116 This scroll contains the oldest reference to Daniel, only as an abbreviated text: a prayer of Daniel at ( 9: 4b-19 ).

We know from a reference in William Langland's Piers Plowman, that ballads about Robin Hood were being sung from at least the late 14th century and the oldest detailed material we have is Wynkyn de Worde's collection of Robin Hood ballads printed about 1495.

Some historians believe that the story by Petrus Olai refers to a source from the first half of the 15th century, making this the oldest reference to the falling flag.

The oldest extant reference to Sextus is by Origen in the third century of the common era.

The sling is mentioned in the Bible, which provides what is believed to be the oldest textual reference to a sling in the Book of Judges, 20: 16.

* Revision by Jerome of the Old Latin, corrected with reference to the oldest Greek manuscripts available: the Gospels.

It is not known when Yiddish came to be written down, but the oldest surviving literary document in Yiddish is a blessing in the Worms mahzor, a Hebrew prayer book from 1272 ( with a scalable image online at the indicated reference ; described extensively in Frakes, 2004 and Baumgarten / Frakes, 2005 ):

In the oldest reference to this, from circa 860, the settlement was called Leithon.

Certain scholars of the Semitic Eblaite material ( dated 2350 BC ) from the archive of Tell Mardikh see the oldest reference to Canaanites in the ethnic name ga-na-na which provides a third millennium reference to the name Canaan.

ANZAC biscuits and the pavlova are considered by some to be Australian national foods, although while the oldest known named recipe for pavlova is from New Zealand, its often said in the Australian history that the dessert took its name from Anna Pavlova at the Esplanade Hotel in Perth during a tour of the state where she danced " as light as air " in reference to the light meringue.

As the oldest currently operating Canadian broadcaster, and still the largest in terms of national availability of its various networks, the nickname " Mother Corp " and variants thereof are sometimes used in reference to the CBC.

The oldest reference to Cranach in Luther's correspondence dates from 1520.

The oldest known reference to the game is thought to be a passage in the Talmud.

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ( CDF ) ( Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei ), previously known as the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition ( wherefrom arose the names Roman Inquisition or Holy Inquisition popularly used in reference to the 16th century tribunals against witchcraft and heresy ), and after 1904 called the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, is the oldest of the nine congregations of the Roman Curia.

The oldest datable reference is a contract from Middle Egypt, stating that Oxyrhynchos gives the " semeiographer " Apollonios for two years to be taught shorthand writing.

The oldest known reference to Losser dates from the tenth century.

The oldest reference to East-Barendrecht is from 1264.

The oldest reference to Schoonhoven is on a document from 1247 where the town is called Sconhoven.

The oldest reference to the name Spickenisse is from a source from 1231.

Perhaps the oldest historical reference to the area that became Jeannette is the role the area played in the Pontiac War in 1763.

The oldest documentary reference to Saarbrücken is a deed of donation from 999, which documents that Emperor Otto III gave the " castellum Sarabrucca " ( Saarbrücken castle ) to the Bishops of Metz.

Unofficially, however, NST English ( named after the New Straits Times, the oldest English language daily in Malaysia ) is often used as the reference point for Malaysian English.

The oldest reference to Keerbergen appeared the eleventh century as ' Chierberghe ', which was donated in 1036 by the lord of Incourt to the bishop of Liège.

The oldest known document in Maltese is " Il Cantilena " ( Maltese: Xidew il-Qada ) a poem from the 15th century written by Pietro Caxaro, and the first known Maltese dictionary was written by the French Knight Francois de Vion Thezan Court in 1640.

This is the oldest example of printed Maltese.

The megalithic temple complexes of Ġgantija on the Mediterranean island of Gozo ( in the Maltese archipelago ) and of Mnajdra ( Malta ) are notable for their gigantic Neolithic structures, the oldest of which date back to c. 3600 BC.

This is evident in Pietro Caxaro's Il-Cantilena, the oldest known literary text in Maltese, which was written prior to 1485, at the height of the Spanish period.

In the Philippines, the Maltese cross is part of the school seal of Colegio de San Juan de Letran, the oldest college in the Philippines and is also the oldest secondary institution in Asia.

The Maltese Cross is the Trademark of the oldest Swiss watch manufacturer, Vacheron Constantin.

The two oldest banks, the Anglo Maltese Bank and the Banco di Malta, were amalgamated in January 1946 under the name National Bank of Malta with Comm.

St. George's Football Club is a Maltese football club from the city of Cospicua in the Mediterranean island of Malta, believed to be the oldest club on the island.

