Kissa kuoli kiireellä ajalla
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: The cat died in the busy season (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Lastenrunot (children's songs) › Viihdytyslaulut ja -lorut |
|---|---|
| Poems | 202 |
| Verses | 841 |
| Collection places | 78 |
| Collected | 1880s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Moision kansakoulu · Aukusti Salo · Niilo Kallio · Eemeli Vihervaara · Vilho Saariluoma · V. J. Kallio · Halikon Toijalan kansakoulu · Esko Aaltonen · Ilmari Kallio · Laina Hänninen |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Kissa kuoli kiirellä ajalla ja elot on pellolla hajalla. Kuka nyt hiiret tappaa, kun kissa kuolleena makkaa?
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.
- Uskela (42)
- Hattula (11)
- Hauho (10)
- Tammela (8)
- Kuusjoki (7)
- Salo (7)
- Halikko (5)
- Maaria (4)
- Muurla (4)
- Perniö (4)
- Pusula (4)
- Pöytyä (4)
- Sauvo (4)
- Somero (4)
- Yläne (4)
- Inkoo (3)
- Jokioinen (3)
- Kiikala (3)
- Kuru (3)
- Angelniemi (2)
- Askainen (2)
- Kisko (2)
- Loppi (2)
- Luopioinen (2)
- Paattinen (2)
- Piikkiö (2)
- Pyhämaa (2)
- Urjala (2)
- Aura (1)
- Honkajoki (1)
- Huittinen (1)
- Humppila (1)
- Hämeenkyrö (1)
- Impilahti (1)
- Kaarina (1)
- Kalvola (1)
- Karuna (1)
- Karvia (1)
- Kihniö (1)
- Korpilahti (1)
- Kuhmalahti (1)
- Kullaa (1)
- Kurkijoki (1)
- Laitila (1)
- Lappee (1)
- Lohja (1)
- Lokalahti (1)
- Marttila (1)
- Merimasku (1)
- Mäntyharju (1)
- Oripää (1)
- Paimio (1)
- Pertteli (1)
- Pirkkala (1)
- Pori (1)
- Raisio (1)
- Rusko (1)
- Saarijärvi (1)
- Sahalahti (1)
- Sammatti (1)
…and 18 more places
- Satakunta (1)
- Somerniemi (1)
- Suodenniemi (1)
- Suomusjärvi (1)
- Säkylä (1)
- Tuusula (1)
- Tyrväntö (1)
- Tyrvää (1)
- Tytärsaari (1)
- Uusikirkko Tl. (1)
- Vahto (1)
- Valkjärvi (1)
- Vehmaa (1)
- Vihti (1)
- Virrat (1)
- Ylitornio (1)
- Ylöjärvi (1)
- Ypäjä (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 4 |
| 1890s | 1 |
| 1900s | 21 |
| 1910s | 153 |
| 1920s | 9 |
| 1930s | 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.
- Kiiku, kaaku, kissa jalkka. SKVR VIII 3010. — Uskela
- Kissa kuoli kiiruulla ajellen. SKVR IX1 2564. — Hattula
- Kissa kuoli kiiruulla ajalla. SKVR IX1 2577. — Hauho
- Kissa kuali kiiruulla ajaalla SKVR IX1 2551. — Tammela
- Kiikun kaakun kissa jalkkaa, SKVR VIII 3055. — Kuusjoki
- Kiikun kaakun kissa jalkka SKVR VIII 3038. — Salo
- Kissa kuoli kiirul ajal SKVR VIII 4953. — Halikko
- Kissa kuoli kiiruul' ajall' SKVR VIII 3673. — Maaria
- Kiikun kaakun kissa jalkka SKVR VIII 3042. — Muurla
- Kissa kuoli kiirul ajall SKVR VIII 3606. — Perniö
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.
| Type | Poems in common |
|---|---|
| Kiikun kaakun kissan jalka | 9 |
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.
- Kiikun kaakun kissan jalka (Swing-swang cat's paw (nursery rhyme))
- Makeaa velliä keitetään (Sweet porridge is being cooked)
- Miu, mau, Martti kuoli (Miu, mau (meow), Martti (Martin) died)
- Aa aa akkani kuoli - saisin toisen (Aa aa, my wife died — I could get another)
- Aa aa akkani kuoli - kuka näki, hautasi (Aa aa, my wife died — who saw it, buried her)
- Tuomaan runo (St. Thomas's song)
- Eläimet hautaajina (Animals as Gravediggers)
- Aa vissaa, kirjava kissa (Aa vissaa (lullaby), the speckled cat)
- Aa aa, akana (Aa aa, chaff (lullaby))
- Laskiaishuuto (Shrove Tuesday shout)
- Aa vauva, makaa kauan (Aa, baby, sleep long (lullaby))
- Piian rukous (Servant girl's prayer)
- Viljaonnen pilaaminen (Ruining the grain harvest luck)
- Tekevä toruva akka (The Industrious Scolding Wife)
- Viljaonni (Grain Fortune)
- Herrasmiehelle menijä (She who goes to a gentleman)
- Koti toivo kuolleheksi (Home Thought Him Dead)
- Kukon ja kanan saunamatka (Rooster and hen's sauna trip)
- Aa aa akkelee, kuka lasta nakkelee (Aa, aa, akkelee (lullaby), who dandles the child)
- Käykös kissakin saappailla (Does the cat go in boots too?)
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Sources: the type’s name, filing and description come from the SKVR type index of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS); the counts, places, decades and collectors are counted from the poems on RunoVerse.