In Pictures: Good clean fun as students hold foam fight

In Pictures: Good clean fun as students hold foam fight

One of the more unusual university rituals has played out at St Andrews in Scotland.

The messy display took place on Raisin Monday, the culmination of a weekend of festivities when St Andrews first years say thank-you to their more senior student “parents” for mentoring them.

The so-called “children” were given embarrassing costumes to wear before they descended on St Salvator’s Quad for a huge shaving foam fight, part of a centuries-old tradition.

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Hundreds of students have taken part in the traditional Raisin Monday foam fight (Jane Barlow/PA)

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The first year students are made to wear costumes (Jane Barlow/PA)

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Raisin Monday has been held for centuries, but the use of shaving foam is a more recent addition (Jane Barlow/PA)

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Some of the participants complained of stinging eyes (Jane Barlow/PA)

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Raisin Weekend dates far back into St Andrews’ history (Jane Barlow/PA)

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But for anyone fancying a clean shave, they may find a marked shortage of shaving foam cans on the shelves of local shops (Jane Barlow/PA)

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