Dave and I watched several athletic competitions at Enumclaw's Scottish Highland Games including "The Sheaf" which originally involved tossing with a pitchfork a sheaf of straw onto a cottage roof when re-thatching. At the games today, tossing the sheaf was done by huge guys in kilts who tossed a "stone" over what looked like a football goalpost. The cross-piece was raised as the game progressed. We saw lots of kilts and dancers - and the bagpipe music was continuous. Above is the family crest for the MacDowell clan for Dave's side of the family.
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