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Ok following the dictionary pays off nearly daily but today there is YARN and how it relates to the word CLUE #yarn #thread #words #dictionary #fiberarts
The word 'clue' was originally a variant spelling of 'clew,' meaning "ball of thread or yarn." Our modern sense of clue, "guide to the solution of a mystery," grows out of a motif in myth and folklore, the ball of thread that helps in finding one's way out of a maze. From Merrimack-Webster
“Of these stories the best known is the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. In the myth, Theseus unravels a ball of thread as he searches for the monstrous Minotaur in the Labyrinth. After killing the Minotaur, he retraces his steps out of the maze by rewinding the thread.” From American-Webster
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