Nippis nappis naulastuoli
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Game-starting rhyme (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Lastenrunot (children's songs) › Leikinalkajaislorut |
|---|---|
| Poems | 147 |
| Verses | 961 |
| Collection places | 75 |
| Collected | 1880s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Perä-Pohjolan ja Lapin Kotiseutuyhdistys · Halikon Toijalan kansakoulu · Helmer Vinter · A. J. Vallinmäki · Toini Kantele · T. E. Okkola · Iina Seppänen · Samuli Paulaharju · Hämeenlinnan alakansakouluseminaari · Toini Kohvakka |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Alkusäe useimmiten: Nippas nappis neulastooli. Jatkuu: Meidän pienet kananpojat menivät herran latoon, tekivät paljon pahaa: söivät piparuutit paparuutit jne. Harmaa hevonen satula selässä, saappat jalassa. Käsi koukkuu, mene oven loukkoon!
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.
- Alatornio (19)
- Kemi (8)
- Halikko (7)
- Sodankylä (6)
- Uusikaupunki (6)
- Kemijärvi (5)
- Rovaniemi (4)
- Salo (4)
- Mäntyharju (3)
- Pyhämaa (3)
- Hirvensalmi (2)
- Honkajoki (2)
- Hämeenkyrö (2)
- Isokyrö (2)
- Karunki (2)
- Kiikka (2)
- Kokemäki (2)
- Kuortane (2)
- Lehtimäki (2)
- Lemi (2)
- Luumäki (2)
- Noormarkku (2)
- Pori (2)
- Pyhäranta (2)
- Pöytyä (2)
- Simo (2)
- Veteli (2)
- Ahlainen (1)
- Enonkoski (1)
- Eura (1)
- Haukivuori (1)
- Heinävesi (1)
- Impilahti (1)
- Isojoki (1)
- Jalasjärvi (1)
- Juuka (1)
- Jämijärvi (1)
- Kaavi (1)
- Kankaanpää (1)
- Karttula (1)
- Karuna (1)
- Kiihtelysvaara (1)
- Kirvu (1)
- Kiuruvesi (1)
- Kolari (1)
- Kuopio (1)
- Laihia (1)
- Laitila (1)
- Lappajärvi (1)
- Lavia (1)
- Lemu (1)
- Loimaa (1)
- Luvia (1)
- Maaninka (1)
- Merikarvia (1)
- Nilsiä (1)
- Nurmo (1)
- Parkano (1)
- Perho (1)
- Perniö (1)
…and 15 more places
- Polvijärvi (1)
- Punkalaidun (1)
- Pyhäjärvi Vpl. (1)
- Ruotsin Ylitornio (1)
- Sakkola (1)
- Savitaipale (1)
- Siilinjärvi (1)
- Soini (1)
- Taipalsaari (1)
- Tervola (1)
- Toksova (1)
- Turtola (1)
- Uusikirkko Vpl. (1)
- Viipuri mlk (1)
- Ylitornio (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 4 |
| 1890s | 4 |
| 1900s | 12 |
| 1910s | 84 |
| 1920s | 34 |
| 1930s | 8 |
| year not recorded | 1 |
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.
- Minun pikku tipaseni SKVR XII1 2104. — Alatornio
- Mejän pienet kananpojat SKVR XII1 2126. — Kemi
- Herra piene kananpoja SKVR VIII 5040. — Halikko
- Harmaa hevonen saapasjalka SKVR XII1 2147. — Sodankylä
- Nippu nappu kellastappu SKVR VIII 5052. — Uusikaupunki
- Nippas, nappas, naulastoon, SKVR XII1 2141. — Kemijärvi
- Meitän pienet kananpojat SKVR XII1 2137. — Rovaniemi
- Herran piene kananpoja SKVR VIII 5032. — Salo
- Nipin, napin pienet kanat SKVR VI1 2444. — Mäntyharju
- nipu napu SKVR VIII 4053. — Pyhämaa
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 |
|---|---|
| Yks kaks kapalolaps | 2 |
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.
- Meidän pienet kananpojat (Our Little Chicks)
- Sipis lipis pienet kanat (Little hens, sipis lipis)
- Hirvisillä (On Mooseback)
- Papinlapsilla (The priest's children)
- Kirppusilla (Flea game)
- Rengit tappeli hangon kanssa (Farmhands Fighting the Pitchfork)
- Harakka istui aidalla - luki niitä näitä - viisitoista kymmentä (Magpie on the fence counting)
- Tuolla, täällä järven jäällä (There, here on the lake ice)
- Ysikin, tosikin - kirjava käki (Ysikin, tosikin (refrain) — the speckled cuckoo)
- Tillin nippu, tallin nappu (Bundle of dill, stable button (nonsense refrain))
- Yöken tuoken tuomen teiken (Bird cherry counting rhyme)
- Oravia, käräviä (Squirrels and quarrels (rhyming refrain))
- Nikka (Hiccup charm)
- Huis käsi koukkuun (Swish, hand curled)
- Öntön töntön töyryn löyryn (Nonsense counting rhyme)
- Huis sika satulaselkä (Shoo, Saddle-Backed Pig)
- Meijän herran porsas kuoli (Our master's pig died)
- Linnulaul ehk laste lori (Bird song or children's lullaby)ERAB type
- Leipä kiven päälle - kivi kiikkumaan (Bread on the stone — stone to swinging)
- Meidän lapset laulavat ja Turun urut soivat (Our children sing and Turku's organs play)
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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.