Põlvist põdema
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Ailing in the knees (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud abielust (songs about marriage) › Abielumehe põli |
|---|---|
| Poems | 436 |
| Verses | 12,680 |
| Collection places | 91 |
| Collected | 1840s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Karl Viljak · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Peeter Penna · Hans Siimer · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Helene Maasen-Varik · Karp (Carp) Kuusik |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
Põlvist põdema: VK VIII 29, VK IX 24, VK XI 374, ERlA 2986; Haige noorik – VK VI 30, VK VII 266, VK X 16; Tõbine naine – VK III 167, VK IV 226, VK V 389, ERlV IV 61.
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.
- Väike-Maarja (23)
- Kuusalu (20)
- Jõhvi (19)
- Haljala (17)
- Ambla (14)
- Lüganuse (14)
- Tori (13)
- Vändra (13)
- Häädemeeste (12)
- Viru-Jaagupi (12)
- Halliste (11)
- Kadrina (11)
- Koeru (10)
- Türi (10)
- Peetri (9)
- Simuna (9)
- Vaivara (9)
- Vigala (9)
- Jõelähtme (8)
- Kodavere (8)
- Kose (8)
- Paistu (8)
- Palamuse (8)
- Saarde (8)
- Tarvastu (8)
- Viljandi (8)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (7)
- Rapla (7)
- Laiuse (6)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (6)
- Tartu-Maarja (6)
- Torma (6)
- Viru-Nigula (6)
- Järva-Jaani (5)
- Karksi (5)
- Otepää (5)
- Pilistvere (5)
- Põltsamaa (5)
- Pöide (5)
- Tõstamaa (5)
- Harju-Jaani (4)
- Jüri (4)
- Karuse (4)
- Märjamaa (4)
- Narva l. (4)
- Rannu (4)
- Varbla (4)
- Audru (3)
- Järva-Madise (3)
- Risti (3)
- Võnnu (3)
- Äksi (3)
- Emmaste (2)
- Hageri (2)
- Helme (2)
- Jämaja (2)
- Keila (2)
- Kolga-Jaani (2)
- Käina (2)
- Kärla (2)
…and 31 more places
- Mustjala (2)
- Paide (2)
- Pärnu (2)
- Pühalepa (2)
- Rakvere (2)
- Sangaste (2)
- Tallinn (2)
- Urvaste (2)
- välismaa (2)
- Anna (1)
- Anseküla (1)
- Hanila (1)
- Iisaku (1)
- Juuru (1)
- Järvamaa (1)
- Kanepi (1)
- Karja (1)
- Karula (1)
- Kihnu (1)
- Kullamaa (1)
- Kursi (1)
- Martna (1)
- Muhu (1)
- Pärnu l. (1)
- Pärnumaa (1)
- Suure-Jaani (1)
- Tartu (1)
- Valgamaa (1)
- Vastseliina (1)
- Viljandi l. (1)
- Viljandimaa (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 |
| 1850s | 1 |
| 1860s | 3 |
| 1870s | 17 |
| 1880s | 118 |
| 1890s | 137 |
| 1900s | 33 |
| 1910s | 49 |
| 1920s | 32 |
| 1930s | 28 |
| 1940s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 16 |
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.
- Mullu mina võtsin naese noore E 27986/7 (1) — Väike-Maarja
- Tõin mina Narvast naise noore ERA II 261, 255/7 (164) — Kuusalu
- Noorik kui läks einamaale, ERA II 125, 137 (4) — Jõhvi
- Võtsin mullu naise noore E 11884/5 (6) — Haljala
- Nagin aga hellad vennad EÜS VII 2401/2 (263) — Ambla
- Mina viisin ella einamaale, ERA II 125, 335 (19) — Lüganuse
- Võtsin naise noorukese, E 83470 (1) — Tori
- Otsisin ja ootanesin E 8863/4 (76) — Vändra
- Oli mul üksi aenus venda, AES, MT 43, 70/1 — Häädemeeste
- Mullu aga võtsin naese noore E, StK 2, 24/25 (22) — Viru-Jaagupi
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.
- Laisa naise tapmine (Killing the Lazy Wife)
- Laisk naine - tõbine naine (Lazy wife and sickly wife)
- Ema ja noore naise ajal (In a mother's and young wife's time)
- Lombakas naine (Limping woman)
- Pisikene naine Narvast (Little Woman from Narva)
- Naine Narvast (Woman from Narva)
- Laisk naine (The Lazy Woman)
- Ära pühal püüa naist (Don't Court a Woman on a Holy Day)
- Kärme ketraja (The quick spinner)
- Hea ketraja (Good Spinner)
- Ema ja naise hooles (In Mother's and Wife's Care)
- Pisikene naine uppub heina (Tiny woman drowns in hay)
- Võtaks naise, kardab last (He'd take a wife but fears a child)
- Eksinud neiu (The Lost Maiden)
- Teng, hobu, naine (Money, a horse, a wife)
- Seni heinamaa ilus (While the Hayfield Is Beautiful)
- Ehted kadunud (Lost Jewelry)
- Seni heinamaa ilusa (While the meadow is fair)
- Narvast naine (The Woman from Narva)
- Miks ei mullu (Why not last year)
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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.