St Andrews University students were partying from sunrise on Sunday as the annual Raisin Sunday high jinx got under way.
For many, the day began with a traditional dook in the sea at the East Sands before the revelry began in earnest.
Some were seen covering each other in paint as the sun rose, while locals reported groups drinking in the street from 8am – one of them wearing a pig’s head.
Raisin Sunday, a typically alcohol-fuelled rite of passage for freshers and their “academic parents”, takes places across the town before a spectacular foam fight on Lower College lawn the following day.
There was a visible police presence on the streets of St Andrews on Sunday after a small number of participants allowed their partying to get out of hand last year.
Reports of noise nuisance and degrading conduct were branded unacceptable and students were left in no doubt about the consequences of a repeat of such behaviour this year, with the university warning of possible disciplinary processes.
Sunday’s fun included a massive scavenger hunt with students dressed in an array of fancy dress costumes interacting with the public and police officers.
Unsuspecting townsfolk and visitors also found themselves joining in an improptu conga through the streets.
Student volunteers were giving out free water, bread and jam in the town centre for those who found themselves the worse for wear.
Police Scotland said there were no reports of any trouble in the during the day.
Raisin Weekend has evolved from the traditional gift of a pound of raisins from young students, known as academic children, to their elder peers, their academic mothers and fathers.
Nowadays, a bottle of wine is usually exchanged in place of raisins.
