Kolm metsa

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

In English: Three forests (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.

Rändmotiiv, sageli kiigelauludes. ERlA 195. Kolm metsa + Kolm järve, Kolm välja, Kolm kiike, Kolm merd, Kolm aita, Kolm kõrbe, Kolm kägu, Kolm õuna, Kolm uibuoksa.

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.

• Kadrina (17)
• Haljala (15)
• Ambla (12)
• Jõhvi (11)
• Kuusalu (11)
• Koeru (10)
• Väike-Maarja (8)
• Karksi (7)
• Vändra (7)
• Viljandi (6)
• Harju-Jaani (5)
• Kose (5)
• Paistu (5)
• Peetri (5)
• Helme (4)
• Maarja-Magdaleena (4)
• Mustjala (4)
• Simuna (4)
• Tarvastu (4)
• Tori (4)
• välismaa (4)
• Äksi (4)
• Järva-Jaani (3)
• Järva-Madise (3)
• Jõelähtme (3)
• Kihnu (3)
• Pühalepa (3)
• Saarde (3)
• Suure-Jaani (3)
• Tõstamaa (3)
• Türi (3)
• Vaivara (3)
• Viru-Nigula (3)
• Halliste (2)
• Hanila (2)
• Jüri (2)
• Karuse (2)
• Kolga-Jaani (2)
• Kullamaa (2)
• Laiuse (2)
• Läänemaa (2)
• Otepää (2)
• Paide (2)
• Palamuse (2)
• Puhja (2)
• Rapla (2)
• Sangaste (2)
• Tartu-Maarja (2)
• Audru (1)
• Juuru (1)
• Jämaja (1)
• Kaarma (1)
• Kanepi (1)
• Karula (1)
• Kirbla (1)
• Kodavere (1)
• Kursi (1)
• Märjamaa (1)
• Narva l. (1)
• Nissi (1)

When it was collected

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.

• Kuku, kuku, käokene EÜS IX 1116 (49) — Kadrina
• Üle mina, üle mina õed hellad EÜS X 2651/2 (186) — Haljala
• Üles üles kiigekene EÜS VII 2420/1 (305) — Ambla
• Kuku, kuku, käukene E 9089/90 (2) — Jõhvi
• Üle mina kukun kolme metsa, E 57959/60 (11) — Kuusalu
• Sinisirje, kuldekirje EÜS VIII 1162/3 (27) — Koeru
• Kees, kees kiigekene EÜS VII 1906/8 (99) — Väike-Maarja
• Kiigu kiigu kiigekene E 52454/5 (17) — Karksi
• Sõua kiike, jõua kiike E 11077/9 (14) — Vändra
• Sinisirje linnukene! E 25461/2 (16) — Viljandi

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.

1. Kolm järve (Three Lakes)
2. Neli nurme (Four meadows)
3. Mis kiigelt paistab (What Shines from the Swing)
4. Kiik kõrgele (Swing high)
5. 3 järve (Three Lakes)
6. Kolm välja (Three Fields)
7. Kiigu kõrgele! (Swing high!)
8. 3 põldu (Three Fields)
9. 3 nurme (Three fields)
10. Õunapuu (The apple tree)
11. Kiigelaul (Swing song)
12. Mis kõrgelt näikse (What appears from on high)
13. Sinisiipi linnukkainen (Blue-winged little bird)SKVR type
14. Neli metsa (Four forests)
15. Kolme putkea puhuu (Three Reeds Speak)SKVR type
16. 3 metsa (Three Forests)
17. Sirbiviskamise laul (Sickle throwing song)
18. Kolm kurja metsa (Three dreadful forests)
19. Kiigu metsani! (Swing to the Forest!)
20. Laevapuu (Ship Timber)

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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.