From d353fe89af5a38cebe307a1a5ba656fd553d0fec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adedapo Adeniran <41041115+Brainydaps@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 21:23:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Enhance instructions with a clue for proverb pattern

Added a clue to help understand the proverb pattern and edge cases.
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 exercises/practice/proverb/.docs/instructions.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/exercises/practice/proverb/.docs/instructions.md b/exercises/practice/proverb/.docs/instructions.md
index f6fb859325..4022dec812 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/proverb/.docs/instructions.md
+++ b/exercises/practice/proverb/.docs/instructions.md
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ And all for the want of a nail.
 
 Note that the list of inputs may vary; your solution should be able to handle lists of arbitrary length and content.
 No line of the output text should be a static, unchanging string; all should vary according to the input given.
+
+Clue: this proverb follows a specific pattern, look very closely at the poem to understand how each item in the string[] array "list" follows each other. You might need to fail the test first to understand the pattern and for edge cases (like zero input and single string input) incase you are not familiar with the proverb.