Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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 — Everyday English Slang in Ireland n Leprechauns of course … English dialects glossary
wee folk — noun plural : fairies … Useful english dictionary
wee — (adj.) extremely small, mid 15c., from earlier noun use in sense of quantity, amount (Cf. a littel wei a little thing or amount, c.1300), from O.E. wæge weight (see WEIGH (Cf. weigh)). Adj. use wee bit apparently developed as parallel to such… … Etymology dictionary
folk — See: WEE FOLK … Dictionary of American idioms
folk — See: WEE FOLK … Dictionary of American idioms
folk — See: wee folk … Словарь американских идиом
Wee Willie Winkie — is the bedtime figure characterised in the Scottish nursery rhyme of the same name which was written by William Miller in 1841. The nursery rhyme The original text was written in Scots and is below : Wee Willie Winkie rins through the toun, : Up… … Wikipedia
