Võta naine töölt
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Choose a wife at her work (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud noorrahva elust (songs of young people's lives) › Poiste õpetamine |
|---|---|
| Poems | 117 |
| Verses | 2,594 |
| Collection places | 55 |
| Collected | 1870s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Karl Viljak · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Peeter Ruubel-Kõrnitse · Mihkel Elias (Eljas) · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Karl Johannes (Kaarel) Leetberg · Hans Lensin · Ruuben Kõhelik |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
ERlA 2172
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.
- Haljala (13)
- Jõhvi (11)
- Kuusalu (8)
- Halliste (5)
- Kadrina (5)
- Kolga-Jaani (5)
- Harju-Jaani (4)
- Kodavere (4)
- Laiuse (4)
- Põltsamaa (4)
- Iisaku (3)
- Järva-Jaani (3)
- Kihnu (3)
- Paistu (3)
- Pilistvere (3)
- Viru-Nigula (3)
- Ambla (2)
- Järva-Madise (2)
- Karksi (2)
- Muhu (2)
- Narva l. (2)
- Puhja (2)
- Räpina (2)
- Simuna (2)
- Viljandi (2)
- välismaa (2)
- Anseküla (1)
- Helme (1)
- Jõelähtme (1)
- Karula (1)
- Karuse (1)
- Koeru (1)
- Kose (1)
- Lüganuse (1)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (1)
- Märjamaa (1)
- Otepää (1)
- Palamuse (1)
- Põlva (1)
- Rakvere (1)
- Rapla (1)
- Setumaa (1)
- Suure-Jaani (1)
- Tarvastu (1)
- Torma (1)
- Tõstamaa (1)
- Vaivara (1)
- Valgamaa (1)
- Varbla (1)
- Vigala (1)
- Viljandimaa (1)
- Viru-Jaagupi (1)
- Väike-Maarja (1)
- Võnnu (1)
- Äksi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1870s | 5 |
| 1880s | 37 |
| 1890s | 28 |
| 1900s | 12 |
| 1910s | 12 |
| 1920s | 8 |
| 1930s | 9 |
| year not recorded | 6 |
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.
- Peiokene poisikene E 35760/1 (14) — Haljala
- Minu hella vennikene, E, StK 2, 105 (124) — Jõhvi
- Peiukene, poisikene ERA I 3, 653 (21) — Kuusalu
- Poiga noori, linnukene E 11957 (2) — Halliste
- Peiukene poisikene E 36869 (2) — Kadrina
- "Ku lääd naista võttemaie, E 51452 (48) — Kolga-Jaani
- Peiukene poisikene E 15567/8 (30) — Harju-Jaani
- Veli ella vellekene ERM 154, 5/7 (3) — Kodavere
- Ära sihi sirge'eida, EÜS V 1105 (101) — Laiuse
- Kulla venda Jaanikene EKmS 8° 2, 582 (2) — Põltsamaa
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.
- Nõu kosijale (Advice for the suitor)
- Hoiatus pühal naisevõtmise eest (Warning against marrying on a holy day)
- Ära võta mõisast naist (Don't marry a manor girl)
- Venna õpetus neiude vaatlemiseks (Brother's advice on choosing a maiden)
- Võta vallast vaeslaps (Take the Orphan from the Manor)
- Hoiatus mõisanaise eest (Warning against the manor woman)
- Hoiatus linnanaisest (Warning About the Castle Lady)
- Ilu ei panda patta (Beauty Doesn't Fill the Pot)
- Hoiatus valge naise eest (Warning against the pale woman)
- Ära võta linnast naist (Don't Marry a Town Woman)
- Tule mult luba küsima (Come ask permission from me)
- Võta mind ligi (Take me along)
- Vallast vaene (Parish pauper)
- Noormees vaatleb neiusid (Young man watches maidens)
- Ära võta naist kirikuteelt (Don't wed from the church road)
- Tunnen tuima neiu (I can tell a sluggish maiden)
- Vahelt vaeslaps (Orphan from the Crowd)
- Ära pühal püüa naist (Don't Court a Woman on a Holy Day)
- Võta naine neidistest (Choose a wife from maidens)
- Ära kosi valget naist (Don't court the fair woman)
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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.