Linad liulaskjale!
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Flax to the slider! (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Kalendrilaulud (calendar songs) › Vastlalaulud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 162 |
| Verses | 1,098 |
| Collection places | 77 |
| Collected | 1870s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Tamberg, H. · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Matthias Johann Eisen · Andrei Kuldsaar · Rudolf Põldmäe · Linda Köögardal · Priidu (Friedrich) Tammepuu (Eichenbaum) · Julius Aleksander Rehberg (Reepärg) · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Kustav Must |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
VK V 31, VK VII 178, VK VIII 436, VK IX 260, VK X 62, VK XI 91, ERlV II, I A 24- 25, ERlA 372; Lähme liugu laskemaie – VK II 200; Liulaskmise laul – VK III 48, VK IV 356; Linad liulaskijalle – VK VI 643.
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.
- Setumaa (7)
- Haljala (6)
- Paistu (6)
- Tartu-Maarja (6)
- Viljandi (6)
- Kodavere (5)
- Koeru (5)
- Harju-Jaani (4)
- Jämaja (4)
- Karuse (4)
- Kihnu (4)
- Rapla (4)
- Vändra (4)
- välismaa (4)
- Ambla (3)
- Halliste (3)
- Jüri (3)
- Kadrina (3)
- Kose (3)
- Laiuse (3)
- Muhu (3)
- Räpina (3)
- Tallinn (3)
- Tartu (3)
- Tarvastu (3)
- Tõstamaa (3)
- Türi (3)
- Väike-Maarja (3)
- Hanila (2)
- Hargla (2)
- Helme (2)
- Iisaku (2)
- Kirbla (2)
- Kuusalu (2)
- Pilistvere (2)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (2)
- Põltsamaa (2)
- Püha (2)
- Pühalepa (2)
- Rakvere (2)
- Sangaste (2)
- Torma (2)
- Urvaste (2)
- Viljandi l. (2)
- Anna (1)
- Hageri (1)
- Häädemeeste (1)
- Juuru (1)
- Järva-Jaani (1)
- Järva-Madise (1)
- Jõhvi (1)
- Kanepi (1)
- Karula (1)
- Kullamaa (1)
- Kõpu (1)
- Lihula (1)
- Lääne-Nigula (1)
- Läänemaa (1)
- Martna (1)
- Mihkli (1)
…and 17 more places
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1870s | 1 |
| 1880s | 14 |
| 1890s | 26 |
| 1900s | 5 |
| 1910s | 9 |
| 1920s | 37 |
| 1930s | 54 |
| 1940s | 7 |
| 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.
- Oo, meil iks maa maaselitsa ARS 1, 512 (2) — Setumaa
- Liu, lau, linad pikad, EÜS X 801 (83) — Haljala
- "Meie lina liupikun." E 76388/9 (10) — Paistu
- Liugu, laugu! ERA II 54, 121/2 (97) — Tartu-Maarja
- Vistsi, vestel, poisikene, ERA II 124, 558 (108) — Viljandi
- Liugu laugu, AES, MT 283, 23 (2) — Kodavere
- Lina liugu, pikka kiudu, E, StK 27, 132 (6) — Koeru
- Linaliugu pika kiudu E 15648/9 (126) — Harju-Jaani
- Hõissa linaliugu, E 25253 (2) — Jämaja
- Lina liugu, pikka kiudu, ERA II 16, 165 (20) — Karuse
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 |
|---|---|
| Liulaskmise laul | 60 |
| Vastlalaul | 45 |
| Vastlasõit | 31 |
| Liugulaskmise laul | 5 |
| Liulaskmislaul | 4 |
| Linad pikaks! | 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.
- Kes ei tule liuguma (Who Won't Come Sliding)
- Liugulaskmise laul (Sledding Song)
- Vastlal (Shrovetide)
- Linad pikaks! (May the Flax Grow Long)
- Vastlasõit (Shrovetide Ride)
- Liulaul (Shrovetide sledding song)
- Vastlamardi laul (Vastlamardi song)
- Vastla liulaul (Shrovetide sledding song)
- Vastlamäng (Shrovetide game)
- Liugulaskmine (Sledding)
- Vastlalaul (Shrovetide song)
- Liulaskmise laul (Ice sliding song)
- Linad liukaskjale (Flax to the slide)
- Ei vastel toassa seisa (The calf doesn't stand in the room)
- Vastlapäeva laul (Shrove Tuesday song)Filed on the same poems: Vastlasantide laul
- Liugu laskmas. (going sledding)
- Linalaskmise laul (Flax Retting Song)
- Liugu laskma (Going Sledding)
- Laskiaishuuto (Shrove Tuesday shout)SKVR type
- Lina loitsimine (Flax Incantation)
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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.