Foam fight at Scottish university is rite of passage for first year students

Oct 21, 2014

Foam fight at Scottish university is rite of passage for first year students

Jerry Jackson 0 Comment Case of the Fridays, World foam fight, Scotland, scottish university

Raisin Weekend at St. Andrews University in Scotland is believed to date back several hundred years to the university’s early days when first-year students would give senior students a pound of raisins as a thank-you for helping them to adjust to university life. In more recent years, the weekend has evolved into a more raucous event with wine instead of raisins. The celebration culminates on Monday when first-years participate in a huge shaving cream foam fight in St Salvator’s Quad.
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: Students from St Andrew’s University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. Every November the ‘raisin weekend’ which is held in the university’s Lower College Lawn, is celebrated and a gift of raisins (now foam) is traditionally given by first year students to their elders as a thank you for their guidance and in exchange they receive a receipt in Latin. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Students from St Andrew’s University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Students from St Andrew’s University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Students from St Andrew’s University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: A student from St Andrew’s University indulges in a tradition of covering oneself with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Students from St Andrew’s University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Students from St Andrew’s University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Students from St Andrew’s University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Students from St Andrew’s University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: A student from St Andrew’s University indulges in a tradition of covering oneself with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Students from St Andrew’s University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Students from St Andrew’s University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Students from St Andrew’s University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Students from St Andrew’s University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Students from St Andrew’s University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Students from St Andrew’s University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Students from St Andrew’s University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: A student from St Andrew’s University indulges in a tradition of covering oneself with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: Students from St Andrews University are covered in foam as they take part in the traditional ‘Raisin Weekend’ in the Lower College Lawn, at St Andrews in Scotland October 20, 2014. The weekend, which begins on Sunday, involves rituals for new students, culminating in a foam fight on Monday morning. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)

: Students from St Andrews University are covered in foam as they take part in the traditional ‘Raisin Weekend’ in the Lower College Lawn, at St Andrews in Scotland October 20, 2014. The weekend, which begins on Sunday, involves rituals for new students, culminating in a foam fight on Monday morning. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)

: Students from St Andrews University are covered in foam as they take part in the traditional ‘Raisin Weekend’ in the Lower College Lawn, at St Andrews in Scotland October 20, 2014. The weekend, which begins on Sunday, involves rituals for new students, culminating in a foam fight on Monday morning. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)

: Students from St Andrews University are covered in foam as they take part in the traditional ‘Raisin Weekend’ in the Lower College Lawn, at St Andrews in Scotland October 20, 2014. The weekend, which begins on Sunday, involves rituals for new students, culminating in a foam fight on Monday morning. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)

: Students from St Andrews University are covered in foam as they take part in the traditional ‘Raisin Weekend’ in the Lower College Lawn, at St Andrews in Scotland October 20, 2014. The weekend, which begins on Sunday, involves rituals for new students, culminating in a foam fight on Monday morning. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)

: Students from St Andrews University are covered in foam as they take part in the traditional ‘Raisin Weekend’ in the Lower College Lawn, at St Andrews in Scotland October 20, 2014. The weekend, which begins on Sunday, involves rituals for new students, culminating in a foam fight on Monday morning. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)

: Students from St Andrews University are covered in foam as they take part in the traditional ‘Raisin Weekend’ in the Lower College Lawn, at St Andrews in Scotland October 20, 2014. The weekend, which begins on Sunday, involves rituals for new students, culminating in a foam fight on Monday morning. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)

: A student from St Andrews University is covered in foam as he takes part in the traditional ‘Raisin Weekend’ in the Lower College Lawn, at St Andrews in Scotland October 20, 2014. The weekend, which begins on Sunday, involves rituals for new students, culminating in a foam fight on Monday morning. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)

: Students from St Andrews University are covered in foam as they take part in the traditional ‘Raisin Weekend’ in the Lower College Lawn, at St Andrews in Scotland October 20, 2014. The weekend, which begins on Sunday, involves rituals for new students, culminating in a foam fight on Monday morning. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)

: A student from St Andrew’s University indulges in a tradition of covering oneself with foam to honor the ‘academic family’ on October 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: A student from St Andrews University lies on the ground covered in foam as she takes part in the traditional ‘Raisin Weekend’ in the Lower College Lawn, at St Andrews in Scotland October 20, 2014. The weekend, which begins on Sunday, involves rituals for new students, culminating in a foam fight on Monday morning. (Russell Cheyne/Reuters)

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