"grey folk" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1888, Biot Edmonndston, Jessie Saxby, The Home of a Naturalist, page 136:",
          "text": "One of the most important of all Yuletide observances was the 'saining' required to guard life or properties from the Trows. If the proper observances were omitted, the 'grey-folk' were sure to take advantage of the opportunity.",
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        "elves, the fae, the wee folk."
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        "(Scotland, mythology) elves, the fae, the wee folk."
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