Raisin Monday receipt, St Andrews University, 1904. 1904

Dall John 1881-1918

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jg02t6 (person)

University of St. Andrews (Scotland)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dg4qch (corporateBody)

Oliphant Andrew John fl 1904

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68f52vq (person)

John Dall, Andrew John Oliphant

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66g113n (person)

Raisin Monday probably originated as a initiation ceremony for first year undergraduates, known as bajans or bejants. Students had to give a pound of raisins to a senior student who would have helped them settle into university life, in return for a receipt written in Latin to prove that the raisins had been given. The tradition continues today although raisins have usually been replaced by a bottle of wine and the receipt can be written on anything, the more outrageous the better. ...