Caves 'place advert for new witch'

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-07-09 14:14

A tourist attraction near Wells in Somerset has placed an advert for a witch after its previous employee moved on.

The £50,000-a-year pro rata position is open to men, women and transgender witches, but all applicants must be able to cackle, not be allergic to cats and be available to audition in front of a panel on July 28.

Daniel Medley of Wookey Hole Caves said: "Wookey Hole wants the appointee to go about her everyday business as a hag, so that people passing through the caves can get a sense of what the place was like in the Dark Ages.

"This was when an old woman lived in the caves with some goats and a dog, causing a variety of social ills including crop failures and disease."

He added: "So the job is straightforward: live in the cave, be a witch, and do the things witches do. Ambitious witches, looking for a key career move, should turn up dressed for work and bring any essential witch accoutrements.

"A limited range of potion ingredients will be available. We are witchless at the moment so we need to get the role filled as soon as possible."