Õllest saar
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: An ash tree from beer (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud meelelahutamiseks (songs for entertainment) › Tubakas, kõrts ja joodikud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 121 |
| Verses | 2,848 |
| Collection places | 56 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Peeter Penna · Jaan Truusmann · Karl Viljak · Gustav Seen · Tõnu Wiedemann (Võimula) · J. Peet · Jüri Välbe · Cyrillus Kreek |
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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 559, tuttav üle maa, populaarne laul. Tüpoloogiliselt on õigupoolest rändsüžee «Kalajõgi» üks redaktsioone (üks tuntumaid). Vt. 281 («Kalajõgi»), 75 («Laulust saar»); vrd. 10, 12, 192, 419, 845, 980; esineb liitena.
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.
- Kolga-Jaani (10)
- Ambla (9)
- Palamuse (7)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (7)
- Vändra (6)
- Laiuse (5)
- Pilistvere (5)
- Risti (5)
- Harju-Jaani (4)
- Põltsamaa (4)
- Väike-Maarja (4)
- Haljala (3)
- Kadrina (3)
- Kose (3)
- Kuusalu (3)
- Simuna (3)
- Viljandi (3)
- Karja (2)
- Kullamaa (2)
- Kursi (2)
- Martna (2)
- Paistu (2)
- Rapla (2)
- Ridala (2)
- Türi (2)
- Viru-Jaagupi (2)
- Haapsalu (1)
- Halliste (1)
- Iisaku (1)
- Juuru (1)
- Jämaja (1)
- Järva-Jaani (1)
- Jüri (1)
- Keila (1)
- Kihelkonna (1)
- Läänemaa (1)
- Lüganuse (1)
- Muhu (1)
- Märjamaa (1)
- Nissi (1)
- Paide (1)
- Pärnu (1)
- Pärnu l. (1)
- Põlva (1)
- Pöide (1)
- Pühalepa (1)
- Rakvere (1)
- Räpina (1)
- Suure-Jaani (1)
- Tartu (1)
- Tõstamaa (1)
- Urvaste (1)
- Vaivara (1)
- Vigala (1)
- Võnnu (1)
- välismaa (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 16 |
| 1880s | 27 |
| 1890s | 32 |
| 1900s | 6 |
| 1910s | 18 |
| 1920s | 6 |
| 1930s | 6 |
| 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.
- Joon õlle kõristan kannu E 51449 (43) — Kolga-Jaani
- Olge terved, olge terved, õllesepad EÜS VII 1848/9 (34) — Ambla
- Viskan vitsad vitsikusse kaasike, kaanike E 40221/2 (3) — Palamuse
- Viskasin vitsad vitsikusse E 16739 (15) — Pärnu-Jaagupi
- Jaan aga jõi kõrtsissagi E 11079/81 (17) — Vändra
- Olga terve, olga terve, õllepruuel, EÜS VII 717/8 (109) — Laiuse
- Joon õlut, kõristan kannu E 10020 — Pilistvere
- Joome õlled, käristame kannud EKmS 4° 5, 603 (22) — Risti
- Läksin, läksin, hellad vennad, EÜS X 756/7 (12) — Harju-Jaani
- Joon õlled, põrutan põhjad, H, Ostrov 14 (12) — Põltsamaa
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 |
|---|---|
| Saar (õllest) | 29 |
| Kalajõgi | 20 |
| Õllest tamm | 13 |
| Õllest mets | 11 |
| Õlu | 7 |
| Suur tamm | 5 |
| Vitsast mets | 5 |
| Orav | 4 |
| Oksad oravaid täis | 4 |
| Haned kadunud | 3 |
| Hiie noormees | 3 |
| Hiie noorem poeg | 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.
- Saar (Island)
- Õllesepa kiitus (Praise of the brewer)
- Laisk vitsutaja (The lazy thrasher)
- Tänu õlle eest (Thanks for the ale)
- Puud ja linnud (Trees and Birds)
- Vitsad metsa (Switches to the Forest)
- Tänu õllemeistritele (Thanks to the Beer Masters)
- Saar, jõgi (Island and river)
- Tõrre vitsutamine (Binding the barrel with withes)
- Suur tamm (The great oak)
- Pühkmetest saar (Island Made of Sweepings)
- Orav (The Squirrel)
- Oksal orav (Squirrel on the branch)
- Kalad kavalad (The cunning fish)Filed on the same poems: Saar - mets - orav
- Oksad oravaid täis (Branches full of squirrels)
- Kalajõgi (Fish river)
- Õlu (Beer song)
- Humal (Hops Song)
- Laulust saar (The Island in the Song)
- Tamm (The Oak)
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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.