According to legend, the Hairy Tree was planted by Sawney Bean's eldest daughter in the town's Dalrymple Street.

While historians tend to believe that Sawney Bean never existed, his story has passed into legend and is part of the Edinburgh tourism industry.

The Sawney Beane legend closely resembles the story of Christie-Cleek, which is attested much earlier — in the early 15th century.

* The legend of Alexander " Sawney " Bean has been chronicled in various media, including such print sources as Historical and Traditional Tales Connected with the South of Scotland by John Nicholson, 1843 ; The Legend of Sawney Bean, by Ronald Holmes, London, 1975 ; The Flesh Eaters, by L. A. Morse, Warner Books, 1979 ; and Cannibalism: The Last Taboo, by Brian Marriner London ; Arrow, 1992

* Jack Ketchum's novel Off Season is an update of the Sawney Bean legend, with the cannibalistic clan headquartered in a sea cave on the Maine coast.

* In 2003 Christian Viel directed Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain ( aka Samhain ), a soft-core version of the Sawney legend set in modern-day Ireland.

* There is a boat ride set in the caves inhabited by the Sawney Bean family in the Edinburgh Dungeon as well as a short show presenting the legend.

* The Sawney Beane legend, from post to soc. culture. celtic

According to legend, Judge Roy Bean held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande in a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of southwest Texas.

Bean was instrumental in the establishment of the Australian War Memorial, and of the creation and popularisation of the ANZAC legend.

* Forbidden Novel based in part on the legend of Sawny Bean

While Bean far exceeds his counterpart in terms of notoriety, the Christie legend does appear to be the older of the two.

Mother and son recognize each other and, in Mann's version of this legend, make a remarkable confession of guilt to each other, the confession of unconscious motive and unconscious knowledge of their true identities from the time they had first set eyes on each other.

The Osmanli ruler Osman I was the first Turkish ruler who minted coins in his own name in 1320s, for it bears the legend " Minted by Osman son of Ertugul ".

The first Test match between England and Australia was played in 1877, though the Ashes legend started later, after the ninth Test, played in 1882.

The first mention of " The Ashes " in Wisden Cricketers ' Almanack occurs in 1905, while Wisdens first account of the legend is in the 1922 edition.

A popular legend, originating from 12th century chronicles, tells how when he first fled to the Somerset Levels, Alfred was given shelter by a peasant woman who, unaware of his identity, left him to watch some cakes she had left cooking on the fire.

Parson Mason Locke Weems mentions the first citation of this legend in his 1850 book, The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honorable to Himself and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen.

The opera Les Danaïdes ( The Danaids ) is a five-act tragédie lyrique ; the plot was based on an ancient Greek legend that had been the basis for the first play in a trilogy by Aeschylus, entitled The Suppliants.

This antoninianus bears the legend ROMAE AETER AN MIL ET PRIMO, " To eternal Rome, in its one thousand and first year ".

The Paphnutius legend in the first half of the fifth century called the marriage prohibition an ancient ecclesiastical tradition.

In 563 he travelled to Scotland with twelve companions, where according to legend he first landed on the Kintyre Peninsula, near Southend.

Another Charlton legend, Chris Powell was appointed manager of the club in January, winning his first game in charge 2 – 0 over Plymouth at the Valley, Charlton's first win since November.

The epithet is connected with dolphins ( Greek δελφίς ,- ῖνος ) in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo ( line 400 ), recounting the legend of how Apollo first came to Delphi in the shape of a dolphin, carrying Cretan priests on his back.

The first record of the legend dates from more than 300 years after the campaign, and the first record connects the legend to a much smaller battle, though still in Estonia ; the battle of Fellin ( Viljandi ) in 1208.

According to the legendary account in the Kojiki, Emperor Jimmu would have been born on 13 February 711 BC ( the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar ), and died, again according to legend, on 11 March 585 BC ( both dates according to the lunisolar traditional Japanese calendar ).

According to legend, he was the first Japanese emperor to drink tea.

Pohnpeian legend recounts that the Saudeleur rulers, the first to bring government to Pohnpei, were of foreign origin.

In 1978, Greenpeace launched the original Rainbow Warrior, a, former fishing trawler named for the Cree legend that inspired early activist Robert Hunter on the first voyage to Amchitka.

