Beltaine fair takes St Andrews back in time By Cheryl Peebles April 27 2015, 2:00pm April 27 2015, 2:00pm Share Beltaine fair takes St Andrews back in time Share via Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Messenger Email Post link https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/fife/204326/beltaine-fair-takes-st-andrews-back-in-time/ Copy Link Lindsay Webster in armour as a man at arms. ‘’Pon the lawn of Madras, There was a great clash.” Those words set the scene for a Beltaine fair, where swords were crossed by members of a medieval history society. The poem by St Andrews University student group Shire of Cael Caledon called spectators to the event on Madras College lawn. Celebrating the Gaelic May Day festival, the fair saw members of the battle re-enactment and research group “fight” on the South Street green.
