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Kull kutsumata

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

In English: The uninvited hawk (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

Filed underLooduslaulud (nature songs) › Loomad ja linnud
Poems116
Verses1,697
Collection places57
Collected1860s to 1940s
CollectorsGustav Seen · Tamberg, H. · Rudolf Põldmäe · Peeter Penna · Otto (Saarsalu, Ott) Schantz (Schants) · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Kristjan Raud · Mats Tõnisson · Bausk (Pausk), Jaan · J. Reitvelt

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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 242, tuttav üle Eesti, ent populaarne peamiselt Põhja-Eestis. Sellest on lähtunud laul 240. Liitub sageli ühte lauluga 241 (harvemini lauluga 243). Ka motiive lauludest 271 ja 285 liidab mõnikord enda algusse. Kasutatud lastelauluna.

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
1860s2
1870s7
1880s20
1890s41
1900s5
1910s6
1920s13
1930s14
1940s1
year not recorded7

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
Vares8
Varese varrud7
Lindude õlu6
Hiire pulmad5
Kukk ja kana siblimas5
Laisk ketraja3
Vares vaga linnukene3
Kolmed püksid3
Kuke õlu3
Kukk ja kana3
Külm vilja võtnud2
Loomad tööl2

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. Vares, vaga linnuke (Crow, gentle little bird)
  2. Kuke õlu (Rooster's Beer)
  3. Lindude õlu (The Birds' Ale)
  4. Sepa lõõts (Smith's bellows)
  5. Vares vaga linnukene (The crow, a meek little bird)
  6. Kukk ja kana siblimas (Rooster and Hen Scratching)
  7. Tasa käib talutütar (The farmer's daughter walks gently)
  8. Kuke õlletegu (The rooster's beer-brewing)
  9. Kukk ja kana (The Rooster and the Hen)
  10. Tihase õlu (Titmouse's ale)
  11. Hiire pulm (The Mouse Wedding)
  12. Hiire pulmad (Mouse's wedding)
  13. Laisk viib villad virga kätte (The Lazy One Hands the Wool to the Spindle)
  14. Kull (kubjas) kutsumata (The Hawk (Overseer) Uninvited)
  15. Laisk ketraja (Lazy Spinner)
  16. Kana õlletegu (Hen's beer brewing)
  17. Kurg kutsumata (Crane uninvited)
  18. Kolmed püksid (Three Pairs of Trousers)
  19. Püksid (Trousers)
  20. Kubjas kutsumata (The uninvited overseer)

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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.