There was a Young Girl of Majorca*,
Whose aunt was a very fast walker;
She walked seventy miles,
And leaped fifteen stiles**,
Which astonished that Girl of Majorca.
-Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 101
*Majorca, more commonly spelled as Mallorca, is an island in the Mediterranean Sea, and a part of Spain.
**Stile: A means of allowing people to go through barriers such as fences and walls, while preventing livestock such as sheep and cattle from passing through.
Whose aunt was a very fast walker;
She walked seventy miles,
And leaped fifteen stiles**,
Which astonished that Girl of Majorca.
-Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 101
*Majorca, more commonly spelled as Mallorca, is an island in the Mediterranean Sea, and a part of Spain.
**Stile: A means of allowing people to go through barriers such as fences and walls, while preventing livestock such as sheep and cattle from passing through.
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