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IN PICTURES: St Andrews University annual May Day dip

By Louise Gowans
Some cant get out fast enough!
Some cant get out fast enough!

Students from St Andrews University celebrated the start of a new month by taking part in the traditional May Day dip into the North Sea earlier this morning.

The university says the May Day Dip is believed to promote good luck in exams. 

 

 

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