A rushlight, also known as a rush dip or candle, was made by dipping the pithy centre of a rush into kitchen grease. In summer children and adults picked rushes, the bigger the better, and …

Jul 2, 2022 · The most commonly used alternative to torches was probably the rushlight, more on how rushlights worked and how they were made in my article here. The rushlight had several …

From the time of the Roman Conquest in Britain till the 19th century, rushlights have been used as additional illumination to the hearth fire, particularly for the poor. Rushlights used in this form of …

rushlight, stem of a rush, stripped of most of its tough outer fibre to expose the pith, which is then dipped in melted fat and used as a taper for illumination. The rushlight is dipped only once or a …

What is a Rushlight? A rushlight is a long, thin, tallow candle with a grease-saturated rush serving as a fuel reservoir and wick. The rushlight cannot be burned upright because it would burn too …

Readers of Shakespeare and Milton, of Scott and Dickens, of Charlotte Bronte and other writers, are probably familiar with the rushlight of English literature, but few of them perhaps have any …

May 22, 2013 · According to one historian, rush lights are “the oldest candle-like device to continue in use unchanged well into the nineteenth century.” This rush light was found in …

In the summer, when the common rushes of marshy ground were at their full growth, they were collected by women and children. The rush is of very simple structure, white pith inside and a …

Oct 16, 2019 · Rushlights were apparently used both in the Roman and medieval worlds, and experienced a resurgence in post-medieval England when a candle tax was imposed, from …

May 8, 2020 · Rushlights were made from rushes, typically common rushes or juncus effusus. They were widely used in Britain from the Middle Ages into the 19th century, but the use of …

The rushlight is another early lighting devices that used a flame. Rushlights were made from the pith of cat-o’-nine-tails and other reeds that were peeled, dried, and then soaked in fat or grease.

A rushlight is a type of candle or miniature torch formed by soaking the dried pith of the rush plant in fat or grease. For several centuries, rushlights were a common source of artificial light for …

Rushlights are one of the earliest forms of lighting in the 18th century. Since one can still find them for sale at auctions and antique shows, one would think that rushlighting was a common form …

Feb 4, 2021 · A rushlight, on the other hand, is a rush wick dipped only once into waste animal fat or leftover cooking grease. Rushlights were the poor man’s candle because real candles were …