School: St Peter's, Phibsboro
- Location:
- Phibsborough, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Ss. Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0799, Page 206
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- Parish of Killaney, Carrickmacross;-One old man in the above parish some 30 years ago was a skilled riddle maker and regularly sold his wares, layered riddles and corn riddles on the street in Carrickmacross.The riddles were made entirely of young ash: the sieve portion was made of thinly ribboned ash. The art of splitting the ash for this purpose was highly skilled one. To-day there is not a single riddle maker in the whole area of South Monaghan; the introduction of cheap American mass-produced riddles was responsible for the wiping out of the age old craft of riddle making.
- Collector
- Séamus Breathnach
- Gender
- Male
