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Kadrilaul

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

In English: Kadri (St. Catherine's Day) song (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

Filed underKalendrilaulud (calendar songs) › Sanditamislaulud
Poems410
Verses11,167
Collection places94
Collected1870s to 1940s
CollectorsKarl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Karl Viljak · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Tamberg, H. · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Armas Otto Väisänen · Matthias Johann Eisen · Artur Martin · Rudolf Põldmäe · Alfred Nirk

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.

Siia koonduvad kadrilaulude tsüklid, mis vajavad hiljem täpsemat motiivide määramist kartoteegi põhjal. VK III 46, VK IV 55, VK V 29, VK VI 641, VK VII 176, VK VIII 434, VK IX 257, VK X 59, VK XI 89, ERlV II, I A 15-20; Kadrid – VK II 205; Kadrisandi laul – ERlA 361.

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 34 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1870s4
1880s29
1890s56
1900s31
1910s75
1920s46
1930s143
1940s4
year not recorded22

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
Kadrisantide laul40
Kadri mangumine16
Kadrisandi laul7
Kadri kaebamine5
Mardilaul4
Kadrisantide tänamine4
Kadride sajatus3
Põll põrmune3
Kadri tänamine3
Kadri tants2
Mardi mangumine2
Kadrisandid2

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. Mardilaul (Mardi (St. Martin's Day) song)
  2. Kadri kaebamine (Kadri's lament)
  3. Mardisantide laul (St. Martin's Day masquerade song)
  4. Mardi kaebamine (Mardi's Lament)
  5. Kadri mangumine (Kadri's begging)
  6. Kadri tänamine (Thanking Kadri)
  7. Kadrisantide tänamine (Thanking the Kadri Masqueraders)
  8. Mardi tants (Martinmas dance)
  9. Mardi mangumine (St. Martin's Day begging)
  10. Märdisantide laul (St. Martin's Day Mummers' Song)
  11. Martide mangumine (St. Martin's Day begging song)
  12. Mardialul (St. Martin's Day song)
  13. Mardi palve (St. Martin's Day prayer)
  14. Kadri tants (Kadri dance)
  15. Mardi tänamine (St. Martin's Day Thanksgiving)
  16. Mardisandi l. (St. Martin's Day mummer's song)
  17. Mardi teretamine (Martinmas greeting)
  18. Kadri teretamine (Kadri Day greeting)
  19. Mardi sajatused (Martinmas curses)
  20. Kadrisant (Kadri mummer)

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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.