caitriona.net : a photoblog by caitriona butler

in dublin they call it a parer or a sharpener. in waterford it's a topper. because it's used to top pencils of course! but waterford children will often say they want to 'topper' their pencil, in which case they'll ask for a loan of your topperer.
the photo is not of any of these things. it's of pencil shavings.