Editing Brno (section)

===Local legends===
[[File:Brněnské kolo a drak (02) výřez.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Brno Dragon and Brno Wheel at the Old Town Hall]]
[[File:Brno-AltesRathaus2.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Old Town Hall in Brno]]

There are several legends connected with the City of Brno. One of the best known is the Legend of the Brno Dragon.<ref name="brnoinfo"/> According to this legend, a terrible creature was terrorizing the citizens of Brno. The people had never seen this animal before, so they called it a dragon. They lived in fear of the dragon until one citizen managed to kill the monster by tricking it into eating a carcass filled with lime. In reality the "dragon" was a crocodile, the preserved body of which is now displayed at the entrance of the [[Old Town Hall (Brno)|Old Town Hall]]. Crocodile and dragon motifs are common in Brno. A crocodile ({{langx|cs|krokodýl}}) is the local stuffed baguette, and the city radio station is known as Radio Krokodýl. One of the local [[baseball]] teams is named [[Draci Brno]] ({{langx|en|Brno Dragons}}) and the local rugby club is named [[RC Dragon Brno]]. There is also a local [[American football]] team called the [[Brno Alligators]]. An [[Inter-city rail|Intercity]] train connecting Brno and Prague is called ''Brněnský drak'' ({{langx|en|Brno dragon}}).

Next to the dragon at the Old Town Hall is the town's second well-known emblem, a wagon wheel made from a tree found and cut down 50 miles from the city. According to the legend, a local man made a wager that he could fell the tree, make a wheel out of it, and roll the wheel to the City of Brno, all within a single day. Since the achievement was deemed to be impossible by normal human means, the man was believed to have called on the devil for assistance, and died in poverty as a result.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.brno.cz/en/tourist-leisure/history/brno-tales/the-wheel-bet/ |title=Brno – the Wheel Bet |access-date=29 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802001559/http://www.brno.cz/en/tourist-leisure/history/brno-tales/the-wheel-bet |archive-date=2 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Another local legend relates to the siege of the city by Swedish forces in 1645. The locals and the Swedish army were in a stalemate, and the Swedish general declared that he would withdraw if his army had not won by noon. The bell ringer at Petrov Cathedral tricked him by ringing the bell an hour early, and keeping his word, the general and his army left.{{sfn|Henig|2000|p=93}} As a historic tribute to the event, the bell at Petrov Cathedral still rings for noon an hour earlier, at 11&nbsp;o'clock. At this hour every day, the Brno astronomical clock also releases a glass ball as a souvenir.