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Raisins to be cheerful

By David Moir  |  2009-11-24  |     NEWSPAPER EDITION


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Students from St Andrews University take part in a foam fight as part of the traditional Raisin Monday celebrations in St Andrews, Scotland, yesterday. The tradition was that new students gave senior students raisins in gratitude for their help in adapting to university life, and got a receipt. Failure to produce a receipt resulted in a dousing in the local fountain. Nowadays raisins have been replaced with wine and the dousing with foam.


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