(Photo: Visit Lakeland) Wife carrying is an old sport in Finland and Estonia derived fr...  ...rn sport, though, is a bit more civilized. Grab a wife (not necessarily your own) and carry her over an...  ...s and a water obstacle about one meter deep. The wife to be carried may b...

The European sport of wife carrying has become so popular that the North American Cha...  ...the sport was apparently inspired by the Finnish wife-carrying tradition and a 19th century character named Herk...  ...winning couple will receive a cash prize and the wife 's weight i...