Parmu matus

Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database

In English: Gadfly's funeral (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.

Parmu matus: VK III 427, VK IV 426, VK V 160, VK VI 1077, VK VIII 727, VK IX 511, VK XI 416, ERlV III, II C 12, ERlA 3176.

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 (31)
• Tarvastu (8)
• Urvaste (7)
• välismaa (7)
• Karksi (6)
• Otepää (6)
• Suure-Jaani (6)
• Võnnu (6)
• Kanepi (5)
• Sangaste (5)
• Kursi (4)
• Helme (3)
• Iisaku (3)
• Kambja (3)
• Karja (3)
• Käina (3)
• Laiuse (3)
• Palamuse (3)
• Tartu-Maarja (3)
• Torma (3)
• Vaivara (3)
• Viljandi (3)
• Viru-Nigula (3)
• Anseküla (2)
• Haljala (2)
• Häädemeeste (2)
• Kullamaa (2)
• Kuusalu (2)
• Mihkli (2)
• Muhu (2)
• Põlva (2)
• Pöide (2)
• Rannu (2)
• Rapla (2)
• Räpina (2)
• Rõngu (2)
• Rõuge (2)
• Tartu (2)
• Vändra (2)
• Võrumaa (2)
• Äksi (2)
• Emmaste (1)
• Hageri (1)
• Hanila (1)
• Jõelähtme (1)
• Jõhvi (1)
• Jüri (1)
• Karuse (1)
• Kodavere (1)
• Kose (1)
• Kõpu (1)
• Läänemaa (1)
• Maarja-Magdaleena (1)
• Narva l. (1)
• Nõo (1)
• Paistu (1)
• Pärnu l. (1)
• Pärnu-Jaagupi (1)
• Põltsamaa (1)
• Püha (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.

• Tere, tere, tedrekene! ARS 2, 384 (150) — Setumaa
• "Tere tere tedri E 14221/2 (2) — Tarvastu
• Kos sa lääd, kokre? ERA II 2, 361 (1) — Urvaste
• Kos läät, kotimiis? AES, MT 102, 13 — välismaa
• Kiri kits kiiku E 45968 (1) — Karksi
• Ma tulli parmu peielt E 64452 (1) — Otepää
• Tere tere, tetermann EKmS 4° 3, 437 (37) — Suure-Jaani
• Tere, tere tedrekene. E 25349 — Võnnu
• Tere, tere tetre E 56392 (21) — Kanepi
• Tere, tere tetre! E 66323 (7) — Sangaste

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. Tere, tere tetre (Hello, hello, black grouse)
2. Liiri-lõõri!
3. Kassinahast kasukas (Fur coat of cat skin)
4. Jõgi ja heinamaa (River and hayfield)
5. Hiir (Mouse)
6. Loomad tööl (Animals at work)
7. Hiir metsa (Mouse to the forest)
8. Kus sa lähed, hiirekene? (Where are you going, little mouse?)
9. Liiri-lõõri, lõoke! (Liiri-lõõri (trilling refrain), lark!)
10. Kassilaul (Cat Song)
11. Imed (Wonders)
12. Tere, tere (Hello, hello)
13. Kuhu lähed, hiir? (Where are you going, mouse?)
14. Sillad soodele (Bridges over the bogs)
15. Hollandi sulane (The dairyman's farmhand)
16. Härkä löi hännällään, sika sorkallaan (The ox struck with its tail, the pig with its hoof)SKVR type
17. Karjase matused (The shepherd's burial)
18. Õitsilised (Flower-outing revelers)
19. Karjase matuselaul (Shepherd's funeral song)
20. Petis peremees (The deceitful master)

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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.