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Sharper than a thorn

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Sharper than a thorn

Another of the Devil’s questions, from a ballad first written down around 1450.

27 Feb, 2026

A rose in bloom on a curved stem with a leaf and three sharp thorns.

What is sharper than a thorn?

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You feel it, but you can’t hold it.

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Hunger

Fun fact

The folk singer Brian Peters named a whole album after the line: Sharper Than the Thorn, 1996.

Source: Riddles Wisely Expounded, Child Ballad 1, c. 1450

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