Edinburgh
What she had found are called "Courting Candles." And these were used by the fathers of girls who were courting in the Colonial days & early 1800s. It was sort of a 'timer' for the courting couple, the young suitor could stay until the candle touched the top of the holder...
If the dad LIKED the young suitor, he would put a long candle in the holder & screw it all the way up to the top - w/the maximum amount of candle showing. That way, the young man could stay the whole time the candle burned. If the father DIDN'T like the young 
man, he would use a shorter candle w/the holder screwed either further down or (YIKES!) ALL the way down &, once again, the young man would have to leave when the top of the candle burned down to the holder.
man, he would use a shorter candle w/the holder screwed either further down or (YIKES!) ALL the way down &, once again, the young man would have to leave when the top of the candle burned down to the holder. I'm sure every young man hoped to see a long candle screwed all the way up!
There's your history lesson for the day! :-)
Blessings from Ohio...Kim<><
My mom has a candle holder like this and I never knew the history behind it. I will have to share this with her! when I was little, I like to raise and lower the candle!
ReplyDeletehow precious!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat post Kim. I have a set of courting candles and just love them.
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Gail
Hi, Kim! Thank you so much for sharing with me the history of this candleholder. I had heard of a courting candle before, but I guess I never realized what one looked like. This makes me like the candleholder I have even BETTER!! Thanks again! Karen
ReplyDeleteHow NEAT! I never knew that. So dad's still had their way of controlling the young man's time in that day. "Candle Curfew!" Thanks for that interesting post. :-)
ReplyDeleteWe have one of those courting candles too. It is so much fun to explain it to the kids and threaten it's use. :) I think we purchased ours from Lehman's a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteLove the new look, Kim! And thanks for the history on the courting candle!
ReplyDeleteThat is very interesting. I had no idea!
ReplyDeleteI saw Karen's post and came over to read about the candle holder. That is so interesting! I had never heard of a courting candle before. Thank you for sharing about it.
ReplyDeleteoh Kim, love the new layout! Gorgeous!
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