Show One One-A- Penny Buns Many people will remember chanting penny One buns Two-a-penny Two buns On penny One p e-a-p enny two-a-penny two three-a-penny three buns HOT CROSS buns were a delicious delicious delicious de de- de- de licious treat Most women made them and nd the ones Mother made were sweet with honey cinnamon candied peels hop hopped op iop- ped fine raisins or currants and baked to brownness And yet this is a pagan celebration It started in Persia long before the birth of sus esus when the priests at the temple gave each person attending the ceremonies a sweet roll or bun I do not remember which festival they were celebrating ting however each bun had the horns of an ox in a form of frosting on the top AS WITH SO many of the theold theold theold old pagan customs that we have turned into Christian celebrations celebrations celebrations cele cele- when the people insisted insisted insisted in in- on celebrating them Lucy were given a Christian meaning So with the bun when a cross was substituted for the horns of the ox In England one of the enterprising enterprising enterprising enter enter- bakers made an extra- extra rich bun and sent it to the king Well that posed a kingly problem He wanted those rich buns for the day celebrated as the time of the crucifixion but could not give kings king's favor favor favor fa fa- fa- fa vor to one baker so he decided decided decided de de- to visit each baker and sample his wares before deciding deciding deciding de de- who should be bc designated designated designated as baker to His ty Naturally the one who had made the super-rich super bun won the title and a fortune in sales PENNY ONE-A-PENNY BUNS n |