Local legend tells that the lagoon was created after a pilgrim who came to see the Madonna refused to pray to the Madonna because she was black.

Local legend has it that the tower could be seen for ten miles ( 16 km ) or more, and that the bells could be heard from even farther away.

Local legend holds that " anyone who sees one dies or is killed ".

Local legend has it that the staircase from the Castle is now in the Talbot Hotel in Oundle.

Local legend has it that the Monarch and Sir Walter Raleigh used to stroll together there.

Local legend has it that Sir Francis Drake's ship, the Golden Hind, had its timbers cut from trees in this area.

Local legend has it that Welling is so called because in the era of horse-drawn vehicles, it could be said you were " well in " to Kent, or had a " well end " to the journey up and down Shooters Hill which, at the time was steep, had a poor road surface and was a notorious haunt of highwaymen.

Local legend has it that Draksharama was where the Daksha yagna was performed.

Local legend insists that " the hole that won't stay filled " never vanished — even after being filled in numerous times during the decades that followed.

Local legend has it that Boswell made the first successful flight, before the Wright Brothers.

Local folk legend explains the light appearances as a deceased railwayman's lantern.

Local legend holds that Pocahontas was named the county seat through an act of trickery.

Local legend has it that Cedar Island in Little Assawoman Bay was a spot for pirates to bury treasure.

Local legend attributes the name to the sound made by the horn of a Ford Model T. The town was incorporated around 1891.

Local legend has it that the local Indians advised Bell to locate the town at a certain bend of the Solomon river to protect the town from tornadoes.

Local legend states that the tavern was more well known than the surrounding village so that by the time the town ’ s first post office was established around 1815, Rising Sun was chosen as the official name.

Local legend has it that Oak was named for a tree which was used for hanging.

Local legend attributes the name to a Wyandotte Indian Chief named Sanilac.

Local legend has it that California became a regular stop for weekend excursion trains through the countryside.

Local legend states that many residents objected to this name change, but it did stick and remains the name of the lake and the hamlet to this day.

Local legend explains the unusual pronunciation of the village's name in several possible ways:

Local legend tells that several names were put into a hat.

Local legend states the name is derived from Cherokee words meaning ' just two ' or ' two is enough.

Local legend holds that the railroad once considered placing its machine shop functions in Mifflin, which would undoubtedly have led to the establishment of Mifflin as an important Pennsylvania industrial center.

Local legend holds that Bonnie and Clyde either robbed the Ponder State Bank or attempted to rob it, only to discover it had gone broke the week before.

Local tradition holds that these documents were stored at Rokeby House and thus that Leesburg was briefly the capital of the United States.

Local businesses include a number of furniture shops including Chaplins, which holds the largest selection of contemporary designer furniture in Europe, plus numerous restaurants including Italian ( for example, there is a branch of ASK on the Uxbridge Road ), Greek, Chinese, American and Indian.

Local tradition holds that Columbus was considered as the location for the national capital.

Local tradition holds that the town of Gerty was originally named " Buzzard Flop ".

Local tradition holds that the town was named after Edward K. Alburtis, a civil engineer involved in the construction of the East Pennsylvania Branch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway.

Local legend holds that the cemetery is haunted by the ghost of a young Indian woman by the name of Susie, who was tragically lynched around the year 1890 at Thorp, by persons unknown in the area.

Local legend holds that Shawnee chief Blue Jacket was in fact a young white hunter named Marmaduke Van Swearingen who was kidnapped in the area.

Local tradition holds that Vortigern's wise men used to meet here to discuss the great events of their times.

Since the Local Government Act 1972, the Duchy holds and exerts the right to appoint Sheriffs and Lords Lieutenant in the ceremonial counties of Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire, which include areas from the historic county boundaries of Cheshire and Yorkshire.

Local tradition holds that the Italian town of Assignano derives its name from the gens, as well as the French town of Assignan.

The Local Provincial Government holds its official functions in the City of Koronadal.

The library holds a Local History Collection of the Upper Norwood district and the Crystal Palace.

The Harpenden and District Local History Society has a collection of local material and archives which can be consulted, and holds regular meetings on topics of historical interest.

Local tradition holds that the caves are not man-made.

Local tradition holds that the Berth Pool and its ancient earthworks outside the village are the resting place of the legendary King Arthur.

The Islington Local History Centre holds the archive of Sadler's Wells Theatre, with material dating from 1712 onwards.

Local tradition holds that Bad Homburg's documented history began with the mention of the Villa Tidenheim in the Lorsch codex, connected with the year 782.

Local history holds that ancestors of contemporary Kei islanders came from Bali, part of the expanding Majapahit kingdom from the western archipelago.

Local legend holds that they were the work of the Devil, who, sitting one day looking down on the Great North Road, began to amuse himself by heaving clods of earth at the passers-by.

If the call is local, the switch has the NPA-NXX in its routing table as portable, so it sends a routing request to the STP ( Signal Transfer Point ) which accesses a local database that is updated by an LSMS ( Local Service Management System ) which holds all routing for all ported numbers to which the carrier is responsible for completing calls.

Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records ( GCER ) is the county ’ s Local Record Centre and holds data about the county ’ s wildlife.