"What a night for spirits and kelpies, warlocks, fairies, pixies, nixies, and sperrimongles! Assuredly, if ever there could be a spot and a moment when this dull work-a-day world is surrendered to the absolute dominion of elfin powers, it much be here and it must be now!" —
Agatha: A Fanciful Flight for a Gusty Night by George Halse, 1860.