But the hard twigs bruised her delicate fingers, and she began to cry.

My fingers dug into the dirt, hard twigs and rocks scattering beneath me.

It hath many hard twigs and branches with knots, and therewith often children are chastised and beaten on the bare buttocks and loins.

So he went out and cut willows, and brought them home; and she began to weave them, but the hard twigs wounded her tender hands.