(1) However, both events were understandably modified for sportshall use with the caber being something akin to a large rolled-up ‘carpet’, although it was made of cardboard instead.(2) The big difference between this and all the other Highland Games is that spectators get to participate - meek office-types, and even their husbands, can toss the caber with the big boys.(3) The caber is almost vertical in mid-air and will shortly fall the correct way, that is to the left, meaning that this was a valid toss(4) But if it's true that Scotsmen wear nothing under the kilt, make sure you don't turn any cartwheels or toss your caber in the playground.(5) Tossing the caber and sheaf pitching are other crowd-pleasers.(6) So dedicated was he that a caber was brought to town giving the Games authenticity.(7) When important decisions need to be taken, instead of having the rigmarole of members voting, simply toss a coin - or even a caber to decide the outcome.(8) I could see a log flip upwards, tumbling end over end to hit the ground and cartwheel to a standstill like a caber .(9) She had approached the men sporting with the cabers and asked them to show her how, naturally they didn't and told her that this was men's work.(10) The event organiser, a man from Mourne Highland Games, also demonstrated tossing the caber and even managed to persuade a few people to have a go at this popular Scottish sport.(11) The former typically involves large men in loud tartan tossing the caber , throwing the hammer and putting the stone, while the latter includes athletic track and field events.(12) They originated from the practice of clan members meeting regularly to test their physical prowess in preparation for battle - but no-one is sure who invented tossing the caber .(13) Like all true Scots, I hate haggis, kilts and cabers .(14) They threw huge stones, tossed cabers and hurled heavy objects over high bars.(15) This is a land of festivals, more than any other, whether it means tossing cabers , weighing marrows or staging opera in country houses.(16) He triggers devastating explosions with bombs, pulverises solid boulders with a whopping great hammer, lifts up massive great marble pillars and lobs them like cabers , and is well nifty with both sword and bow.