On Tuesday 9 May 2006, Banks was the first " legend " to be inducted into a new Walk of Fame, by having a plaque installed in the pavement in front of the Town Hall.

* Ian Stewart – Australian Rules Footballer who played 127 games for St. Kilda including the clubs first ( and thus far only ) Premiership in 1966, he is also a member of the AFL Hall of Fame with legend status

He named the island " Savage Island " because, legend has it, the natives that " greeted " him were painted in what appeared to Cook and his crew to be blood.

However, the legend gained its greatest prominence when it appeared in the third recension ( edited revision ) of Martin of Opava's Chronicon Pontificum et Imperatorum later in the 13th century.

He was also reputed to have had a pact with a female demon called Meridiana, who had appeared after he had been rejected by his earthly love, and with whose help he managed to ascend to the papal throne ( another legend tells that he won the papacy playing dice with the Devil ).

Crowe appeared in Robin Hood, a film based on the Robin Hood legend, directed by Ridley Scott and released on 14 May 2010.

He first appeared in a 17th-century broadside ballad, and unlike many of the characters thus associated, managed to adhere to the legend.

According to one legend, while traveling magically, Solomon noticed a magnificent palace to which there appeared to be no entrance.

A strong gust appeared to cause Giants relief pitcher Stu Miller to slip off the pitching rubber during his delivery, resulting in a balk ( and a baseball legend that Miller was " blown off the mound ").

The term “ urban legend ,” as used by folklorists, has appeared in print since at least 1968.

The word " legend " appeared in the English language circa 1340, transmitted from mediaeval Latin language through French.

In 1989 he created the children's comedy TV series Maid Marian and her Merry Men, a loose retelling of the legend of Robin Hood in which he appeared as the Sheriff of Nottingham.

According to the legend Holy Virgin appeared in the duke's dream and led him to find the cure in the sandy area outside the city.

According to Greek legend, the first partridge appeared when Daedalus threw his nephew, Perdix, off a roof in a fit of jealous rage.

Though mainstream audiences in the early sixties preferred a clean-cut style – epitomised by the acts that appeared on the Nine Network pop show Bandstand – there were a number of ' grungier ' guitar-oriented bands in major cities like Sydney and Melbourne, who were inspired by American and British instrumental and surf acts like Britain's The Shadows – who exerted an enormous influence on Australian and New Zealand music prior to the emergence of The Beatles – and American acts like guitar legend Dick Dale and The Surfaris.

This legend developed from a misguided belief that the river appeared and disappeared over time ( which persisted until the 19th Century ) because of its subterranean tributary.

In the mid-1970s, von Sydow moved to Rome and appeared in a number of Italian films, becoming friendly with another screen legend, Marcello Mastroianni.

According to a Christian legend, carnations first appeared on Earth as Jesus carried the Cross.

The literary vampire first appeared in 18th century poetry, before becoming one of the stock figures of gothic fiction with the publication of Polidori's The Vampyre ( 1819 ), which was inspired by the life and legend of Lord Byron.

According to legend, Tages appeared at ploughing-time and taught Etruscans divination.

The legend became more popular after it appeared in a 17th-century pamphlet of four leaves, Kurtze Beschreibung und Erzählung von einem Juden mit Namen Ahasverus ( Short description and tale of a Jew with the name Ahasuerus ).

The legend spread quickly throughout Germany, no less than eight different editions appearing in 1602 ; altogether forty appeared in Germany before the end of the 18th century.

* Sir Blunderbrain ( performed by Steve Whitmire )-A brave Fraggle who appeared in a legend told in the Fraggle Rock episode " The Terrible Tunnel.

During the sixth and seventh centuries a purely legendary narrative of their martyrdom appeared which appears to be based upon other legends, especially on the legend of Poitus, and ornamented with accounts of fantastic miracles.

According to legend, George appeared on the field of battle at Alcoraz.

One legend has it that Lake Magdalene was named after Mary Magdalene, friend and follower of Jesus, who once appeared to a settler family along the waters of the lake.

The town boomed during construction of the railroad, local legend claims that nearly 20 saloons, a bank, newspaper, brothels, and other businesses appeared to serve the railt crews.