Mud, beer and cash: Annual wife-carrying championship takes Maine by storm The event is believed to be based on a 19th century Finnish legend involving a man whose gang was known to pillage ...

US News Mud, beer and cash: Annual wife-carrying championship attracts competitive couples to Maine By Associated Press Published Oct. 13, 2024, 6:45 a.m. ET ...

An annual event involving dirt, beer and cash once again drew dozens of eager competitors to a ski resort in Maine on Saturday. More than 30 couples competed in the North American Wife Carrying ...

Mud, beer and cash: Annual wife-carrying championship attracts competitive couples to Maine by: ROBERT F. BUKATY, Associated Press Posted: Oct 12, 2024 / 02:49 PM PDT Updated: Oct 12, 2024 / 02:52 ...

More than 30 couples competed in the North American Wife Carrying Championship, a 278-yard (254-meter) race during which contestants splash through water, leap over logs and trudge through mud ...