the wee folk

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• wee\ folk — • wee folk • little folk • little people n. phr. Fairy people; brownies; elves; fairies; or goblins. Mother read me a story about the wee folk who lived in the forest and came out at night. There are many stories about little people dancing in… …   Словарь американских идиом

• wee folk —    obsolete mainly Irish the fairies    Malevolent creatures of whom you had to speak nicely to appease them. Also as the wee people:     The belief in the wee folk , or gentry , is very much more wisely spread. {Cornhill Magazine, February, 1877 …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• wee folk — or[little folk] or[little people] {n. phr.} Fairy people; brownies; elves; fairies; or goblins. * /Mother read me a story about the wee folk who lived in the forest and came out at night./ * /There are many stories about little people dancing in… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• wee folk — or[little folk] or[little people] {n. phr.} Fairy people; brownies; elves; fairies; or goblins. * /Mother read me a story about the wee folk who lived in the forest and came out at night./ * /There are many stories about little people dancing in… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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