subs. (old colloquial).—The fairies.
1828. G. GRIFFIN, The Collegians, ch. v. An nothin’ shows itself now by night, neither spirits nor GOOD PEOPLE.
1848. FORSTER, The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, bk. I., ch. 1, p. 8 (5th ed.). A small old parsonage house (supposed afterwards to be haunted by the fairies, or GOOD PEOPLE of the district).
1891. R. L. STEVENSON, Kidnapped, p. 168. ‘Did ever ye hear tell of the story of the Man and the GOOD PEOPLE?’—by which he meant the fairies.
