An unusual Scottish West Coast Isles crofters peerman on original driftwood base pine base.C1800 Peermans were devices for holding long slender splintsof wood (1-3 feet long) from moss fallen or bog-sunken fir trees. These splints were naturally rich in aromatic resins are were left to dry before burning them. The splints were held between the jaws of the Peerman and then ignited.