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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0721.00004.] The real Legendre polynomials are obtained (up to factors) by orthonormalization of \(1,x,x^ 2,\ldots\) with respect to the inner product \((f,g)\mapsto\int^ 1_{-1}f(x)g(x)dx\). Replacing the real numbers by the \(p\)-adic ones and the Lebesgue integral by the Volkenborn distribution \(\int_{\mathbb{Z}_ p}f(x)dx=\lim_{n\to\infty}p^{- n}\sum^{p^ n-1}_{i=0}f(i)\) one obtains the \(p\)-adic analogue \(F_ 1,F_ 2,\ldots\) of the Legendre system where \(F_ n(x)=\sum^ n_{j=0}{n+j\choose j}{n\choose j}{x\choose j}\) \((x\in\mathbb{Q}_ p)\). In this short and clear paper the author presents some old and new properties of this system and shows the connection with the real case.