J. H. L.
Passage in Burial Service.—Whence comes the expression in the Burial Service, "In the midst of life we are in death." I have observed that Mr. Palmer, in his Origines Liturgicæ, refers for a parallel passage to ancient liturgies, but, if I mistake not, to none but those used in England. The passage is very scriptural: but I do not believe it exists in the Bible.
J. G. T.
"They shot him on the nine-stane rig."—Where is the ballad beginning with the words—
"They shot him on the nine-stane rig,
Beside the headless cross."
to be found? Who is the author?
Borderer.
Wardhouse, and Fishermen's Custom there.—In a MS. local history, written in 1619, there is this
passage: "They bought herrings during the season, and then departed, as those fishermen which kill fish at Wardhouse do use to do at present."