Hot cross buns Hot cross buns One a penny Two a penny Hot cross buns If you have no daughters Give them to your sons One a penny Two a penny Hot cross bunsIn England on Good Friday it is traditional to eat hot cross buns for breakfast. These are round rolls or buns with an indented cross in the middle. The custom is supposed to have started at St. Alban's Abbey when a monk baked the buns to give away to the poor.
