Release date is 2026-04-17

Saimaan vesillä yöllä -- Vasikka-Lassin lammas-ahvier -- Valekuollut -- Vaim-immeinen ja telehvooni -- Saanavuaran Taavetin ruunan murtiutus piispoo kyyvvissä -- Kun suutar-Uatu olj putkassa.

Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen

Savolaisia murrejuttuja by Juudas Puustinen is a collection of humorous short stories written in the early 20th century. Told in lively Savonian dialect, the book pokes fun at everyday rural life—boats and markets, gossip and superstition, new gadgets and old authorities—through quick, anecdotal sketches.

The stories range from a night run on Lake Saimaa where the tar steamer Ierikka narrowly avoids a collision before the crews recognize each other, to a shopkeeper’s dead dog whose hide is theatrically “whipped” to shame scammers trying to blame it for lamb kills. A much-gossiped “fake death” sees a farmer’s wife awaken in her coffin at the cemetery gate, fueling tart commentary about improper funeral fare; later, after a proper waiting period and proper dishes, she truly passes on. A comic essay records two farmwives’ endless telephone chat—health tonics, menus, omens, and pigs—skewering small-town talk and the new technology. Another tale follows Saanavuara’s Taavetti, a wily driver who, after a bishop lashes his horse, stages a mock miscarriage with a calf to extract compensation. Finally, a shoemaker arrested for drunken singing spends a night in the lockup, reunites with an old tailor friend, and talks his way out in court, celebrating quick wits, soft words, and country charm. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Originally published: Hämeenlinna: Arvi A. Karisto, 1918