At the Limerick petty sessions on Wednesday last, a woman named Ellen English was charged by two girls with swindling them, on pretence that she was endowed with the gift of fairyism. She promised in a certain time to give the girls 2.5 stone of gold on the condition of paying her 1s 4d a week. The complainants stated further that they frequently sent her presents of hens, geese, etc. Mrs English assured the bench that if she was allowed a month longer, she would perform her contract. Daly, one of the police, who arrested this subject of Queen Mab, stated that he found in her box much valuable wearing apparel, especially shoes, of which she had seven or eight pair. Informations were ordered against her, on hearing which she said no human being had power over her, as she was a fairy, and told the bench, in plain terms, that it was surer for them not to meddle with her. This caution, however, was disregarded.’ Anon, ‘A Fairy’, 1835