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6. Raisin Monday At St Andrews University

In this photo taken on a smartphone on Saturday, July 12, 2014, people run to shelter from hailstorm on the beach at Ob River, the major river in western Siberia in Novosibirsk, Russia. The Investigative Committee said in a statement published online Mond
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Raisin Monday is a tradition dating back to the early days of the university when the new student would give senior students one pound 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, today this dousing takes place in the foam of foam fight.

 
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