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A Stitch in Time is What You'll Reap
I am four words
Though there appear to be three
Two ways of pronouncing
Three spellings there be.
The first is a manner of indicating, a case being such, or therefore, or a measure of degree.
The second is a pig, female you see.
The third is also on a farm, a manner of planting of seed.
The fourth is to stitch, to hold fabric together, indeed.
Can you tell me now, what word could this be?
Though there appear to be three
Two ways of pronouncing
Three spellings there be.
The first is a manner of indicating, a case being such, or therefore, or a measure of degree.
The second is a pig, female you see.
The third is also on a farm, a manner of planting of seed.
The fourth is to stitch, to hold fabric together, indeed.
Can you tell me now, what word could this be?
Answer
In order of appearance:So
Sow
Sow
Sew.
The title is a reference to the fact that both sew and sow appear in proverbs ("a stitch in time, saves nine" and "you reap what you sow")
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Yeah, I got it, I got it, I got it!!!
ah! great stuff i got it and i seriously enjoyed it. beautiful stuff!!!
Oct 19, 2005
beautifuly written
i got it too, nice and fun !
Good one! I got it too, but it was done cleverly. Nice work.
Cute, but easy.
Nice one, even if it was easy!
This was fun to answer, and very well written too.
Enjoyable, good job
easy, but very well written
WELL DONE
WELL DONE
Good job, at least I got you reap what you sow...
i thought it was really interesting becuz i never would have thought of that!
yeah....it was great! i had no clue when i first looked at it....but it seems so easy now! great teaser!
Oct 25, 2005
Awesome!
Nice....like the proverb reference...and I got the answer!!!!!
Nice one!!
I love it. I also love that title
that was a reallly good teaser i got it but i had to read it like three or four times
Good one!
Neat Riddle. Really liked it!
I got 3 of outta 4, mising the first word, Fun teaser!!! Thanks
great teaser....
For some reason, this was easy for me Nice teaser - thanks!
Way too easy! Didn't even have to think very long. Good written clue though. Thanks!
I think the 'female pig' gave it away. Nice teaser.
Good teaser, even if it was a tad easy. But I guess better too easy than too hard.
I agree with the most replys that it was very easy.My brain was looking for more of a challenge. Oh well,better luck tomorrow.
The opening 4 lines were confusing, but as soon as I got to the female pig, the whole answer fell into place easily!
So sow sow sew easy.
Once I got to "female pig" I quickly figured it out. Fairly easy, but really fun!
I am with most of the other commenters, it was pretty easy, but fun. Nicely written riddle.
Odd. Unique. A riddle with four answers, related in odd and different ways.
I don't know how I feel about this one. Is it truly ingenious and clever? I can't tell. I'll wait and see how I feel about it the next time it comes around.
I don't know how I feel about this one. Is it truly ingenious and clever? I can't tell. I'll wait and see how I feel about it the next time it comes around.
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. I got all of the words very quickly. It helped that the clues were cleverly well written.
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