Soome sild

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

In English: The Finnish bridge (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.

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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.

• Kolga-Jaani (12)
• Setumaa (9)
• Saarde (8)
• Viru-Jaagupi (8)
• Kadrina (7)
• Rõuge (7)
• Sangaste (7)
• Tori (7)
• Kuusalu (6)
• Pilistvere (6)
• Põltsamaa (6)
• Suure-Jaani (6)
• Tarvastu (5)
• Urvaste (5)
• Viru-Nigula (5)
• Haljala (4)
• Hargla (4)
• Palamuse (4)
• Rapla (4)
• Torma (4)
• Tõstamaa (4)
• Viljandi (4)
• Väike-Maarja (4)
• Ambla (3)
• Harju-Jaani (3)
• Koeru (3)
• Kose (3)
• Laiuse (3)
• Paistu (3)
• välismaa (3)
• Äksi (3)
• Audru (2)
• Hageri (2)
• Helme (2)
• Järva-Jaani (2)
• Jõelähtme (2)
• Kanepi (2)
• Karula (2)
• Kodavere (2)
• Maarja-Magdaleena (2)
• Otepää (2)
• Pärnu (2)
• Pärnu-Jaagupi (2)
• Põlva (2)
• Räpina (2)
• Rõngu (2)
• Simuna (2)
• Tartu-Maarja (2)
• Türi (2)
• Vaivara (2)
• Võnnu (2)
• Halliste (1)
• Järva-Madise (1)
• Jõhvi (1)
• Jüri (1)
• Karksi (1)
• Kihnu (1)
• Kursi (1)
• Kõpu (1)
• Lääne-Nigula (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.

• Oli mull üksi vennakene E 20352/4 (1) — Kolga-Jaani
• Tulli ma üles hummogulla, ERA II 26, 289/93 (13) — Setumaa
• Oh Andres hädasulane E 33080/3 — Saarde
• Sõitsin müöda Suome silda, AES, MT 3, 19 — Viru-Jaagupi
• Hans oli Harjust, Jaan oli Järvast, E 6770 (23) — Kadrina
• Kiku riku Riiga lätsi, ERA II 126, 417/8 (8) — Rõuge
• Sõidi, sõidi ennad-vennad E 56033 (57) — Sangaste
• Nägin aga neidu kasvavada, EKmS 4° 3, 13/6 (3) — Tori
• Sõitsin Soome silda mööda EÜS II 542/3 (46) — Kuusalu
• Sõitsin mööda Soome silda. ERA II 10, 665 (31) — Pilistvere

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. Oleks (If only (wish song))
2. Oleks see mees minu! (If only this man were mine!)
3. Oleks see mees minul (Would This Man Be Mine)
4. Tore sõit (Splendid ride)
5. Soome sild - oleks see mees minul (Finnish bridge — if that man were mine)
6. Imetegijad (Miracle workers)
7. Oleks see mees (If only this were the man)
8. Kaevul kosija (Suitor at the well)
9. Põlat poiss (Scorned boy)
10. Kosjahobu söötmine (Feeding the courtship horse)
11. Rõngu sild (Rõngu Bridge)
12. Kaevul kosilane (Suitor at the Well)
13. Kalajärv (The fish lake)
14. Vili, pukk, sarvest hobune (Grain, a buck, a horse of horn)
15. Jookse poiss, sööda hobu (Run, boy, feed the horse)
16. Tuulest talguhobu (The work-party horse made of wind)
17. Heinast hobu (Horse Made of Hay)
18. Kosjasõit (The Courtship Ride)
19. Suomen silta (Finland's bridge)SKVR type
20. Oleks see mees minula (If only this man were mine)

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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.