Kuulus kuhjalooja

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

In English: Famous haystack builder (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.

ERlA 714, üle maa tuntud, populaarne laul. Paralleeltüüp laulule 794 («Kuulus kuhelikulooja»). Mitu arendust: A. Kuhjad paistavad kaugele — üle maa tuntud, vt. ka 794; B. Naerdi, et naiste tehtud — esineb peamiselt eP; C. Teen sohu suured kuhjad — Kesk-Eestis tuntud; D. Alla panen haavao

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.

• Kuusalu (12)
• Haljala (11)
• Kadrina (8)
• Ambla (5)
• Harju-Jaani (5)
• Risti (5)
• Jõhvi (4)
• Häädemeeste (3)
• Kose (3)
• Narva l. (3)
• Pärnu (3)
• Tõstamaa (3)
• Vigala (3)
• Väike-Maarja (3)
• Halliste (2)
• Jüri (2)
• Lüganuse (2)
• Märjamaa (2)
• Ridala (2)
• Rõngu (2)
• Sangaste (2)
• Tori (2)
• Viru-Jaagupi (2)
• Vändra (2)
• Hanila (1)
• Helme (1)
• Juuru (1)
• Jõelähtme (1)
• Karksi (1)
• Karuse (1)
• Kihnu (1)
• Koeru (1)
• Lihula (1)
• Martna (1)
• Nõo (1)
• Pilistvere (1)
• Pärnu-Jaagupi (1)
• Pöide (1)
• Räpina (1)
• Saarde (1)
• Simuna (1)
• Tallinn (1)
• Türi (1)
• Varbla (1)
• Viljandi (1)
• välismaa (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.

• Kui olin nuori, siis olin virka: EÜS VIII 1466 (53) — Kuusalu
• Kiies, kiies, kiigekene, EÜS X 799 (63) — Haljala
• Oh seda endista eluda, E 36845/8 (2) — Kadrina
• Küll mind tahtsid taime maimed E 15110 (21) — Ambla
• Oh meida õestehulka E 15652/3 (134) — Harju-Jaani
• Õekene, hellakene, E 18197/8 (8) — Risti
• Õekene, Maiekene! EÜS VI 1149 (33) — Jõhvi
• Ollin mina enne nuur ja ilus AES, MT 43, 75 — Häädemeeste
• Mullu ma võtsin noore naese H II 16, 321 (2) — Kose
• Las tuleb suvi saab sügise H I 3, 20 (26) — Narva l.

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. Palju püütud hea kuhjalooja (Praise for the skilled haystack maker)
2. Palju püütud kuhjalooja (The much-sought stack maker)
3. Naiste nabrad (Neighbor women)
4. Palju püütud neiu (Much-sought maiden)
5. Naiste tehtud nabrad (Things women make)
6. Hää kuhjalooja viidud (The good haystack builder taken away)
7. Kuhjategemine (Building the haystack)
8. Kuulus kuhelikulooja (Famous haystack builder)
9. Heinaliste laul (Haymakers' Song)
10. Suvi ja sügis (Summer and Autumn)
11. Looja lehm sõi heinad (God's cow ate the hay)
12. Vara kihlatud (Early betrothal)
13. Naiste nabrud (Women's Mockery)
14. Sügisel saab mehele (Getting married in autumn)
15. Inetu kosilane (ugly suitor)
16. Seni heinamaa ilus (While the Hayfield Is Beautiful)
17. Ema ei pane mehele (Mother won't marry her off)Filed on the same poems: Ema kiidab ilusat neiut
18. Kehra küla kiitus (Praise of Kehra village)
19. Heinateo laul (Haymaking song)
20. Isa ei pane mehele (Father won't give her in marriage)

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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.