Il Cantilena is the oldest known literary text in the Maltese language.

* Mejju ġie bil-Ward u Zaħar, the second oldest known document in Maltese ( nearly 200 years younger than the Cantilena )

Hibernians FC went on to win the Maltese league championship in 1981 and 1982, Rabat Ajax ( formed 1930 ) won in 1985, and 1986, however the real surprise came from one of Malta's oldest clubs, Ħamrun Spartans who won the league three times in 1983, 1987 and 1988, and won a five league trophies.

Initially it was known as L-Għaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti ( Association of Writers of Maltese ), Malta's oldest literary society whose earliest activities go as far back as the early nineteen twenties, led by literary giants like Dun Karm, Ġużè Muscat Azzopardi and Ninu Cremona, it spearheaded the cause of the Maltese language.

The statue is therefore key proof to the longevity of the devotion to Saint Joseph and has also significant historical and artistic value, being in absolute terms the oldest existing devotional statue in Ħal Għaxaq and actually one of the oldest still in existence on the entire Maltese Islands.

Green Gully is 1 of the 8 Clubs that are still active in the Victorian Premier League, Green Gully is a ' Sister Club ' with Sunshine George Cross FC, It is believed that both Green Gully and Sunshine Georgies adopted the Same kit as a Maltese Premier League club Floriana F. C., Floriana is one of the oldest clubs in Malta.

The oldest amber with arthropod inclusions comes from the MLevant, from Lebanon and Jordan.

The oldest indication for its use in Europe comes from the Stellmoor in the Ahrensburg valley north of Hamburg, Germany and dates from the late Paleolithic, about 10, 000 – 9000 BCE.

The oldest confirmed written mention of dominoes in China comes from the Former Events in Wulin ( i. e. the capital Hangzhou ) written by the Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 – 1368 ) author Zhou Mi ( 1232 – 1298 ), who listed " pupai " ( gambling plaques or dominoes ) as well as dice as items sold by peddlers during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of Song ( r. 1162 – 1189 ).

The oldest known occurrence of the name Mesopotamia comes from the Anabasis Alexandri, which was written in the late second century AD but specifically refers to sources from the time of Alexander the Great.

The oldest fossil evidence of complex life comes from the Lantian formation, at least 580 million years ago.

The oldest evidence of burial customs in the Horn of Africa comes from cemeteries in Somalia dating back to 4th millennium BC.

The oldest preserved tablet using System B comes from Babylon and dates from 258-257 BC.

" The oldest evidence of geophagy practised by humans comes from the prehistoric site at Kalambo Falls on the border between Zambia and Tanzania ( Root-Bernstein & Root-Bernstein, 2000 ).

The oldest direct evidence of cassava cultivation comes from a 1, 400-year-old Maya site, Joya de Cerén, in El Salvador, but the species Manihot esculenta likely originated further south in Brazil and Paraguay.

Next oldest comes the White Hart, which is pre-1720.

The oldest historical evidence of puppetry in China comes from a letter written in 982 A. D. from Choe Seung-roe to the King.

The oldest known cave art comes from the Cave of El Castillo in northern Spain.

The oldest ( though not dateable ) testimony for the existence of the day dedications comes from Yasna 16, a section of the Yasna liturgy that is-for the most part-a veneration to the 30 divinities with day-name dedications.

The oldest known mechanical puzzle comes from Greece and appeared in the 3rd century BC.

The oldest treasure of worked gold in the world, dating back to the 5th millennium BC, comes from the site of the Varna Necropolis.

The oldest record of her story comes from the fifth-century accounts of saints ' lives.

Throughout her tribulations, she comes to rely more and more on her oldest and ( as she admits to herself ) only real friend, Gabriel.

The oldest evidence comes from the Indus Valley Civilization, around roughly 4500BC.

In the summer months the annual fair comes to town and there is also the second oldest highland games in the world held on the third Monday every July.

The second oldest known Oldowan tool site comes from the Shungura formation of the Omo River basin.

The oldest mention of the university in Wrocław comes from the foundation deed signed on July 20, 1505 by King Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary ( also known as Władysław Jagiellończyk ) for the Generale litterarum Gymnasium in Wrocław.

Its educational legacy comes from the fact that it houses one of the oldest and renowned existing seats of learning in India: Aligarh Muslim University, which gives the city titles like University Town and the Mecca of Education.

The oldest record of monastic life at Sinai comes from the travel journal written in Latin by a woman named Egeria about 381-384.

However, in California some of the oldest ( and lowest-yielding ) Zinfandel comes from vineyards that are field-blended.