Pajamäng
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: The pot game (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud meelelahutamiseks (songs for entertainment) › Laulumängud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 137 |
| Verses | 3,227 |
| Collection places | 39 |
| Collected | 1870s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Mari (Marie) Sarv · Armas Otto Väisänen · Eduard Kase · Anna Johanson · Karl Ruut · Artur Martin · Salme Soosaar · Linda Ilbak · Julius August Kangur |
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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 465.
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.
- Sangaste (15)
- Saarde (14)
- Helme (13)
- Häädemeeste (12)
- Setumaa (12)
- Karksi (11)
- Halliste (10)
- Paistu (10)
- Tarvastu (10)
- Karula (3)
- Pärnu (3)
- Tartu (3)
- Valga (3)
- Viljandi (3)
- välismaa (3)
- Järva-Jaani (2)
- Nõo (2)
- Põltsamaa (2)
- Suure-Jaani (2)
- Urvaste (2)
- Ambla (1)
- Audru (1)
- Hargla (1)
- Harju-Jaani (1)
- Kolga-Jaani (1)
- Kursi (1)
- Kuusalu (1)
- Kõpu (1)
- Narva l. (1)
- Otepää (1)
- Pilistvere (1)
- Põlva (1)
- Rõngu (1)
- Tori (1)
- Vigala (1)
- Väike-Maarja (1)
- Võnnu (1)
- Võrumaa (1)
- Äksi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1870s | 4 |
| 1880s | 21 |
| 1890s | 37 |
| 1900s | 11 |
| 1910s | 7 |
| 1920s | 15 |
| 1930s | 32 |
| 1940s | 1 |
| 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.
- Armas ämma anna pada ERM 147, 125/35 — Sangaste
- Laina pada, laina pada langukene! E 12625 (13) — Saarde
- Langu uvve, langu noore, ERA II 78, 111/2 (41) — Helme
- Sain paea, sain paea pangelese, AES, MT 43, 52 — Häädemeeste
- Rehe takast Riija tie kiige, kaage, E 44796 (6) — Setumaa
- Hää pada, elle pada ERA II 214, 87/8 (83) — Karksi
- Laina pada, laina pada, langukene ERA II 124, 210/2 (9) — Halliste
- "Kus sia selle paa panid ERA II 90, 537 (1) — Paistu
- "Tere, tere, paema, E 2749/51 (5) — Tarvastu
- Laina pata langukene! H II 24, 489/91 (285) — Karula
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 |
|---|---|
| Pada | 19 |
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.
- Saksad sõitsid saaniga (The gentry rode by sleigh)
- Saks sõidab saaniga (The master rides in a sleigh)
- Kee, pada, tuleta! (Boil, pot, without fire!)
- Kes millega sõidab (Who rides on what)
- Kes kuidasviisi sõidab (How Each One Rides)
- Saks ja talumees (The Lord and the Peasant)
- Kes mille peal sõidab (Who rides on what)
- Sõelamäng (Sieve Game)
- Kee, pada! (Boil, pot!)
- Sõel (Sieve)
- Sõelalaenamise mäng (Sieve borrowing game)
- Pada keeb (The Pot Is Boiling)
- Siimumäng (Siimu's game)
- Mehed metsast tulevad (Men coming from the forest)
- Linnamäng (Castle game)
- Külm külmetas paja (Cold froze the forge)
- Saunanaine palub paja-aset (The Sauna Woman Asks for a Cauldron Spot)
- Kupja kandam (The Overseer's Burden)
- Saunanaine (The Sauna Woman)
- Sõela laenamine (Borrowing a sieve)
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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.