Kiige katsumine
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Testing the swing (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Kalendrilaulud (calendar songs) › Kiigelaulud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 139 |
| Verses | 3,586 |
| Collection places | 61 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Rudolf Põldmäe · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Hans Karu (Karro) · Tõnu Wiedemann (Võimula) · Kata Leppik · Jakob Ilves · Johann (Johan) Keerig · Hans Lensin · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) |
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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 412. Kiige katsumine: A. Kas kannab, B. Kas jõuab joosta, C. Kannab rikkamaidki, D. Kiik ei kanna
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.
- Kuusalu (14)
- Haljala (8)
- Karksi (8)
- Paistu (8)
- Kadrina (6)
- Jõelähtme (5)
- Jõhvi (5)
- Pöide (5)
- Viru-Jaagupi (5)
- Halliste (4)
- Koeru (4)
- Tartu (4)
- Väike-Maarja (4)
- Hageri (3)
- Harju-Madise (3)
- Kolga-Jaani (3)
- Palamuse (3)
- Põltsamaa (3)
- Suure-Jaani (3)
- Tarvastu (3)
- Tõstamaa (3)
- Vändra (3)
- Ambla (2)
- Pilistvere (2)
- Sangaste (2)
- Simuna (2)
- Tallinn (2)
- Vigala (2)
- Viru-Nigula (2)
- välismaa (2)
- Harju-Jaani (1)
- Helme (1)
- Häädemeeste (1)
- Jaani (1)
- Järva-Jaani (1)
- Järva-Madise (1)
- Karula (1)
- Kodavere (1)
- Kose (1)
- Kullamaa (1)
- Kõpu (1)
- Laiuse (1)
- Lüganuse (1)
- Muhu (1)
- Peetri (1)
- Pärnu (1)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (1)
- Põlva (1)
- Rakvere (1)
- Räpina (1)
- Saarde (1)
- Tori (1)
- Torma (1)
- Türi (1)
- Vaivara (1)
- Valga (1)
- Varbla (1)
- Viljandi (1)
- Viljandimaa (1)
- Võnnu (1)
…and 1 more places
- Äksi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 5 |
| 1880s | 40 |
| 1890s | 43 |
| 1900s | 7 |
| 1910s | 6 |
| 1920s | 16 |
| 1930s | 17 |
| year not recorded | 4 |
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.
- Las mina katsun kiigakesta E 43921/2 (3) — Kuusalu
- Lähme kiike katsumaiie E 14407/8 (5) — Haljala
- Lääme kiiku me kaeme E 45995 (7) — Karksi
- Lääme kiiku katsumaie E 22674/5 (3) — Paistu
- Lähme kiiged katsumaie: E 25916/7 (4) — Kadrina
- Lähme kiike katsumaie ERA II 261, 217 (39) — Jõelähtme
- Külanaesed, noorukesed, E, StK 2, 101 (119) — Jõhvi
- Lähme seda kiike katsumaie E 42925/6 — Pöide
- Lähme kõrbe kiikemaie E, StK 8, 242/3 (1) — Viru-Jaagupi
- Kaegemi kiigukesta, H, Kase 47a/8 (3) — Halliste
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.
- Kallis kiik (The precious swing)
- Kiik kiunub kindaid (The swing whines for gloves)
- Kiik kallis (Precious swing)
- Kitsas kiik (The Narrow Swing)
- Kiik halval kohal (Swing in a Bad Spot)
- Halb kiik (Bad swing)
- Pole muna toonud (Has Not Brought an Egg)
- Kiigelaul (Swing song)
- Kiigel kartlik (Timid on the swing)
- Ei ole muna kiigele tuua (No egg to bring to the swing)
- Kiige kidisemine (The Creaking of the Swing)
- Pole mune kiigele tuua (No Eggs to Bring to the Swing)
- Kiik sobimatul kohal (Swing in the Wrong Place)
- Kingitused kiigesepale (Gifts for the Swing Maker)
- Kingitused kiigesepale ja kiigutajale (Gifts for the Swing-Maker and Swing-Pusher)
- Kiigele kutse (Invitation to the swing)
- Kingitused kiigutajale (Gifts for the Swing-Keeper)
- Kiik kiunub (The swing creaks)
- Pole muna kiigele tuua (No Egg to Bring to the Swing)
- Kiik kidiseb (The Swing Creaks)
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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.