The Kirknewton Gala once had a race where women chased a pig around the fields. The prize was the pig. In 1922, after the pigs were too small to chase, organizers “solemnly agreed to forgo the Pig Race” and swapped in a normal foot race for future galas.
Kirknewton Gala also held an event called “Cutting the Goose” which men played across West and East Lothian, It did not involve a goose and the rules are yet unclear to me, but this is how R. Ross won in 1896…
