Local tradition has it that his wife would camp on the nearby Strawberry Island ( which was visible from the open sea ) and signal him with a fire on the island's summit to alert him to whether or not it was safe to bring his illegal cargo ashore.

Local tradition in English Cumbria recounts how Dunmail ( presumably Dyfnwal III ) the so-called " Last King of Cumbria " was killed at the Battle of Dunmail Raise in 945.

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

Local tradition has it that an official of Southern Pacific made the name more sonorous by adding an a to it.

Local tradition associates the name of the town of Jennings with the family.

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

Local tradition associates this house with the young Benjamin Franklin, who received gingerbread while traveling from Boston to Philadelphia.

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 tradition describes Bishop Seely as a man of immense girth who made his pastoral rounds riding one mule and leading another laden with staple food items to be distributed to needy families, blacksmith tools for the shoeing of horses and sharpening of plowshares, and dental forceps to remove aching teeth.

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

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 national traditions as well as individual settings therefore could stand side by side, and from the very beginning a broad variety of artists practicing some kind of symbolic imagery, ranged between extreme positions: The Nabis for example united to find synthesis of tradition and brand new form, while others kept to traditional, more or less academic forms, when they were looking for fresh contents: Symbolism is therefore often linked to fanatastic, esoteric, erotic and other non-realist subject matter.

Local tradition held that the events took place in the vicinity of Newark Castle, although Scott himself believed that the old tower at Hangingshaw, a seat of the Philiphaugh family near Yarrowford, was the correct location.

Local legislation often dictates which varieties are selected, how they are grown, whether vineyards can be irrigated and exactly when grapes can be harvested, all of which in serves to reinforce tradition.

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

Local residents and visitors alike have made this an annual tradition.

Local tradition has it that " the Tournament has a deal with God ; we'll never hold the parade on a Sunday, and He'll never let it rain on the Rose Parade.

Local tradition identified the village as containing the tomb of the prophet Dhul-Kifl, who is mentioned in the Qur ' an twice.

Local tradition asserts that Frome was a medieval borough, and the reeve of Frome is occasionally mentioned in documents after the reign of Edward I, but there is no direct evidence that Frome was a borough and no trace of any charter granted to it.

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

Local tradition had it still in the 18th century that a decisive battle against invading Sweden was held in Eura's Big Meadow ( Iso Niitty ) in the Middle Ages.

Local businesses again wanted relief, historians sought a reuniting of the waterfront with the city, and nearby residents desired removal of the matte green-painted elevated road, which mayor Thomas Menino called Boston's " other Green Monster ".

Local companies create and export software as well as other computer related products.

In the Local Group, the Milky Way and M31 ( the Andromeda Galaxy ) are gravitationally bound, and currently approaching each other at high speed.

Local empire-builders such as the Ghaznavids, Ghurids and Timurids made Afghanistan a major medieval power as well as a learning center that produced the likes of Avicenna, Al-Biruni, and Rumi, among many other academic or iconic figures.

Theories intended to explain these unusual clouds include materials left over from the formation of our galaxy, or tidally-displaced matter drawn away from other galaxies or members of the Local Group.

For general desktop computer use it has been supplanted by later buses such as IBM Micro Channel, VESA Local Bus, Peripheral Component Interconnect and other successors.

Local syndicates would communicate with other syndicates through the Bourse du Travail ( labor exchange ) which would manage and transfer commodities.

The M81 Group, the Local Group, and other nearby groups all lie within the Virgo Supercluster ( i. e. the Local Supercluster ).

Local congregations are governed by Sessions made up of representatives of the congregation, a conciliar approach which is found at other levels of decision-making ( Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly ).

From 1846 onwards the establishments in the United Kingdom were gradually reduced, while the last vestige of the British quarantine law was removed by the Public Health Act 1896, which repealed the Quarantine Act 1825 ( with dependent clauses of other acts ), and transferred from the privy council to the Local Government Board the powers to deal with ships arriving infected with yellow fever or plague, the powers to deal with cholera ships having been already transferred by the Public Health Act 1875.

Local syndicates would communicate with other syndicates through the Bourse du Travail ( labor exchange ) which would manage and transfer commodities.

* On May 23, 2000 as part of the Bicentennial Local Legacies project, Renee Moore, founder of Solomon Northup Day, was honored along with other Americans at a reception in the Library of Congress's ( LOC ) Great Hall in Washington DC.

Local authorities in the UK are usually responsible for running education, emergency services, planning, transport, social services, and a number of other functions.

Local 8 of the Marine Transport Workers was led by Ben Fletcher, who organized predominantly African-American longshoremen on the Philadelphia and Baltimore waterfronts, but other leaders included the Swiss immigrant Waler Nef, Jack Walsh, E. F. Doree, and the Spanish sailor Manuel Rey.

Local estimates place the population of the college, 3, 948 people strong, at about 1 / 8 black, 1 / 2 Jewish, with other races making up the balance.

Despite this, the searchlight theme remains an integral part of News Corporation's Fox branding efforts, still seen in the Fox News Channel logo, and in the new universal station logo utilized by the FTSG stations, those former Fox stations sold to Local TV LLC, and several of Tribune Broadcasting's Fox stations, in addition to being used by some other Fox affiliates not related to FTSG, Local TV and Tribune.

Local economies near major coral reefs benefit from an abundance of fish and other marine creatures as a food source.

Local extinctions may be followed by a replacement of the species taken from other locations ; wolf reintroduction is an example of this.

* Local Calling Guide Local calling, area code, and LATA information for Canada, the United States of America, and other countries which are part of the North American Numbering Plan.

The First Wilson Government made assistance to deprived urban communities a specific policy of national government in 1969 with the passage of the Local Government Grants ( Social Need ) Act, which empowered the Home Secretary to dispense grants to assist local authorities in providing extra help to areas “ of special social need .” The Urban Aid Programme was subsequently launched to provide community and family advice centres, centres for the elderly, money for schools and other services, thereby alleviating urban deprivation.

While outwardly appearing to be similar, single-tier authorities formed using older legislation are not Unitary Authorities thus excluding e. g. the Isle of Wight Council or any other single-tier authority formed under the Local Government Act 1972 or older legislation.

Local communities were split in their loyalties, with many families at odds with each other.