Meri õue all
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: The sea by our yard (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Looduslaulud (nature songs) › Aastaajad ja loodusnähtused |
|---|---|
| Poems | 213 |
| Verses | 6,125 |
| Collection places | 80 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Karl Viljak · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Peeter Penna · Jüri Välbe · Gustav Anniko · Johannes Grauberg (1935. a.-st Raidla) · Tõnu Wiedemann (Võimula) · Julius Mark |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
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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 (17)
- Kolga-Jaani (11)
- Kuusalu (9)
- Laiuse (8)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (8)
- Haljala (7)
- Türi (7)
- Palamuse (6)
- Viljandi (6)
- Hargla (5)
- Kose (5)
- Paistu (5)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (5)
- Tartu (5)
- Tõstamaa (5)
- Ambla (4)
- Halliste (4)
- Helme (4)
- Järva-Madise (4)
- Kadrina (4)
- Karksi (4)
- Koeru (4)
- Pärnu (4)
- Audru (3)
- Järva-Jaani (3)
- Jüri (3)
- Keila (3)
- Kodavere (3)
- Kõpu (3)
- Rapla (3)
- välismaa (3)
- Anna (2)
- Harju-Jaani (2)
- Iisaku (2)
- Juuru (2)
- Jõelähtme (2)
- Märjamaa (2)
- Paide (2)
- Peetri (2)
- Sangaste (2)
- Tarvastu (2)
- Torma (2)
- Vigala (2)
- Viru-Nigula (2)
- Väike-Maarja (2)
- Vändra (2)
- Anseküla (1)
- Hageri (1)
- Hanila (1)
- Häädemeeste (1)
- Jaani (1)
- Jõhvi (1)
- Kaarma (1)
- Karuse (1)
- Kihnu (1)
- Kullamaa (1)
- Kursi (1)
- Lääne-Nigula (1)
- Läänemaa (1)
- Lüganuse (1)
…and 20 more places
- Nõo (1)
- Paide l. (1)
- Pilistvere (1)
- Puhja (1)
- Pärnu l. (1)
- Pärnumaa (1)
- Pühalepa (1)
- Räpina (1)
- Rõuge (1)
- Saarde (1)
- Saaremaa (1)
- Suure-Jaani (1)
- Tallinn (1)
- Tartu-Maarja (1)
- Tori (1)
- Valga (1)
- Valgamaa (1)
- Varbla (1)
- Vastseliina (1)
- Äksi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 5 |
| 1880s | 34 |
| 1890s | 63 |
| 1900s | 11 |
| 1910s | 22 |
| 1920s | 26 |
| 1930s | 35 |
| 1940s | 4 |
| year not recorded | 12 |
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.
- Ussõh satas udsõ lummõ, E 81600/1 (3) — Setumaa
- Mis seal meie õue alla,- EÜS V 1080/1 (50) — Kolga-Jaani
- Meri meie õue alla E A 213 (9) — Kuusalu
- Mis seal meie õue all. ERA II 253, 344 (10) — Laiuse
- Mis seal meie õue alla E A 195 (5) — Maarja-Magdaleena
- Mõistke mõistke mehed noored E 36292/3 (2) — Haljala
- Mis oli meie õue alla? E 59889/90 — Türi
- Mina laulan latterikku H II 27, 472/3 (3) — Palamuse
- Mis sääl mede moisa all E 14319 (2) — Viljandi
- Tsõits, tsõits tsõdsõlõ, E, StK 9, 55/6 (5) — Hargla
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 |
|---|---|
| Meri õues | 40 |
| Luust sõrmus | 33 |
| Neli neidu | 29 |
| Meri | 28 |
| Tule mulle! | 21 |
| Venna sõjalugu | 18 |
| Sõjalaul | 12 |
| 4 neiut | 12 |
| Liiri-lõõri! | 10 |
| Suur tamm | 10 |
| Lindude õlu | 7 |
| Tamm | 6 |
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.
- Meri - luust sõrmus (The Sea — A Bone Ring)
- Luust sõrmus (Bone ring)
- Meri - kalaluust sõrmus (Sea – ring of fish bone)
- Meri - neiu, luust sõrmus (The sea — a maiden, a bone ring)
- Meri - luust sõlg (The Sea and the Bone Brooch)
- Meri - sõlg (Sea brooch)
- Meri - tamm - sõrmus (Sea, oak, and ring)
- Meri - sõel - sõrmus (Sea, sieve, and ring)
- Meri - sõrmus (Sea ring)
- Meri õue alla (Sea beneath the yard)
- Sõjalaul (War song)
- 4 neidu (Four maidens)
- Kalaluust sõrmus (Fish Bone Ring)
- Imeline emand (The miraculous lady)
- Kotkas kaare alt (Eagle from Under the Arch)
- Venna sõjalugu (Brother's war story)
- Mis viga meile tulla (What harm in coming to us)
- Meri - tamm - neitsi - sõrmus (Sea, oak, maiden, ring)
- Tamm - säng (Oak bed)
- Neli neidu (Four maidens)
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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.