Sentences with phrase «local lore»

Well - written instructions combined with recipes and local lore from six different Southern regions make this collection a winner, regardless of what state you call home.

We carry you safely from location to location while you hear local lore and history as well as beer and wine essentials.

China, Japan, and Korea have historically long and well - documented traditional health practices, she said, while in other countries, traditional cures are in the realm of local lore practiced by small and sometimes isolated indigenous groups.

Local lore says the plants are a remnant of the continent's rainier past, the only palm species to survive in the interior when Australia began drying out 15 million years ago.

For peaceful surroundings steeped in local lore, Greyfriar's Kirk is a must - see location for visitor and native alike.

Local lore suggests the pastel - colored exteriors made it easy for drunk sailors to recognize their guest house, while others suggest shops used the hues as a form of advertising.

As local lore has it, «Antarctica is constantly trying to kill you.»

She writes, hikes, star gazes and loves discovering local lore from America's back roads.

Evoking The Shipping News, Michael Crummey — one of Canada's finest novelists — conjures up the mythical, sublime world of Sweetland's past amid a stormbattered landscape haunted by local lore.

Although terminology, festivals and customs can vary depending on local lore and tradition, at its heart, Ásatrú is a celebration of the gods, stories and customs that have been passed down from Northern Europe into the modern world.

Talladega Superspeedway Local lore holds that the Alabama track — where huge wrecks are common — is built on a Native American burial ground.

Our resident expert fills you in on history and local lore during a tour that includes the Tennessee State Capitol, the country and gospel landmarks of Music Row, and the Parthenon — a full replica of the Athenian original!

Organizations that preserve and interpret local lore can be a rich source of historical data and news on upcoming museum exhibits and educational programs.

Absorb local lore at the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum & Carriage House in Santa Ynez.

Ka`anapali History & Legends Tour is a delightful journey back in time with Maui Nei storytellers who offer fascinating legends and local lore about Hawaiian myths and mysteries.

It's unique to see a distant artist delving deeply into our obscure local lore.

Mibbinbah Proper way» describes a method of delivery that fits with local lore, customs and law.

Friendly Tahitians are full of local lore.

Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the USA, spent the year 1784 in Salisbury studying law, but local lore says his love of practical jokes and card playing ran him out of town with an outstanding hotel bill.

The housekeeper tells me that in local lore, this is actually because cocoa fruit is said to be good for the brain.

Local lore suggests that the ghosts of former slaves hover around the tree like angels.

Set out on a walking tour of Pontresina and discover local lore that dates back to prehistory.

According to local lore, back in the 1800s the governor of the Dutch colony decided that the color white caused his migraines.

I looked up the closest specialty coffee shop and read up on the historical curiosities of the terrain: architecture, local lore, and restaurants once haunted by interesting people.

GHOULA is dedicated to the preservation of greater L.A.'s rich haunted history, and the promotion and celebration of this local lore through ghostly gatherings and events.

Based on the out - of - print book «Fire in the Valley,» «Pirates» is a relatively faithful history of the rise of these two companies, and it's worth watching if you're at all interested in the local lore of Silicon Valley.

They follow legends and local lore, destroy the angry dead, and keep pesky things like plans for the future and friends at bay.

Staying at their secluded house, Ratchet is treated to a passel of strange family history and local lore, along with heaps of generosity and care that she has never experienced before.

Local lore is that it is the largest hand dug hole in the world, but apparently that honor is taken by the Jagersfontein Mine, another diamond mine about 100 miles South - East of Kimberley.

If you believe the local lore, Phil's predictions are correct 100 % of the time.

According to local lore, it wasn't until Lawrence «Chubby» Woodman introduced a shucked clam to sizzling oil in 1916 that the fried clam, a summer staple of New Englanders to this day, was born.

According to local lore, there was once a man who was so taken with his new wife's beauty that he was afraid to let other men see her.

Eggs and Bacon Bay, on the southeastern coast of Tasmania, got its name — according to local lore — after pioneer and traveler Lady Jane Franklin ate bacon... Read More

These rustic, yet modern accommodations are ADA accessible and local lore has it that this historic hotel is haunted by at least 12 long - term spirits.

[18] Despite the lack of definitive evidence, it is a part of local lore.

Boats regularly ply the waters to Isla Del Sol, where you can immerse yourself in quiet island life and watch the sun rise in the same spot where — according to local lore — it first rose thousands of years ago.

Local lore says that after his gruesome execution, Saint - Denis picked up his head and carried it to the top of Montmartre.

Eggs and Bacon Bay, on the southeastern coast of Tasmania, got its name — according to local lore — after pioneer and traveler Lady Jane Franklin ate bacon and eggs in the area in the 1800s.

Enumerating facts about a place is all well and good, even necessary, but the true essence of travel is to look behind the scene, find the local lore and gossip and aspects, no guide book will ever tell you.

After we were taken to our room and had a moment to put our stuff down, she took us on a tour of the property explaining small details and local lore as we went.

Unique & eclectic gifts; captivating books of history, lighthouses, and local lore....

GHOULA is dedicated to the preservation of greater L.A.'s rich haunted history, and the promotion and celebration of this local lore through ghostly gatherings and events.

Local lore and prior ownership of this vacation compound reports that Marilyn Monroe stayed in the cottages here in her early Palm Springs days around the time she was discovered and photographed in Palm Springs.

Through research and archives, this presentation maps out the deep diversity of the area and invites viewers to reexamine the chronicles of our local lore.

A landing point throughout history, these waterways have been arteries that flow deep into our nation and leave Norfolk and the surrounding region brimming with history and local lore.

All accounts of the squirrel's Dracula antics have come from local lore; they have never been observed by the scientists who study the animal or its environs.

GHOULA is dedicated to the preservation of greater L.A.'s rich haunted history, and the promotion and celebration of this local lore through ghostly gatherings and events.

GHOULA is dedicated to the preservation of greater L.A.'s rich haunted history, and the promotion and celebration of this local lore through ghostly gatherings and events.

Your buyer is from a big city, knows nothing of local lore and buys not knowing that the locals consider the house tainted and possibly haunted.