Possible Clues:

• Small hole for rope
• A tape passes through it
• The whole of it is small, by the sound of it
• It is tiny place, but I am the landlord we hear
• One caught by hook, yet eel wriggles
• Small opening in shoe for lace
• Small hole through which a cord is passed
• Inspect obstruction in small opening
• A lace is passed through it
• Hole through which lace passes