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Põll põrmune

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

In English: Dusty apron (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

Filed underLüroeepilised laulud (lyric-epic songs) › Laulud argielust
Poems135
Verses5,530
Collection places46
Collected1860s to 1930s
CollectorsKarl Viljak · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Jakob Jagomann · Peeter Penna · Toomas Lepp-Viikmann · Hans Karu (Karro) · Jüri Välbe · Jakob Weltmann

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The archive’s description

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

VK III 23, VK V 368, VK VI 24, VK IX 12, VK XI 20, ERlV IV 93-94, ERlA 41, Lg. 346; Kuulsin külas kiigutava – VK II 209; Poizi' lei tsõõri morala – VK I 18.

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.

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1860s1
1870s10
1880s30
1890s38
1900s14
1910s15
1920s14
1930s7
year not recorded6

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.

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.

TypePoems in common
Kiigele ehtimine10
Tsõõrilöömine4
Kadrilaul3
Kadride sajatus2
Upume ojasse2
Pikk tee2
Lähme kuud kuulama2
Kadri mangumine2
Kadri tants2
Kadri kaebamine2
Sõrmus kadunud2
Hobuse ostjad2

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. Kiigele ehtimine (Adorning for the swing)
  2. Ämm ei anna seepi (Mother-in-law Won't Give Soap)
  3. Joostes kiigele (Running to the Swing)
  4. Kurika palumine (Begging for the laundry paddle)
  5. Küdilt küna (Trough from the brother-in-law)
  6. Ei saa seepi pesemiseks (No soap for washing)
  7. Ehted kadunud (Lost Jewelry)
  8. Ei saa seepi tanu pesta (Cannot wash the bonnet with soap)
  9. Tütar läheb aita ehtima (Daughter goes to adorn the granary)
  10. Neiu küna lainamas (Maiden borrowing a trough)
  11. Ei saa seepi pesta (Cannot be washed clean)
  12. Ei saa seepi (Cannot get soap)
  13. Ei siidi (No silk)
  14. Ämm ei anna seepi paja pesta (Mother-in-law won't give soap to wash the pot)
  15. Ei anna seepi pesemiseks (Won't give soap for washing)
  16. Pole ehteid kiigele minna (No Ornaments to Wear to the Swing)
  17. Kiigale minek (Going to the Swing)
  18. Ämm ei anna pada pesu pesta (Mother-in-law won't give a pot for laundry)
  19. Ämm ei anna seepi riiete pesuks (Mother-in-law won't give soap for laundry)
  20. Tee kurikas pesemiseks (Make the washing club)

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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.