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Grigs are tiny (about the size of a cricket) fairies dressed all in green and wearing red hats made of flowers. The expression "as merry as a grig" is found all over Britain.
Origin
The grig is thought by Katherine Briggs to be an invention of the last century.
Sources
- Ruth Tongue, Forgotten Folk-tales of the English Counties, p 76.
- K.M. Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, entry "Grig".