Out of war came Highland games leading to modern competitions.
In ancient Scotland, England was the ruling authority, competitor Kaelyne Mowell of Clan McClean and Portland said. England had banned, among other cultural icons, weapons.
“They wanted to practice battle skills,” Mowell said. “They wanted to stay prepared.”
They began making things that could be used as tools, such as weights that could be used to balance wagons, and practicing war with those items. The…