A job centre is advertising a “witch” vacancy with tourist site Wookey Hole, in Somerset, for £50,000 a year. The witch, who has to live in the site’s caves, is expected to teach witchcraft and magic.
Wookey Hole staff say the role is straightforward: live in the cave, be a witch and do the things witches do. The advert for the post, placed in the local press as well as job centres, says applicants must be able to cackle and cannot be allergic to cats.
The job has come up after the previous witch retired from the role. ”We are witchless as the moment so need to get the role filled as soon as possible,” said Daniel Medley from the tourist destination. ”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.”
Phillis, thank you. I have now found my calling in life
heard that earlier – the job centre were also advertising for a female presenter for a new pornographic channel.
aha! 50k though – thats not bad
do they let you out so you can spend it?
I find the salary hard to believe. Is this inclusive of some sort of performance bonus?
Well, the final Harry potter film should be in the can soon… there’ll be a lot of witches looking for the next gig after that!
On a slightly serious note… don’t the genuine practicing wicca out there feel that this could be a tad insulting to their beliefs? I mean there’s a lot of stereotyping in this job description. I mean, “Must be able to cackle!”
Mind you I’d sell out for £50,000 per year! Shame I’m not a witch!
Ha ha. What a joke.
But rather nice, if it would be real . Maybe just not my future career.
Hazel Blears ? She’s got a witchy sounding name, ad she”l be looking for work soon.
Where’s Gillian Mckeith the one and only time you want her?
@Ian –
This is Hazel the McWitch, the scottish witch from nostalgic BBC kid’s series “Rentaghost”
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40577000/jpg/_40577383_mcwitch.jpg
This is Gillian McKeith
http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/la/camp_rock_premiere_4_100908/gillian_mckeith_5185708.jpg
You never see them in the same room! Co-incidence?
@flapjack
I would call myself a pagan (not wiccan mind) but don’t find this insulting, just funny! there is some stereotyping in there, but it’s just a tourist thing, doesn’t reflect what things are like now, and I wouldn’t say no to the £50k a year to sit there and cackle! must go practice…
Sounds like a great job, think I may apply x I hope it’s not too dark in there though x
I’m seriously considering applying for job – I’m not a witch, in fact I’m an atheist but I really don’t think that’s what they’re looking for….it’s a tourist thing like the London Dungeons, they don’t have real prisoners/torture victims/executioners in there!
The reason they can justify the £50k is that it’s pro rata, so I’m guessing it’ll only be needed for school holidays etc…..
Certainly would add a bit of interest to the ‘Occupation’ section of censuses. (What actually is the plural of census?)
Will they provide witch training? I can only do one card trick, and it’s kind of lame. I’d love to go live in a cave in England tho, and I always admired witches when I was younger.
Can I bring another lady and have a mini-coven?
Considering the fact that you will be in the cave, without daylight, almost all days in a year, giving the same speech all the time, including working on all holidays and weekends … then the salary is not even that high … unless you private life sucks anyway and you want to give it a year to make some more money.
Porn channel .. ehehe … for the bored stiff parents apparently ..
I do like the picture above ..
Now, let’s practise cackling …
I have a third nipple.
Do I get the job?
x
Oh no Flapjack, please please don’t remind me of Rentaghost. That’s my most detested tv show from my 70s childhood. Timothy Claypole aaarrrrrrgggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry KatM… I just thought there was a remarkable similarity between Hazel the Mc Witch and Gillian McKeith! One of them creates inedible concoctions in a cauldron, and collects unmentionable things in tuppaware and the other one is Hazel the McWitch
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No link?
Hm…I think I smell a hoax.
Still, this is gonna make a great lesson for my English students today – thanks.