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Kiik kiunub kindaid

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

In English: The swing whines for gloves (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

Filed underKalendrilaulud (calendar songs) › Kiigelaulud
Poems139
Verses2,302
Collection places53
Collected1840s to 1940s
CollectorsKarl Viljak · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Peeter Penna · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Karp (Carp) Kuusik · Voldemar Erm · Karl Luud · Julius Aleksander Rehberg (Reepärg)

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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 433. Kiik kiunub kindaid

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.

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1840s1
1870s4
1880s43
1890s40
1900s8
1910s18
1920s15
1930s5
1940s1
year not recorded4

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
Kiige kidisemine62
Kiik kidiseb15
Kallis kiik9
Kiige katsumine8
Kiigelaul7
Kiik kidiseb, tahab kindaid4
Kiigel kartlik4
Kitsas kiik4
Kiik tahab kindaid3
Tulge kiigele, tooge mune!3
Kiigele ehtimine3
Kiigele kutse3

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. Kiik tahab kindaid (The swing wants gloves)
  2. Kiige katsumine (Testing the swing)
  3. Kiigelaul (Swing song)
  4. Kallis kiik (The precious swing)
  5. Kiik kõrgele (Swing high)
  6. Kiigu kõrgele! (Swing high!)
  7. Kiigel kartlik (Timid on the swing)
  8. Kitsas kiik (The Narrow Swing)
  9. Kiige toomine (Bringing the swing)
  10. Laske kiigelt maha (Let me down from the swing)
  11. Pole mune kiigele tuua (No Eggs to Bring to the Swing)
  12. Neiu kiigel, lehmad lüpsmata (The maiden on the swing, the cows unmilked)
  13. Pole muna kiigele toonud (Brought no egg to the swing)
  14. Kingitused kiigutajale (Gifts for the Swing-Keeper)
  15. Katsub kaasa kombeid (Testing the Bride's Customs)Filed on the same poems: Kiigepuude toomine, Kiik tahab andeid
  16. Pühkmeist tamm (Oak grown from sweepings)
  17. Neiu tahab kiigelt maha (Maiden wants off the swing)
  18. Nikka (Hiccup charm)SKVR type
  19. Vaka kiitus (Praise of the grain chest)
  20. Mitu mütsi (How Many Hats)

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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.