How kirssy the tiler made a sweet unclose to the Narwhealian captol
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- kirtle: a woman's gown or outer petticoat; a man's tunic or mantle
- kirss: (Estonian) cherry (variations of ‘kirssy’ connect to the word for ‘cherry’ in many Germanic languages)
- tiler: a masonic doorkeeper → Jarl van Hoother as the doorkeeper of Howth Castle
- sweet: in Ireland, the phrase to follow suit is often pronounced to follow suite
- unclose → the Earl of Howth relents and opens – uncloses – the door of his castle
- narwhal: a type of whale with a large projecting, spiral tusk → the name is thought to be derived from the Danish for "corpse-whale", on account of its pallid colour
