Hot cross buns have been blessed, banned, toasted, frosted, gussied up, put to rhyme, hung in kitchens and carried to stave off shipwrecks. They've also been eaten, which is all we really care ...

Small, spicy yeast rolls decorated with a cross are a Good Friday tradition and are showing up in grocery stores and bakeries. Hot cross buns were ... sea they ward off shipwreck.

Likewise, taking hot cross buns on a voyage at sea endows the boat with some protection from shipwreck, according to legend. And cement friendships. Those who share a hot cross bun are supposed to ...

Hot cross buns are said to protect against shipwreck, and so sailors would often bring them on voyages. If hung in the kitchen, they are said to protect against fires – the hanging bun is ...

At sea they are said to protect against shipwreck. Hang them in your kitchen and you’ll never have a fire. Hot cross buns have a long and interesting history. The ancient Greeks ate special ...

One of these is the hot cross bun, wafting on supermarket ... a shipment of cotton and indigo, then a few buns will save your boat from shipwreck. Terrible at cooking? Hang these in your kitchen ...

Some thought the buns could protect their home from fire or bad luck, and sailors would take them on their travels to prevent shipwreck. It was also commonly believed that a hot cross bun baked on ...

Hot cross buns used to hold a curious power over superstitious Brits. Sailors claimed that if a bun was brought on board, it would prevent shipwreck, while hanging one in the house was said to ...

Don't throw away stale hot cross buns this Easter - they make wonderful twists on bread and butter pudding or crumble Britain has had a long love affair with the hot cross bun. The Oxford English ...