Though, according to the 4th-century BC father of botany, Theophrastus, olive trees ordinarily attained an age of about 200 years, he mentions that the very olive tree of Athena still grew on the Acropolis ; it was still to be seen there in the 2nd century AD ; and when Pausanias was shown it, ca 170 AD, he reported " Legend also says that when the Persians fired Athens the olive was burnt down, but on the very day it was burnt it grew again to the height of two cubits.

Legend says Rome's founders, the twin brothers Romulus and Remus, were abandoned on its waters, where they were rescued by a she-wolf.

Legend says he is not dead, but asleep with his knights in a cave in the Kyffhäuser mountain in Thuringia or Mount Untersberg in Bavaria, Germany, and that when the ravens cease to fly around the mountain he will awake and restore Germany to its ancient greatness.

Legend says that Estrid was taken back to Sweden from a war in the West Slavic area of Mecklenburg as a war-prize.

Legend says that when the one year had passed, Ní Mháille and her followers locked themselves in Rockfleet Castle and Gráinne called out a window to Burke, " Richard Burke, I dismiss you.

Legend says in those 13 years, he passed by his house three times without going in, which is a sign of his perseverance in his work.

Legend says that Mauregato was Alphonse I's bastard son with a Moorish woman, and attributes to him the tribute of a hundred maidens.

Legend says that the Romans abducted Sabine women to populate the newly built Rome.

Legend says that their father, Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, separated his conjoined sons with a sword and that some priests believed that the blood that had flowed between them signified wars between their progeny ( confrontations did occur between Banu al ' Abbas and Banu Ummaya ibn ' Abd Shams in the year 750 AH ).

Legend also says that French Huguenots used the island as a place of refuge for fleeing persecution.

Legend says that Dred Scott, a slave whose Supreme Court decision set back black rights by declaring that African-American slaves had no claim to freedom, may have been imprisoned in the courthouse jail.

Legend says she wishes to repent the death of a son which she caused through punishment and neglect.

Legend says an early traveler, unable to buy a single loaf of bread there, facetiously called the place " short of bread town ," which translates to Paincourtville.

Legend says that ghost children once killed in a bus accident push the car uphill to prevent similar accidents.

Legend claims that Peter murdered her: one version of the story says she was poisoned, another that she was shot with a crossbow.

Legend says that Thotakachariya ( or Thotakar ) was a devotee of Aadi Sankara.

Legend says it is the burial place of Krakus, founder of the city.

Legend says their unofficial nickname came to be when the original commander, traditionally permitted to nickname a unit, replied that " Fourth Armored Division " was " Name Enough ".

Legend says, that in the old days, when first people came to this area, which was very flat, people started to build houses, clear woodlands and cultivate fields.

Legend says at the age of 60 Chōi-sai spent 1000 days in Katori Shrine practising martial techniques day and night, until the kami of the shrine, Futsunushi no Mikoto ( 経津主之命 ), appeared to him in a dream and handed down the secrets of martial strategy in a scroll named Mokuroku Heiho no Shinsho.

Legend also says Cao Pi assassinated his own brother, Cao Zhang.

Legend says, that because of this, her son, the regent, buried her standing upright, inside the tower with which she had had such a close relationship

Legend says it was originally a country home for Miguel Angel de Quevedo.

Legend says that Lord Narasimha manifested himself here as a huge of rock in “ Yoga mudra ” ( in an entwined contemplative posture ) and hence it acquired the name of “ Penusila ” ( huge rock ) and in course of time became famous as “ Penchalakona ”.

Dr. Meldrum has written extensively about Wallace, his allegations ( continued by his family after his death ), and the significant problems with them in his book Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science.

Chief among the legendary sources about the saint is the Golden Legend, which remains the most familiar version in English owing to William Caxton's 15th-century translation.

Romero drew inspiration from Richard Matheson's I Am Legend ( 1954 ), a horror / science fiction novel about a plague that ravages a futuristic Los Angeles.

Gwyn Jones notes that " no true town has been found and excavated " and that the identification of the site in Elbląg with Truso is based on " finds of Norse weapons " and the presence of " a large Viking Age cemetery " nearby, According to Mateusz Bogucki " by now, there is no doubt that the settlement really is Wulfstan's Truso " The Elbląg Museum brochure: Truso-A Discovered Legend, by Marek F Jagodziński, describes a large number of buildings found during the recent excavations, with burnt remains of posts suggesting buildings of c. 5 x 10 m and long houses of about 6 x 21 m.

Elissa is the narrator of this tale which was either taken from a fabliau by Jean de Condé written between 1313 and 1337, or from a story about Saint Jerome in The Golden Legend, written about 1260.

A story from Nevers, which is reproduced in the Golden Legend, states that one night Charlemagne dreamed he was about to be killed by a wild boar during a hunt, but was saved by the appearance of a child, who had promised to save the emperor if he would give him clothes to cover his nakedness.

* Mulan ( 2009 film ) – Live action film about the Chinese Legend.

For example, Fred MacMurray talks about it with Edward G. Robinson in Double Indemnity ( film ); Bette Davis screams about it in All About Eve ; Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper flirt about it in Love in the Afternoon ( 1957 film ); it is featured in Miracle on 34th Street when a trial is held to see if Santa Claus really exists ; Rosie Perez continually reads it in the film White Men Can't Jump ; and Will Smith checks his World Almanac for the exact time of sunset so he can set his digital watch in I Am Legend ( film ).

Legend has it that it was used by soldiers about to fight in the Battle of Barnet.

Legend has it that change in pronunciation was brought about by conductors of Southern Pacific Railroad trains, who would shout out, " Pie-roo!

Legend of Sleepy Hollow is another event that tells about the Headless Horeseman.

Legend has it that War Creek was in turn named by the local Native Americans about 1788 because of a battle which occurred near the source of the creek.

In addition to her TV special, Raquel !, her television appearances include the TV movies The Legend of Walks Far Woman and Right to Die in which she turned in a stirring performance as a woman stricken with Lou Gehrig's disease, and in the PBS series American Family, about a Mexican American family in East Los Angeles.

Most of the bad stories about Peter are likely to be colored by Black Legend, coined by his enemies, who finally succeeded in their rebellion.

" The Legend of Pat Brown " is about a friend of the band who was a notorious drunk known for causing mayhem, while " Pirate's Life " tells of riding the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland while taking the drug LSD.

* Urban Legend about Geraldo Rivera's name being changed from Jerry Rivers – from snopes. com

The next single release — also reportedly written about Stevens, though perhaps about James Taylor, whom she had known since childhood — was " Legend In Your Own Time " which made a more modest impact on the charts, peaking at # 50 on the Hot 100.

A series of related texts known as the Legend of St Mildrith provides additional information about events in the lives of Eadbald's children and throws some light on Eadbald himself.

A documentary film about Bud Shank, Bud Shank " Against the Tide " Portrait of a Jazz Legend, was produced and directed by Graham Carter of Jazzed Media and released by Jazzed Media as a DVD ( with a companion CD ) in 2008.