Traditions Flashcards
Why did the Anglo Saxons call Good Friday Long Friday?
The Anglo-Saxon name for Good Friday was Long Friday, due to the long fast imposed upon this day.
Since the early 19th century, before the introduction of bank holidays, what were the only two days of leisure which were almost universally granted to working people?
Christmas Day and Good Friday
Where are hot cross buns eaten on Good Friday?
The British Isles, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and some parts of the Americas.
What may be the origins of hot cross buns?
One theory is that the Hot Cross Bun originates from St Albans, where Brother Thomas Rocliffe, a 14th Century monk at St Albans Abbey, developed a similar recipe called an ‘Alban Bun’ and distributed the bun to the local poor on Good Friday, starting in 1361.
What decree was issued in Elizabethan England with respect to hot cross buns?
In the time of Elizabeth I of England (1592), the London Clerk of Markets issued a decree forbidding the sale of hot cross buns and other spiced breads, except at burials, on Good Friday, or at Christmas. The punishment for transgressing the decree was forfeiture of all the forbidden product to the poor. As a result of this decree, hot cross buns at the time were primarily made in home kitchens. Further attempts to suppress the sale of these items took place during the reign of James I of England/James VI of Scotland (1603–1625).
What was the first definite record of hot cross buns?
The first definite record of hot cross buns comes from a London street cry: “Good Friday comes this month, the old woman runs. With one or two a penny hot cross buns”, which appeared in Poor Robin’s Almanack for 1733. Food historian Ivan Day states, “The buns were made in London during the 18th century. But when you start looking for records or recipes earlier than that, you hit nothing.
What is the most common modern version of the nursery rhyme ‘hot cross buns?
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 buns!
What is the origins of the nursery rhyme ‘hot cross buns’?
The earliest record of the rhyme is in Christmas Box, published in London in 1798.However, there are earlier references to the rhyme as a street cry in London, for example in the Poor Robin’s Almanack for 1733, which noted:
Good Friday comes this month, the old woman runs
With one or two a penny hot cross buns.
In the time of Elizabeth I of England (_____), the London Clerk of Markets issued a decree forbidding the sale of hot cross buns and other spiced breads, except at burials, on Good Friday, or at Christmas. The punishment for transgressing the decree was forfeiture of all the forbidden product to the poor. As a result of this decree, hot cross buns at the time were primarily made in home kitchens. Further attempts to suppress the sale of these items took place during the reign of James I of England/James VI of Scotland (1603–1625).
1592
In the time of Elizabeth I of England (1592), the _______________ issued a decree forbidding the sale of hot cross buns and other spiced breads, except at burials, on Good Friday, or at Christmas. The punishment for transgressing the decree was forfeiture of all the forbidden product to the poor. As a result of this decree, hot cross buns at the time were primarily made in home kitchens. Further attempts to suppress the sale of these items took place during the reign of James I of England/James VI of Scotland (1603–1625).
the London Clerk of Markets
In the time of Elizabeth I of England (1592), the London Clerk of Markets issued a decree forbidding the sale of hot cross buns and ____________, except at burials, on Good Friday, or at Christmas. The punishment for transgressing the decree was forfeiture of all the forbidden product to the poor. As a result of this decree, hot cross buns at the time were primarily made in home kitchens. Further attempts to suppress the sale of these items took place during the reign of James I of England/James VI of Scotland (1603–1625).
other spiced breads
