Romanian witches, who began being taxed for their trade last week, could face a worse fate if lawmakers pass a proposed bill that threatens fines or even prison if their predictions don't come true.

Superstition, the Associated Press notes, is a serious matter in the land of Dracula, and at least one witch argues that practitioners shouldn't be blamed for the failure of their tools.

"They can't condemn witches, they should condemn the cards," queen witch Bratara Buzea tells the AP.

She also says witches shouldn't be blamed for bad predictions if clients don't provide their real identifies or dates of birth.

The bill, which passed in the Senate last week, must still be approved by a financial and labor committee and by the Chamber of Deputies.

It would also require witches to have a permit, to provide their customers with receipts and bar them from practicing near schools and churches, the AP says.

In January, the government changed labor laws to officially recognize the centuries-old practice of witchcraft as a taxable profession, prompting angry witches to dump poisonous mandrake into the Danube River in an attempt to put a hex on them.