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place each Good Friday at St. Bartholomew the Great in Smithfield, London, where, after an outdoor sermon is given, hot cross buns are distributed to those attending. In earlier times this involved the distribution of silver-sixpenny pieces, as well as...
- Type: Article
- Author: EFDSS
- Category: British Folk Customs: From Plough Monday to Hocktide
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Hot Cross Buns Good Friday, the day of Christ’s Crucifixion, is perhaps the most solemn day in the Christian calendar and has always been seen as a day for charity. As Lent is coming to an end, Good Friday also means.... Hot Cross Buns! Hot cross buns!...
- Type: Article
- Author: EFDSS
- Category: British Folk Customs: From Plough Monday to Hocktide
- Language: *