Poking fairies with a stick is a very bad idea. -- Her brother was lucky to escape with just a fright.
The story reminds me a bit of the fairy episode in Lyly's Endimion (c. 1588):
Enter Fayries.
[Corsites] But what are these so fayre fiendes that cause my hayres to stand upright, and spirits to fall downe? Hags out alas! Nymphes! I crave pardon. Aye me, out! what doe I heere?
The Fayries daunce, and with a song pinch him, and hee falleth a sleepe...
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The story reminds me a bit of the fairy episode in Lyly's Endimion (c. 1588):
Enter Fayries.
[Corsites] But what are these so fayre fiendes that cause my hayres to stand upright, and spirits to fall downe? Hags out alas! Nymphes! I crave pardon. Aye me, out! what doe I heere?
The Fayries daunce, and with a song pinch him, and hee falleth a sleepe...