Students from St Andrews University take part in a foam fight as part of the traditional Raisin Monday celebrations in St Andrews, Scotland November 22, 2010. The tradition dates back to the early days of the university when new students would give senior students a pound (0.45kg) of raisins in gratitude for their help in adapting to university life, in exchange for a receipt written in Latin. Failure to produce such a receipt could result in a dousing in the local fountain. Nowadays the raisins have been replaced with a bottle of wine and the dousing with foam.
First year students at St Andrews University take part in a foam fight in St. Salvator's Quad, St. Andrews, Scotland as part of the Raisin Day celebrations. Monday Nov. 22, 2010. Raisin Weekend is a tradition "rite of passage" for new students. Each year a fresher student has the opportunity to be adopted by a senior student. In the past the new student would present their senior student with a pound of raisins this has now been replaced with a bottle wine.
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