WokeyWicked as the Witch of Wokey. Wookey-hole
is a noted cavern in Somersetshire, which has given birth to as many
weird stories as the Sibyls' Cave in Italy. The Witch of Wokey was
metamorphosed into stone by a “lerned wight” from Gaston,
but left her curse behind, so that the fair damsels of Wokey rarely
find “a gallant.” ( JOHNSON (DR.). JONSON (BEN). KNOX. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Wokey from Infoplease:
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