daoine maithe
"good people." A modern Irish-Gaelic euphemism, one of several, for fairies.
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References
Sources
- Leach, Maria, ed. (1984). Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend. New York: HarperCollins.
- MacKillop, James. (2004). Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc.