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 ==== Caber toss ==== ==== Caber toss ====
-Caber tossing is a popular Scottish game where people play by tossing a caber (Gaelic for "wooden beam"known as a hard log. The goal, however, is not to throw it as far as possible, but to flip it over vertically so that it lands in the "12 o'clock spot" in relation to the thrower. [([[https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/tossing-the-caber-what-exactly-is-it/|Culture Trip]])]+Caber tossing is a popular Scottish game where people play by tossing a hard log known as a caber (Gaelic for "wooden beam"). The goal, however, is not to throw it as far as possible, but to flip it over vertically so that it lands in the "12 o'clock spot" in relation to the thrower. [([[https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/tossing-the-caber-what-exactly-is-it/|Culture Trip]])]
  
 ==== Tug O' War ==== ==== Tug O' War ====
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 ==== Scottish hammer throw ==== ==== Scottish hammer throw ====
-The hammer is a ball weighing between 16 and 22 pounds placed at the end of a spar about 4 feet long. The object of the contest is to throw it as far as possible. [([[https://barbend.com/scottish-hammer-throw/|Bar Bend]])]+The hammer is a ball weighing between 16 and 22 pounds placed at the end of a wooden handle about 4 feet long. The object of the contest is to throw it as far as possible. [([[https://barbend.com/scottish-hammer-throw/|Bar Bend]])]
  
 ==== Weight over the bar ==== ==== Weight over the bar ====
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