Kass kaevus
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Cat in the well (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud meelelahutamiseks (songs for entertainment) › Naljalaulud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 278 |
| Verses | 7,301 |
| Collection places | 91 |
| Collected | 1830s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Karl Viljak · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Peeter Penna · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Tamberg, H. · Gustav Seen · 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 296. Kas huumor või loodus?
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.
- Muhu (15)
- Halliste (10)
- Jõhvi (10)
- Kuusalu (10)
- Kose (9)
- Kolga-Jaani (7)
- Paistu (7)
- Ambla (6)
- Karksi (6)
- Otepää (6)
- Palamuse (6)
- Viljandi (6)
- Väike-Maarja (6)
- Vändra (6)
- Kihelkonna (5)
- Koeru (5)
- Laiuse (5)
- Torma (5)
- Türi (5)
- Hanila (4)
- Hargla (4)
- Helme (4)
- Jõelähtme (4)
- Jüri (4)
- Karuse (4)
- Lüganuse (4)
- Rõuge (4)
- välismaa (4)
- Äksi (4)
- Harju-Jaani (3)
- Järva-Jaani (3)
- Lääne-Nigula (3)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (3)
- Nõo (3)
- Peetri (3)
- Pilistvere (3)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (3)
- Põltsamaa (3)
- Rapla (3)
- Räpina (3)
- Saarde (3)
- Sangaste (3)
- Suure-Jaani (3)
- Tori (3)
- Tõstamaa (3)
- Vaivara (3)
- Võnnu (3)
- Audru (2)
- Haljala (2)
- Häädemeeste (2)
- Jämaja (2)
- Järva-Madise (2)
- Kihnu (2)
- Kursi (2)
- Paide (2)
- Pärnu (2)
- Pärnu l. (2)
- Pühalepa (2)
- Rannu (2)
- Reigi (2)
…and 31 more places
- Risti (2)
- Rõngu (2)
- Setumaa (2)
- Tartu (2)
- Vigala (2)
- Viru-Jaagupi (2)
- Viru-Nigula (2)
- Jaani (1)
- Juuru (1)
- Kaarma (1)
- Kadrina (1)
- Kanepi (1)
- Karja (1)
- Keila (1)
- Kodavere (1)
- Kõpu (1)
- Läänemaa (1)
- Martna (1)
- Mustjala (1)
- Märjamaa (1)
- Puhja (1)
- Pärnumaa (1)
- Põlva (1)
- Pöide (1)
- Rakvere (1)
- Tallinn (1)
- Tartumaa (1)
- Tarvastu (1)
- Urvaste (1)
- Vastseliina (1)
- Viljandi l. (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1830s | 1 |
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 14 |
| 1880s | 72 |
| 1890s | 90 |
| 1900s | 24 |
| 1910s | 20 |
| 1920s | 25 |
| 1930s | 17 |
| year not recorded | 14 |
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.
- Lähme, lähme, käime, käime E 42274/6 — Muhu
- Tulli kassi kaaberesta, EÜS XII 1375 (126) — Halliste
- Mul oli orikas siga E A 1036/7 (11) — Jõhvi
- Teopoissi poisikene E, StK 14, 170 (1) — Kuusalu
- Küll mina käisin metsateeda ERA II 85, 456/8 (2) — Kose
- Ollin orjas, käisin karjas, ERA II 123, 385/6 (3) — Kolga-Jaani
- Perenaine pessis kassi E, StK 10, 402 (3) — Paistu
- Hakkasin paslid paikamaie E 11789 (10) — Ambla
- Muu küll tappi mis na tapi E 45940/1 (24) — Karksi
- Panni ma tsia söömä pääle EÜS V 54/5 — Otepää
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.
- Kassijaht (Cat hunt)
- Hiir kassile (Mouse and Cat)
- Kass-hiir (Cat and mouse)
- Suur siga (Big pig)
- Peretütar ei viitsi vett tuua (Farmer's Daughter Won't Fetch Water)
- Seatapmine (Pig slaughter)
- Mamsel keetis moosi (The young lady cooked jam)
- Mis kassi nahast sai (What became of the cat's skin)
- Kits (The Goat)
- Hiir naerab (The Mouse Laughs)
- Seatapp (Pig Slaughter Song)
- Laisk peretütar (The Lazy Farmer's Daughter)
- Kass mõisakööki (Cat to the manor kitchen)
- Mamsel (The Young Miss)
- Sundija sulane (The foreman's farmhand)
- Punane põrsas (Red Piglet)
- Tilluke teomees (The little corvée worker)
- Kassimäng (Cat game)
- Perenaine peksis kassi (The mistress beat the cat)
- Kass vett tooma (Cat fetching water)
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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.