
1870s12
1880s47
1890s63
1900s13
1910s24
1920s16
1930s15
1940s2
year not recorded8

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.

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.

TypePoems in common
Hiline70
Imelik maja12
Neiu linn11
Põlatud laps7
Rikas hüüab reeks5
Mutiks mätta alla4
Laisk ketraja4
Põlgtud laps4
Kasvatus asjatu3
Tuule tuba3
Kasvatus asjata2
Virkuseõpetus neiule2

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.

  1. Ei suuda sugu sööta (Cannot Feed the Kin)
  2. Ei jõua sugu sööta (Cannot feed the kin)
  3. Sugu põlgab (Kin's Contempt)
  4. Ei sünni suurte sekka (Not Fit Among the Great)
  5. Põlgtud laps (The Scorned Child)
  6. Õde vaatamas (Visiting the sister)
  7. Laisk viib villad virga kätte (The Lazy One Hands the Wool to the Spindle)
  8. Mutiks mättasse (Into the Mound as a Crone)
  9. Rikas ütleb reeks (The Rich Man's Dismissal)
  10. Mutiks mätta alla (Silent under the tussock)
  11. Rikas sõimab (The Rich Man Scolds)
  12. Sõlg sõudma (The Brooch Goes Rowing)
  13. Külvab vilja, siis jõuab sugu toita (Sows grain, then can feed his kin)
  14. Asjatult loodud (Created in Vain)
  15. Külvab odrad, siis võib sugu sööta (Sows the barley, then can feed the family)
  16. Kubjas tuleb (The Overseer Comes)
  17. Õnnetu läheb mutiks mätta alla (Unhappy one becomes a mole under the mound)
  18. Talu nutab neidu (The farm mourns the maiden)
  19. Karjase pühapäev (Shepherd's Sunday)
  20. Külvab odra - söödab sugu (Sowing barley to feed the kin)

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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.