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🔴 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A pound of raisins

"The practice of senior students extracting gifts or tribute from new students was common in medieval universities across Europe. The ‘bejaunia’ was a lavish feast paid for by the new student as part of their initiation into university life. It is thought that the St Andrews Raisin traditions may have developed from these roots."

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