Local folklore relates a story about how Sun Quan's grandfather, Sun Zhong, was originally a melon farmer on the islet.

Local folklore identifies this as Vanora ( Guinevere ) being fed to wild beasts as punishment for her infidelity.

Local folklore provides varying accounts about the origins of the name “ Minonk .” One version states that he originally named the area after a street in Boston, MA, where he owned property.

Local folklore suggests that the name of the nearby Plentywood Creek, after which the city was named, comes from a search for firewood.

Local folklore states that it was named for its famous landmark, the Red House, a Civil War-era domicile remarkable for its strange, dark crimson coloring and reputed by many locals to be haunted.

Local folklore says that in the pioneer days, prior to the establishment of bridges, a ferry boat operator named Si ( Silas ) shuttled people across the water in that area.

Local folklore has it that when heavy snow storms hit the county, Wetherby does not get as much because the Weather Goes By.

Local folklore told of a great battle at Saxifield during the Heptarchy, re-enforced by the occasional discovery of apparently human bones and iron arrowheads.

Local folklore is provided for by the Legend of Evesham surrounding the life of Eof, an 8th century swineherd credited with the founding of the town, and St Egwin the Bishop of Worcester who founded the abbey and who whose feet had been fettered and the key thrown in the River Avon.

Local folklore refers to the volcano as Bulkang Magayon ( Bikol: ' Beautiful Volcano '), after the legendary heroine Daragang Magayon ( Bikol: ' Beautiful Lady ').

Local folklore states that Kanakadea means " where the earth meets the sky ," as Alfred's altitude is among the highest of the Allegany County peaks of the Allegheny Plateau and, coincidentally, water flows from Alfred into two watersheds.

Local folklore tells of a coffin found floating down the Thames in Victorian times which was traced back to West Norwood Cemetery.

Local folklore circulates stories that the Capital Mall Complex may be connected to the original Chinese underground tunnels that were used so Chinese immigrants could move goods to buildings, smuggle opium, and travel after curfew.

Local folklore from the area around the former K ' iche ' capital of Q ' umarkaj preserves the belief that he was buried at the small archaeological site of Atalaya, from Q ' umarkaj itself.

Local Aztec folklore possibly influenced the legend ; the goddess Cihuacoatl or Coatlicue was said to have appeared shortly prior to the invasion of Mexico by Hernán Cortés, weeping for her lost children, an omen of the fall of the Aztec empire.

Local folklore suggests it was King John who provided the name ; there is certainly evidence of King John granting the manor at Kingshill to Hugh de Gournay in 1213, although this same document states that the land was previously possessed by Geoffrey fitzPeter.

Local folklore says that he stood upon the site where the Balcón now stands, and said " This is the balcony of Europe ".

Local folklore suggests that beacons were lit on high ground around the village to warn of such raids and that attacks were fiercely resisted.

Local folklore depicted Bulger as a Robin Hood – style social bandit dedicated to protecting the neighborhood and its residents.

Local folklore asserted that this was punishment for the crimes committed by William when he created his New Forest ; a 17th century writer provides exquisite detail:

Local folklore claims that the town has a very unusual and unique feature, a stream running along either side of Fore Street, one stream eventually flows into the Bristol Channel and the other eventually reaches the English Channel.

Local folklore claims that the town has a very unusual and unique feature, a stream running along either side of Fore Street, one of which eventually flows into the Bristol Channel and the other eventually reaches the English Channel.

Local folklore suggests that the town was named after a publican called Frank Stone, who ran a hotel at the corner of the then Point Nepean Road ( now the Nepean Highway ) and Hastings Road ( now Davey Street ).

Local folklore first recorded in 1946 recounts the story that it is impossible for any human being to successfully count the number of stones at Coldrum.

Local folklore says that the village took its name from a nearby well that never dried up and at which a heron was always present.

Local tradition says the town was named for its first settler, a Spanish laborer working on the Wabash and Erie Canal who built a shack in the area.

Local tradition says that King Canute forded the River Lily, which was said to be dangerous then, though other reports say it was the Birkin Brook at or near Booth Mill .< ref >

Local tradition says that he was responsible for introducing the local pastry makers of Pézenas to a sweet pastry, Le petit pâté de Pézenas, the size and shape of a large cotton reel with a sweet centre, and that he ( or, more likely, his chef ) had brought the recipe from India as a refined version of the savoury Keema naan.

Local legend says that prior to the signing of the Magna Carta, the rebellious barons met to hammer out the details of the document in the extensive caves beneath the castle.

Local lore says the village is a namesake of Elmira Schoonover, daughter of Sam Schoonover, an early settler.

Local legend in Charleston says that the poem " Annabel Lee " was also inspired by Poe's time in South Carolina.

Local legend says that Anne Boleyn once sat under the tree, while residing at the Ankerwycke Estate, but this still has to be verified.

Local legend says that a ship carrying various relics from Milan to Cologne was stopped in the river in 1164, unable to move despite the strong current, until it mysteriously edged in toward the shore.

Local legend says that Hempmill Brook flowed with blood for 3 days after the battle.

Local legend says Gilmore wore the same long coat for years and was never far from it.

Local legend says that if you can see the surface of the lake, you will have bad luck.

Local tradition says that 8 more Americans killed in the battle were buried at the nearby Anglican church of St. Peter-in-the-Great Valley.

' Local legend says that this tree can hear a couple's secret wish for marriage.

Local lore says 72 men were killed in gunfights before the first natural death occurred in the camp.

Local folklore says that whoever takes the stone shall be possessed with the power of the Hunt.

Local legend ( of which there are several versions ) says that, in the 17th century, the publican of the local inn, Giles Cannard ( possibly also known as Tom the Taverner ), engaged in criminal activity such as robbing, or aiding and abetting the robbery of, his guests, theft, smuggling and possibly forgery.

Local lore says that he had an underground garage in the area in order to hide his personal cars so that he could better disguise his presence in the city.

Local legend in Chattanooga says that the fictional town of Mayfield where the Cleavers lived actually came from Mayfield Dairy, for which Beaumont had worked while attending school in Chattanooga.

Local folklore on the island of Oahu says that one should never carry pork over the Pali Highway connecting Honolulu and Windward Oahu.

( Local legend says over 22, 000 were estimated to be inside the stadium in the league match against Wrexham A. F. C on 21 August 1950 which Shrewsbury won 2-1, although the official figure is actually given as 16, 000 ).

Local legend says this was the crossroads where Macbeth originally met the three witches.

Cambridgeshire County Record Office, which is part of Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies, says that the following entry in the manuscripts of William Cole, a Cambridgeshire antiquarian ( 1714-1782 ) has been taken to refer to the Caxton Gibbet although there is no more specific mention of the actual location in the text.