Kallis kiik
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: The precious swing (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Kalendrilaulud (calendar songs) › Kiigelaulud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 103 |
| Verses | 3,018 |
| Collection places | 38 |
| Collected | 1840s to 1920s |
| Collectors | Jakob Ilves · Johann (Johan) Keerig · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Eduard Langsepp · Jüri Ustallo · Mihkel Kampmann (Kampmaa) · Kata Leppik · Julius Aleksander Rehberg (Reepärg) · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch |
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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 442. Kallis kiik
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.
- Haljala (11)
- Kuusalu (9)
- Pöide (8)
- Ambla (6)
- Halliste (6)
- Kadrina (6)
- Koeru (5)
- Paistu (5)
- Viru-Jaagupi (5)
- Muhu (4)
- Väike-Maarja (4)
- Järva-Jaani (3)
- Palamuse (3)
- Vaivara (3)
- Jõhvi (2)
- Karuse (2)
- Kolga-Jaani (2)
- Laiuse (2)
- Lüganuse (2)
- Pärnu (2)
- Viru-Nigula (2)
- välismaa (2)
- Harju-Jaani (1)
- Kose (1)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (1)
- Peetri (1)
- Pilistvere (1)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (1)
- Pühalepa (1)
- Sangaste (1)
- Simuna (1)
- Tartu (1)
- Tarvastu (1)
- Tõstamaa (1)
- Türi (1)
- Viljandi (1)
- Vändra (1)
- Äksi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 |
| 1870s | 5 |
| 1880s | 42 |
| 1890s | 48 |
| 1900s | 1 |
| 1910s | 1 |
| 1920s | 4 |
| year not recorded | 1 |
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.
- Ma tulin kiiget katsumaie, H I 5, 69 (171) — Haljala
- Meie kaksi kui kanada, E, StK 13, 23/4 (33) — Kuusalu
- Tulge külast kiigutajad H I 3, 66 (9) — Pöide
- Kust see kiik on seie tulnud? E 7736/7 (14) — Ambla
- Mul on veli kiigu tennu H III 19, 906/7 (3) — Halliste
- Kees, kees, kiigekene! EKmS 4° 4, 579/80 — Kadrina
- Lähme kiike kiikumaie EÜS VIII 1164/5 (30) — Koeru
- Näiu varjusta vaati, kiigele E, StK 10a, 38/41 (30) — Paistu
- Lähme kõrbe kiikemaie E, StK 8, 242/3 (1) — Viru-Jaagupi
- Lähme kiike katsumaie! H II 54, 502/3 (188) — Muhu
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.
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.
- Kiige katsumine (Testing the swing)
- Kiik kallis (Precious swing)
- Kiige toomine (Bringing the swing)
- Kiiga katsumine (Testing the swing)
- Kitsas kiik (The Narrow Swing)
- Kiigelaul (Swing song)
- Halb kiik (Bad swing)
- Kiik kiunub kindaid (The swing whines for gloves)
- Kallist puust kiik (Swing from the Precious Tree)
- Kiige kidisemine (The Creaking of the Swing)
- Kiik sobimatul kohal (Swing in the Wrong Place)
- Kiigel kartlik (Timid on the swing)
- Kiik halval kohal (Swing in a Bad Spot)
- Kingitused kiigesepale (Gifts for the Swing Maker)
- Vend teeb uue kiige (Brother builds a new swing)
- Pole muna kiigele tuua (No Egg to Bring to the Swing)
- Kas on kiik venna tehtud (Was the swing made by a brother)
- Kiigesepp (Swing maker)
- Pole mune kiigele tuua (No Eggs to Bring to the Swing)
- Joostes kiigele (Running to the Swing)
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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.