Peggy's Leg....?

abelard · 13-07-2008 2:32pm #1

Maybe one for the slightly more mature enjoyer of confection this, but....

Peggy's Legs have been referenced in that ad for AIB (or some bank) recently, so....what exactly was a peggy's leg?

Wikipedia knows nothing, nor does google (though Peggy's Leg was apparently a band too...), so can anyone here remember?

13-07-2008 2:43pm

Weren't they those rock sticks?

Catari Jaguar · 13-07-2008 3:59pm

Another favourite sweet in Ireland was called "Peggy's Leg" which was a stick of boiled sweet something similar to the sticks of rock sold at seaside ...

There ya go!

Archeron · 13-07-2008 4:59pm

They were also really horrible and were usually odd shapes. I suspected that they were actually just sticks of rock that had gone wrong, so they gave them a different name so they could sell them.

As they were always sold at the beach, my over riding memory is that they always had sand on them. Blech.

Hagar · 13-07-2008 5:02pm

They were definitely not rock gone wrong.
AFAIR They were caramel flavoured and coloured as opposed to white/red and minty flavoured.

dogmatix · 14-07-2008 6:23pm

And they where really sticky - the closet thing to edible super glue a kid could get his teeth around, am I right in remembering that?

Archeron · 14-07-2008 6:48pm

Hagar wrote: »

They were definitely not rock gone wrong.
AFAIR They were caramel flavoured and coloured as opposed to white/red and minty flavoured.

Please don't say my parents have been lying to me and my lifelong hatred of Peggy's legs has been misguided!!! Wars have started for less.

Raven_k42 · 17-07-2008 10:05pm

I remember them too....all the old corner shops had them....small sticks of rock in an insipid skin/caramel colour

K

Dizzyblonde · 24-07-2008 10:50am

They always seemed stale for some reason - I think because I expected them to be crisper.

sweetiepye · 06-10-2011 9:26am

Does anybody know who originally made peggys leg

Sooopie · 12-10-2011 3:17pm

my granny used to buy me these!

like a crumbly rock!

MacOwen · 21-01-2012 5:21am

ye should google mollys mixtures. i got great sweets and they are v reasonable too!!

iCailin · 05-06-2012 9:37pm

Peggys Leg is back! Bought some on return to UK and forced my kids to eat them telling them of my 70s memories! 1 euro in Wrights of howth in the airport. Some were like chalky and some were like seaside rock, all carmel and peppermint...same as the old days except longer. Think a place in Athlone has resurrected them.

iCailin · 05-06-2012 9:39pm

oh and they had "Peggy's Leg That Never Wore a Garter" on them!

Peggy's Leg....?

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