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- Mary hides in ground nail to be used for cross: origin of thistles. (Cf. A2688.1.) A2615.1
- Punishment for first murder: thistles, etc. Until murder was committed, only useful plants grew on earth; since then, thistles. (Cf. A2688.1.) A2631.1
- Punishment for Fall of Man: thistles, etc. A2631.1.1
- Origin of thistles. (Cf. A2615.1, A2631.1.) A2688.1
- Thistles and nettles are the devil's vegetables. G303.10.13
- Devil loses his grain and gets thistles. God grants the devil one grain crop, which he can create by calling its name. The devil is tricked into forgetting the name and calling "Thistles". Hence his crop is of thistles. K249.1