Kiigele ehtimine
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Adorning for the swing (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Kalendrilaulud (calendar songs) › Kiigelaulud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 115 |
| Verses | 3,739 |
| Collection places | 45 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Tõnis Köstner · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Jaak Kivisäk · Jaan Leppik (Leppik-Punabu) · Ivan Vakerman · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Johann (Johan) Reimann · Jüri (Vändra) Tammann · Jaan (Johannes) Einer |
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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 406. Kiigele ehtimine
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.
- Vändra (10)
- Halliste (8)
- Paistu (8)
- Karksi (7)
- Saarde (7)
- Suure-Jaani (7)
- Häädemeeste (5)
- Tarvastu (5)
- Viljandi (5)
- Kolga-Jaani (4)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (4)
- Karula (3)
- Palamuse (3)
- Pärnu (3)
- Tori (3)
- Tõstamaa (3)
- Haljala (2)
- Helme (2)
- Kihnu (2)
- Kodavere (2)
- Kõpu (2)
- Risti (2)
- Vigala (2)
- Väike-Maarja (2)
- Ambla (1)
- Hageri (1)
- Hanila (1)
- Järva-Jaani (1)
- Jõhvi (1)
- Koeru (1)
- Laiuse (1)
- Lihula (1)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (1)
- Muhu (1)
- Peetri (1)
- Pilistvere (1)
- Saaremaa (1)
- Sangaste (1)
- Simuna (1)
- Tallinn (1)
- Tartu (1)
- Türi (1)
- Urvaste (1)
- Viljandimaa (1)
- Viru-Jaagupi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 2 |
| 1870s | 6 |
| 1880s | 47 |
| 1890s | 31 |
| 1900s | 9 |
| 1910s | 1 |
| 1920s | 8 |
| 1930s | 6 |
| year not recorded | 5 |
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.
- Läksin väljal kündemaie, EKLA, f. 47, m. 28: 25, l. 4/8-4/8p — Vändra
- Veli tei lina liivakulle ERA II 124, 95/6 (22) — Halliste
- Kuulin külan kiigutavat ERA II 11, 703/5 (1) — Paistu
- Kuuli külan kiigetevet E 45993/5 (6) — Karksi
- Kuulsin külas kiigutavat, ERA II 3, 322/3 (8) — Saarde
- Kuulsin külas kukkumaie, E A 738 (9) — Suure-Jaani
- Kuulsin mina külas kiigutavad kiigele E, StK 7, 2/3 (2) — Häädemeeste
- Kuulin külän kiigutavet ERA II 78, 84/5 (6) — Tarvastu
- Lätsi külla kiikumaie, E 55648/9 (1) — Viljandi
- Kuulsin külas kiigutava EÜS II 415 (150) — Kolga-Jaani
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.
- Tütar läheb aita ehtima (Daughter goes to adorn the granary)
- Põll põrmune (Dusty apron)
- Perenaine peksis (Mistress beats the servant)
- Aidavõti (Granary key)
- Nukumäng (Doll Game)
- Kiik kitsas (The narrow swing)
- Neiu ehtimine (Maiden adorning herself)
- Nuku ehitamine (Making a doll)
- Joostes kiigele (Running to the Swing)
- Haud kiige all (Grave Under the Swing)
- Ilus neiu kiigel (Beautiful Maiden on the Swing)
- Koer haugub, neiu läheb aita (The dog barks, the maiden goes to the storehouse)
- Kartlik (The timid one)
- Ehtimine (Adorning oneself)
- Leinamäng (Mourning game)
- Poeg tahab ehtida (Son wants to adorn himself)
- Talgule ehtimine (Adorning for the work party)
- Kodus kositud naine (Woman courted at home)Filed on the same poems: Sugulased surnud
- Kartlik kiigel (Fearful on the swing)
- (?) 3 kaevu (The three wells)
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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.