candles

     

A canle is a light source, and sometimes a heat source, consisting of a solid block of fuel and an embedded wick.

Trivia about candles

  • If you push each of these birthday items into a marshmallow, wax won't drip onto the cake
  • Prue made these out of beeswax & bayberry wax as well as tallow
  • Scent these by adding pieces of mint or a few drops of essential oil to the melted wax before molding
  • Kwanzaa's kinara holds 7 of these; a menorah holds 8
  • It dates back to 3000 B.C., when it was made with beeswax; by the middle ages tallow ones were in wide use
  • In the '90s home fires caused by these nearly doubled, with almost half of them starting in the bedroom
  • The Waxhouse/Scentmasters sells starter kits for making these; they contain wax, scenting oil & plenty of wick
  • A chandler may wax philosophic about making these items
  • Chandeliers look great but nowadays don't usually use these items from which their name is derived
  • A chandler is someone who makes these illuminating items
  • Crossbows were stored in the balistraria & these were stored in the chandlery
  • Goya liked to paint at night, so he wore a hat rimmed with these
  • They're what a chandler makes & sells