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[Perseus]

Crown of Thorns

a thorn in one's side or flesh a source of irritation: he was sufficiently bright at school to become a thorn in the side of his maths teacher [Old English]

#Thorn#
The runic letter þ originally representing either sound of the Modern English th, as in the and thin, used in Old English and Middle English manuscripts.

 

[Da Blob]

Crown of Thorns

a thorn in one's side or flesh a source of irritation: he was sufficiently bright at school to become a thorn in the side of his maths teacher [Old English]

#Thorn#
The runic letter þ originally representing either sound of the Modern English th, as in the and thin, used in Old English and Middle English manuscripts.

Thorn in the Lion's paw - Aesop

The Apostle Paul's - Thorn in the Flesh

 

[Perseus]

What animals can wear thorns and be noticed? Not Eagles, Hawks, Snakes, perhaps Ferrets.

 

[Da Blob]

What animals can wear thorns and be noticed? Not Eagles, Hawks, Snakes, perhaps Ferrets.

Porcupines, Urchins
(Do fangs count as thorns?)

 

[Perseus]

John the Evangelist describes it thus (KJV, ch. 19):
"Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe .....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_of_thorns

 

[Da Blob]

'Crown of Thorns' flowers

 

[Anling]

There's the crown of thorns starfish. They're rather noticable.

 

[Da Blob]

yes, I'd have to agree with you on that...