Luteita vastaan

Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus

In English: Against bedbugs (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.

Ks. VI2 6234, 6236, 7632β, 7633

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.

• Vuokkiniemi (7)
• Ilmajoki (6)
• Karvia (6)
• Laihia (6)
• Metsäpirtti (6)
• Mouhijärvi (6)
• Viljakkala (6)
• Liissilä (5)
• Noormarkku (5)
• Nurmes (5)
• Pori (5)
• Kaavi (4)
• Pistojärvi (4)
• Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (4)
• Sakkola (4)
• Tyrvää (4)
• Varpaisjärvi (4)
• Keuruu (3)
• Kurikka (3)
• Nivala (3)
• Suojärvi (3)
• Uhtua (3)
• Hämeenkyrö (2)
• Ikaalinen (2)
• Jaakkima (2)
• Jalasjärvi (2)
• Juva (2)
• Kankaanpää (2)
• Kauvatsa (2)
• Kempele (2)
• Kuhmo (2)
• Kuusjärvi (2)
• Laukaa (2)
• Liperi (2)
• Multia (2)
• Paimio (2)
• Pihtipudas (2)
• Rautu (2)
• Ruokolahti (2)
• Tammela (2)
• Teuva (2)
• Tohmajärvi (2)
• Turtola (2)
• Ahlainen (1)
• Asikkala (1)
• Eräjärvi (1)
• Eurajoki (1)
• Hankasalmi (1)
• Hattula (1)
• Heinola mlk (1)
• Heinävesi (1)
• Honkajoki (1)
• Iisalmi (1)
• Jokioinen (1)
• Juuka (1)
• Jyskyjärvi (1)
• Jällivaara (1)
• Kangasniemi (1)
• Kauhava (1)
• Kestilä (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.

• Lutikka, latikan poika, SKVR I4 1951. — Vuokkiniemi
• Luteroonen lateroonen, SKVR XI 2291. — Ilmajoki
• Luteet ja lateet, SKVR X2 5067. — Karvia
• Luteet lateet, SKVR XI 2297. — Laihia
• Lutikka latikan poika, SKVR XIII3 10052. — Metsäpirtti
• "Menkää pois, punaselkäset, älkääkä tänne enään tulko!" SKVR X2 5052. — Mouhijärvi
• Luteriainen, lateriainen, SKVR X2 5062. — Viljakkala
• Kuttsun kummat kulkemaa, SKVR IV3 4554. — Liissilä
• "Punatakit pois, SKVR X2 5038. — Noormarkku
• Lutikka latikan poika, SKVR VII5 loitsut 5029. — Nurmes

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. Luteet toisen kimppuun (Bedbugs Sent Against Another)
2. Syöpäläisiä torjutaan taloa rakentaessa (Warding off vermin when building a house)
3. Syöpäläisten karkotus navetasta (Driving pests from the barn)
4. Veden haltia meneen toiseen järveen (Water spirit moves to another lake)
5. Uusi talo (New House)
6. Pirujen ja kummitusten karkottaminen (Driving away devils and ghosts)
7. Kerjäläisen luku (Beggar's charm)
8. Matkalle lähtiessä (On Departing for a Journey)
9. Maate mennessä (Going to bed)
10. Jos minä kirpun kiinni saisin, kestin valmistaisin (If I could catch a flea, I'd prepare a feast)
11. Yöjalassa ollessa (On a night-courting visit (charms to silence dogs))
12. Palveluspaikkas hakiessa (Seeking employment charm)
13. Linnunpyytäjän sanoja (Bird catcher's charms)
14. Istu parhaalle paikalle (Sit in the best seat)
15. Koin historiola (Moth Origin Charm)
16. Riiden synty (Origin of rickets (riisi))
17. Karva kurkussa (Hair in the throat)
18. Franskala (Franskala (personal name))
19. Ostettu karja ei ikävöi uudessa paikassa (Bought cattle don't pine in a new place)
20. Roos (Rose)ERAB type

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Sources: the type’s name, filing and description come from the SKVR type index of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS); the counts, places, decades and collectors are counted from the poems on RunoVerse.