RED-CAP
Red-cap, or Blood-cap was a particularly unpleasant sprite, and occurs in the North of England and Scotland. He lived in old castles and caves, preferably ones of scenes of cruelty and in justice. He would attack and sometimes murder unsuspecting travelers by throwing large stones at them. Then he would re-dye his cap in their blood.
This early version of the mugger is busy washing a base-ball cap in his bowl of gore.
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