When Bethlehem's shepherds thro' the night
Watch'd o'er their flocks by starry light,
"Hark! from the midnight hills around,
A voice of more than mortal sound
In distant hallelujahs stole,
Wild murmuring o'er the raptur'd soul."
H. S. S.
Minor Queries with Answers.
When Our Lord falls in Our Lady's Lap.—Seeing that Good Friday in this year falls on Lady Day, may I beg to ask if any of your contributors could inform me where the following old saying is to be met with, viz.: