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Pom pom porovatsa

Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus

In English: Belly-patting rhyme (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

Filed underLastenrunot (children's songs) › Viihdytyslaulut ja -lorut
Poems216
Verses888
Collection places72
Collected1840s to 1930s
CollectorsEsko Aaltonen · Moision kansakoulu · Aukusti Salo · Eemeli Vihervaara · Halikon Toijalan kansakoulu · Niilo Kallio · V. J. Kallio · Vilho Saariluoma · Toivo Kaukoranta · Sofia Saarni

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.

Pompotetaan lapsen mahaa: Pom pom porovatsa, mitä tuolla vatsassa/säkissä/massissa? Vastataan: Tuossa piika, tuossa poika /kaksi karjalaista/kaksi kerjäläistä/varas/huora tai lasten nimet. Voidaan luetella myös ruokia: piimää/puuroo/sontaa / ruumenia/nauriita. Myös mitä lapset tekevät: poika tekee lusikoita, tyttö laskee niitä. - Usein manitaan lorutun aterioitaessa.

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.

…and 12 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1840s1
1880s1
1890s2
1900s6
1910s185
1920s10
1930s11

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.

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. Taata tekee taulaa (Daddy Makes Tinder)
  2. Kyökkää, kyökkää (Kyökkää, kyökkää (swinging refrain))
  3. Tuostapa käy poikain polku (There goes the boys' path)
  4. Taata tekee taulaa, mamma vieressä laulaa (Father makes tinder, mother sings beside him)
  5. Tuostapa käy poikain polku - naapurissa nätti tyttö (Boys' path leads there — pretty girl next door)
  6. Sokkosilla (Blindman's Buff)
  7. Piu pau papinkello (Ding dong church bell)
  8. Susisilla (Wolf game)
  9. Tiitin, taatin, naatiaista (Tiitin, taatin, naatiaista (nonsense refrain))
  10. Kaksi karjalaista ajaa (Two Karelians Ride)
  11. Numeroloruja (Counting rhymes)
  12. Koinaja kotiin Pietarista (Coming Home from Petersburg)
  13. Nikka (Hiccup charm)
  14. Voionnen hankkiminen (Securing butter luck)
  15. Anna piima! (Give Milk!)ERAB type
  16. Elinan surma (The Death of Elina)
  17. Tämä likka lauleloo (This girl keeps singing)
  18. Isäntä joi viinaa, talonpojat piimää (The master drank liquor, the farmhands buttermilk)
  19. Kissa vei poikansa korin kolkkaa (Cat Took Her Kittens to the Basket Corner)
  20. Ähkyn synty (Origin of colic)

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Sources: the type’s name, filing and description come from the SKVR type index of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS); the counts, places, decades and collectors are counted from the poems on RunoVerse.