There's a piece by Washington Irving where he talks about the two "houses" of Mother Red Cap and Mother Black Cap in Camden, so I suspect they go back a long while. He also has a story about a ghostly "Father Red Cap" called "The Tale of the Black Fisherman" or something similar.
There's a piece by Washington Irving where he talks about the two "houses" of Mother Red Cap and Mother Black Cap in Camden, so I suspect they go back a long while. He also has a story about a ghostly "Father Red Cap" called "The Tale of the Black Fisherman" or something similar.