(1) One RUC District Inspector was even wielding his blackthorn stick, the official symbol of his authority.(2) Shrubs such as hawthorn, field maple, blackthorn , beech, hornbeam and holly make good hedging.(3) He took his job very seriously, driving couples from the local public houses with his blackthorn stick.(4) The planting included oak, ash, crab apple, field maple, hawthorn, blackthorn , privet and dogwood and down by the ponds two areas of willows were planted.(5) His father re-emerged with a blackthorn stick, looking ready to do vicious battle; but when he saw his opponent, he began to laugh.(6) The muscular man carried a sturdy blackthorn cudgel in the field when supervising the emergency men.(7) The birds love the dense thickets and scrub and clumps of bushes like blackthorn that grow in the older sites of the park.(8) I cut a stout blackthorn to banish ghost and goblin.(9) I walked down to this viewpoint in early April, when clouds of white blackthorn billowed along the hillside.(10) The dark purple berries, fruit of the blackthorn , are best after the first frosts because they break down more easily.
