Candles In Medieval Times

- During: The wax began dripping down the sides of the candle once the wick was lighted. The flame was blue at the bottom and ombred up to yellow at the top of the flame. The flame was jumpy and not steady.

They can be worked for protection, divination; banishing, purification, evoking and sprinkling a small pinch of corresponding herbs into the candle flame can give more power to your spell.

The daily life of a candle maker was like a peasants. The houses were not very sanitary and nice. They had dirt floors and used mud the way we use cement today. The food was bland and plain. They usually had small gardens that had little vegetables in them. Also, they couldn’t have livestock unless they had enough money which very few peasants had. Clothing was plain with little pattern.

A colonial chandler was a person who sold candles. Candles were the one of the only available light after sundown. Though, candles don’t provide enough light to read. Instead, people would engage

This article focuses on the Revolutionary period of Colonial Williamsburg when candles were a primary light source in homes. At this time in history there were four primary substances used in making candles, spermaceti, tallow, beeswax, and myrtle or bayberry wax. The three latter substances were produced in Virginia. Methods of making these candles and how they were shaped are described in the article.

Many shacks were built of cardboard, tin, wood and anything they could find. Skilled workers built themselves houses out of bricks or metal, but most people lived in hold in the ground or in boxes found in the trash.

By doing this, it set them back. Instead of being able to advance technology wise, they were stuck with candles all because they chose not to use light

Candles are a convenient way of providing light and heat when no electricity is available. They are normally made from paraffin wax with a wick in the middle. Candles can also be made from soy wax or other plant wax, animal fat or bee wax. Wax acts as a fuel to keep the candle burning. The wick has to be an absorbent twine with

Beeswax and resin were important for making weaponry. These bee by-products were used to fasten pieces of stone to wood. This would be achieved by heating the wax until it became a malleable liquid and would then be poured over the two materials and left to dry. Once dried, the honey would harden acting as a strong ‘glue’ to hold the material together to be used for hunting

Millhouse Candles has an article on their website with a timeline of candle history. “A Short History of Candles” outlines this history from 3000 BC to present. This outline is broken up into four periods, 3000 to 1 BC, 1 BC to 1500 AD, 1500 AD to 1799 AD, and 1800 AD to present. Each of these time periods contain facts about the cultures that were making candles, the materials used for the candles within the periods and a technological advancement for that time.

b) The candle could be a source of light since there wasn’t any electricity back then. In most houses there wasn’t many windows and if there was they were usually narrow due to the cold war.

The candles normally used are Biosun ear candles, which are made by hand today using the traditional recipe incorporating

Witchcraft in the 1400s going on to the 1700s gained massive popularity due to several factors. Some of these factors included hallucinogens contained in the “oyl” women used to anoint themselves, manipulating the hysteria and using it as a form of social control to make people conform to the norms of the society and lastly, using it to explain misfortunes that afflicted the people of the community and the neighboring ones.

A lava lamp (or Astro lamp) is a decorative novelty item, invented by British accountant Edward Craven-Walker in 1963. The lamp contains blobs of colored wax inside a glass vessel filled with clear liquid; the wax rises and falls as its density changes due to heating from an incandescent light bulb underneath the vessel. The appearance of the wax is suggestive of pāhoehoe lava, hence the name. The lamps are designed in a variety of styles and colours.

When Columbus got here in 1492 when they were on the ship they had seen a light. They described it as a a small wax candle