[MR] Open Flames

[jbrmm266 at aol.com]

Red candle wax?

The popularity of coloured candles is, I'm pretty certain, a modernism.? Any images of candles I've seen in historical paintings or the like have been plain white or off-white (a la beeswax).? And not only are white or off-white?candles more accurate historically, they are a lot less messy.

Your servant aye
Donal


-----Original Message-----
From: chagankhulan at clan-whitewing.org
To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Sent: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 7:57 am
Subject: Re: [MR] Open Flames



Sorry Cairistiona,

   It's the way my brain is wired.  Lovely scene, creamy white table
clothes, red wax soaking into the cloth. Blast! Now I've got to get the
wax out!  Not my favorite chore and not always succesful, either. 
Multiply that by 50 to 75% of the tables...sigh...  I'll try to be more
positive.  I'll put a pretty plate under my candle and feel good that
my tablecloth won't need to be de-waxed...;-)

Chagan the incorrigible



> Chagan,
>
> What a lovely thought.  All of the tables will be covered for feast and we
> anticipate candle wax will drip on some of the cloths.
>
> Cairistiona
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <chagankhulan at clan-whitewing.org>
> To: "Michael Houghton" <herveus at gmail.com>
> Cc: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [MR] Open Flames
>
>
>>I would think the biggest issue with the candles - outside of site rules
>> -
>> would be who gets th job of de-waxing all those table cloths if candles
>> are in abundance!  That's a thankless task for some poor soul to get
>> stuck
>> with.
>> Perhaps folks should bring something to put under their candle holders
>> to
>> catch any wax drippings.  Just a thought.
>>
>> Chagan
>>
>>
>>
>>> Howdy!
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Debera <tovah814 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> If there are to be no flames allowed at the 12th Night Feast, please
>>>> be
>>>> so kind as to show me where it is written.
>>>
>>> The statement of site rules I just read did not ban open flames. It
>>> simply asked for restraint in the number of candles per table. If you
>>> were planning a candlestick of twenty candles, that would probably
>>> be overboard. A candle or five per table is probably no issue at
>>> all.
>>>
>>> yours,
>>> Herveus
>>>
>>> --
>>> Michael Houghton   | Herveus d'Ormonde
>>> herveus at gmail.com         | White Wolf and the Phoenix
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