Show hot cross buns are legendary whence came the hot cross bun americans eat annually on good friday several legends surround this in 1 ution most of them apparently founded on the following explanation the early greeks offered to apollo 1 diana and other gods at the spring festival corresponding to easter in the christian church cakes or bous round with small horns the round feature represented the moon on which was placed four quarters representing the stages of the moon the christian church later lafer adopted the custom making bunsol buns of the same dougla dough kneaded for the host or bread or wafer used iti in the sacra ment of holy communion |