Hot Cross Buns!

Sample Teching Questions

What is the social history of street calls?

What role did street peddlers play in 19th century America? Or in 18th century England?

Why do the lyrics of this rhyme vary so, while other rhymes remain intact over many years?

When were the verses first set to music?

What is the socio-economic significance of hot cross buns costing to little?

Why is it that children are so often portrayed as the buyers? Were they children of poverty?

How does a food become a religious symbol? What other foods have religious significance?

Here is a story the source of which we could not locate: at some point in history, hot cross buns were used by Christian travellers as a signal of friendship to one another. What is the origin of this tale?