Local legends regarding Becket arose after his canonisation.

Local legends of the city of Pontevedra ( Galicia ) relate the foundation of this city to Teucer ( Teucro ), although this seems to be based more on the suspicions that Greek traders might have arrived to that area in ancient times-hence introducing a number of Greek stories-and not historical facts.

Local legends claim he achieved heavier-than-air flight before the Wright Brothers, though there is no historical evidence.

Local legends also state that the dolphin is the guardian of the Amazonian manatee, and that, should one wish to find a manatee, one must first make peace with the dolphin.

Local Native Americans witnessed the collapse of Mount Mazama and kept the event alive in their legends.

Local legends abounded concerning witches and other paranormal activities where Dr Troyer was involved.

Local Aboriginal legends told of Mount Kembla and Mount Keira being sisters and the Five Islands being daughters of the wind.

Local legends include tales in which Kamekyo, a childlike spirit, plays with village children or helps villagers in times of famine or poverty.

* Local myths and legends

Local Māori legends explained the boulders as the remains of eel baskets, calabashes, and kumara washed ashore from the wreck of an Arai-te-uru, a large sailing canoe.

Local legends have held that the river is subject to the Saco Curse of Squandro.

Local legends say there was also a lighthouse for a while.

Local legends of Red Bay make reference to a hidden treasure buried in a body of water known as Pond on the Hill at the foot of Tracey Hill by the infamous pirate Captain William Kidd.

Local legends contradict Augvald's burial at Avaldsnes, instead claiming he was buried in Ferkingstad, on the south side of the 12th century churchyard.

Local radio legends Don " Cerphe " Colwell and Jonathan " Weasel " Gilbert began their careers when they joined WHFS in the early 1970s.

Local figures such as the painter Ozias Leduc and local historians Armand Cardinal and Pierre Lambert have set down in writing several of those legends ; even so much of the oral tradition is now lost.

Local legends suggest the bones are the remains of Cambodian royalty.

Local Muslims visit the convent sanctuary on the day of Friday prayers and share in the legends regarding this holy place.

Local traditions and legends attribute the first settlement on these islands to the period of Cheraman Perumal, the last Chera king of Kerala.

Local legends associate it with Arthurian England and Camelot, though these may be due to confusion with the better-known Cadbury Castle, near South Cadbury some 50 miles to the south.

Local legends enhance the importance of dogs to Sree Muthappan, such as the story that follows:

Local legends state that the name, which literally means " Cat's Lagoon ", was used by its first explorers after sighting a few margays at a small lagoon.

If input tax is greater than output tax the company can claim back money from the Local Tax Authority.

Local nobles resisted the claim, but William invaded and by 1064 had secured control of the area.

The Local Government Board Act 1871 put the supervision of the Poor Law under the Local Government Board ( headed by G. J. Goschen ) and Gladstone's " administration could claim spectacular success in enforcing a dramatic reduction in supposedly sentimental and unsystematic outdoor poor relief, and in making, in co-operation with the Charity Organization Society ( 1869 ), the most sustained attempt of the century to impose upon the working classes the Victorian values of providence, self-reliance, foresight, and self-discipline ".

Section 11 of the 1966 Local Government Act enabled local authorities to claim grants to recruit additional staff to meet special needs of Commonwealth immigrants.

Local myths claim the head remains in Beddington park or was inherited by his son and buried with him.

Local pundits claim that the first railway in the world ( чугунный колесопровод ) was inaugurated for industrial uses of the Alexandrovsky foundry in 1788.

Those superintelligences claim a domain as theirs, consisting of up to several galaxies ( the entity known as " IT " has the Local Group as personal domain ).

Local farmers claim that citrus crop yields have been lowered by contaminated dust blowing in.

Local sources claim that it was the first town in the country to have electric street lighting.

Local legend holds that Vyšehrad was the location of the first settlement which later became Prague, though thus far this claim remains unsubstantiated.

Local folk memory would claim that the large stones erected along the avenue from the main entrance were originally from the ancient chapel that O ' Laverty refers to in his History of Down and Connor.

Local iwi objected however, and filed a claim with the Waitangi Tribunal.

Local law enforcement officials claim no recollection of the incident, and there is no record of an arrest warrant against Patton or an actual arrest.

Local villagers, fishers, workers and environmentalists claim that shipping companies should assume their responsibilities, respecting labour and environmental law.

Local legend and Parkhurst's gravestone claim that Parkhurst was the first female in the United States to vote.

The club remains an Open Championship Local Final Qualifying course, and hosted qualifying again in 2011 when The Open returned to Royal St. George's ; Prince's professional golfer Francis McGuirk finished tied second to claim one of the three available spaces.

Local folklore says that royalty may have visited Welton Place but no evidence has been uncovered to substantiate this claim.

Local environmental activists claim that the mining operations, which use large quantities of a dilute cyanide solution, have contaminated the water sources, leading to the disappearance of fish and frogs, illnesses among cattle, air pollution, and loss of medicinal plants.

Local stories claim that Arthur watched the approach of the Saxons from the summit of the hill and that his forces then swept down the hill and massacred them.

Local folklore alludes to the belief that the Indians owned the island and used it as a military fort, while others claim the British held control of it until losing it during the War of 1812.

Local people claim that this is a Hindko word meaning " Sir Bahlol ", a prominent political and religious leader of the area.

Local fishermen are also nearly unanimously against the project, citing the fact that for many of them, up to 60 % of their annual income comes from catch caught on Horseshoe Shoals, which they claim would disappear and would have to be replaced by steaming to fishing grounds farther out to sea if the project is completed.