[Daniel Rancour-Laferriere]

No, it is "kaleki," as many, although not all of the wandering singers 
(palomniki, stranniki) were in fact "cripples" in some fashion or other 
- blind, lame, impoverished, mentally ill, etc.  Also, the 17-vol 
Academy dictionary gives "kaleka" as a spelling variant of "kalika."  
Apparently the etymology is from Latin "caliga," a kind of footwear.

Also, I've just come across a reference to Heinrich Stammler's _Die 
geistliche Volksdichtung als Auserung der geistigen Kultur des 
russischen Volkes_ (Heidelberg, 1939).

Regards,
Daniel RL

Alina Israeli wrote:

>>- P. A. Bezsonov's _Kaleki perekhozhie_ [1861-1864] comes to four
>>volumes).
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>
>Shouldn't it be "kaliki"? From Latin 'shoes', not Russian 'cripple'?
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