This weekend held the most weird and interesting of St Andrews traditions. I have briefly mentioned academic families to you all. Raisin Weekend is a celebration of these families. The tradition goes as such: third and fourth year students 'adopt' Freshers and Study Abroad students (JSAs and JYAs), to be their 'children'. Their job is basically to help their children get acquainted with university life. We exited the quad, had our mum take pictures of us and then made our way back to hall. I had to be careful to not dirty my room with foam while I was getting out of my foam covered clothing. That took some skill. I managed, and realised I was quite quite tired. So after lunch I took a nice long nap.
And that, was Raisin Weekend--the craziest of St Andrews traditions. More pictures here.
3 Comments
Louisa Radice
10/2/2017 09:47:57 am
Am I the only St Andrean who did not enjoy Raisin Monday?
lvmln
7/11/2022 05:19:13 am
Hey, I just want you to know that I had to read this entry as a reading assignment for my English class. You probably won't see this comment as I'm sure you don't really visit this blog anymore, but if I were you, I'd probably like to know that 14 years later, a university English teacher found my blog entry and decided to show it to their students. I wonder where you are in life now - I hope you're happy and well! :D Greetings from the University of Warsaw :) Leave a Reply. |