Kosilane laisas talus
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Suitor at the lazy farm (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud noorrahva elust (songs of young people's lives) › Kosjad |
|---|---|
| Poems | 147 |
| Verses | 4,357 |
| Collection places | 68 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Karl Viljak · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Peeter Penna · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Tõnu Wiedemann (Võimula) · Peeter Süda · Toomas Lepp-Viikmann · Anton Peeter Friedrich Kõiv · Vello Eenveer |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
Kosilane laisas talus: VK III 148, VK IV 210, VK V 384, VK VI 772, VK VIII 536, VK IX 377, VK X 226, VK XI 299, ERlA 2352, EKL IV
2352. Kosilane laisas talus: tuntud üle maa. Sageli liitub lauluga 2349 («Kolm kupja tütart»), harvemini 2341
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.
- Tarvastu (8)
- Kadrina (7)
- Kuusalu (7)
- Laiuse (6)
- Risti (5)
- Rõuge (5)
- Sangaste (5)
- Vändra (5)
- Ambla (4)
- Haljala (4)
- Helme (4)
- Kodavere (4)
- Kose (4)
- Vigala (4)
- Viljandi (4)
- Hanila (3)
- Jõelähtme (3)
- Jõhvi (3)
- Kullamaa (3)
- Märjamaa (3)
- Pärnu l. (3)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (3)
- Räpina (3)
- Türi (3)
- Järva-Jaani (2)
- Kolga-Jaani (2)
- Lihula (2)
- Muhu (2)
- Mustjala (2)
- Paistu (2)
- Pöide (2)
- Pühalepa (2)
- Rõngu (2)
- Suure-Jaani (2)
- Tori (2)
- Tõstamaa (2)
- Urvaste (2)
- Väike-Maarja (2)
- Halliste (1)
- Hargla (1)
- Harju-Jaani (1)
- Häädemeeste (1)
- Järva-Madise (1)
- Kambja (1)
- Kanepi (1)
- Karksi (1)
- Karula (1)
- Karuse (1)
- Koeru (1)
- Kursi (1)
- Narva l. (1)
- Otepää (1)
- Paide l. (1)
- Peetri (1)
- Pilistvere (1)
- Põltsamaa (1)
- Põlva (1)
- Saarde (1)
- Setumaa (1)
- Simuna (1)
…and 8 more places
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 5 |
| 1880s | 30 |
| 1890s | 37 |
| 1900s | 18 |
| 1910s | 12 |
| 1920s | 8 |
| 1930s | 27 |
| year not recorded | 9 |
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.
- Hää oli näiu päälta nätä E 16370/1 (3) — Tarvastu
- Sõitsin äia, sõitsin ämma. ERA II 131, 295/6 (1) — Kadrina
- Läksin mina Kolka kosjemaie ERA II 111, 479/481 (2) — Kuusalu
- Neli neiuda peressa EKmS 8° 2, 688 (42) — Laiuse
- Meel mul mõtles Miinuselle, ERA II 159, 240 (12) — Risti
- Pani vele sõudemahe E 41007/8 — Rõuge
- Lätsit naista kosjuela, H I 2, 555/6 (9) — Sangaste
- Tahtsin Täsja kosja minna, AES, MT 42, 9 — Vändra
- Hakame mehed minema H II 68, 487/8 (2) — Ambla
- Hilja laulsid meie kukked E 26238/9 — Haljala
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 |
|---|---|
| Laiska neiut kosimas | 21 |
| Kosjahobu söötmine | 7 |
| Oleks | 5 |
| Oleks see mees minu! | 5 |
| Kaevul kosija | 5 |
| Kupja kolm tütart | 4 |
| Soome sild | 4 |
| Tule mulle! | 4 |
| Saan | 3 |
| Saani tegemine | 3 |
| Põlvist põdema | 3 |
| Tõbine naine | 3 |
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.
- Laisk talu (Lazy farm)
- Kosilane laisas ja virgas talus (Suitor at lazy and diligent farms)
- Kosilane ja laisk talutütar (Suitor and the lazy farmer's daughter)
- Kupja kolm tütart (The overseer's three daughters)
- Peiu laisas talus (Suitor at the Idle Farm)
- Laisad neiud (Lazy Maidens)
- Laisad peretütred (Lazy Household Daughters)
- Laisad ja virgad neiud (Lazy and industrious maidens)
- Kosilased laisas talus (Suitors at a lazy farm)
- Kas on hobust kirstu viia? (Is there a horse to carry the coffin)
- Kosjalaul (Courting Song)
- Kosjasõit (The Courtship Ride)
- 3 kosjahobu (Three courtship horses)
- Märjad teomehed lakka magama (Wet farmhands, stop sleeping)
- Neiu ja peiu ase aida pääl (Maiden and lad's bed in the granary)
- Virk ja laisk neiu (The diligent and lazy maiden)
- Koigule kosja (Courting at the swing)
- Kupja 3 tütart (The overseer's three daughters)
- Kubja kolm tütart (The Overseer's Three Daughters)
- Korratu talu (The Unkempt Farmstead)
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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.