The Legend
of Bayberry...
"A
Bayberry
candle burnt to
the socket
puts
luck
in the home,
food
in
the larder,
and
gold
in the pocket."
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True Bayberry Candles
6" Boxed Pair - $8.95
8" Boxed Pair - $10.95
Why not
give a loved one or friend the gift of a bayberry candle
and
share a centuries old tradition of that wonderful
holiday scent
and the wish of Good Fortune, Health and Prosperity.
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We carry genuine
bayberry candles made from the wax of the berries of the Bayberry shrub.
Bayberry candles and the traditions we associate with them
began during colonial times. When colonists and early
settlers boiled the fruit from the waxy grey "berry" of the
hearty native "Bay" Berry shrubs along the Eastern Coast,
they found it left a fragrant wax on top of the water.
Better still, the bayberry wax was harder and more brittle
than the beeswax they were using.
Although making bayberry candles was considerably more
effort, the colonists discovered that they burned longer and
cleaner, with a brighter light than other candles. Because
they took so much effort to make, many families saved them
for special occasions, such as Christmas and New Year's Eve.
Eventually, burning bayberry candles on Christmas Eve and
New Year's Eve became tradition, and even inspired the
saying, “Bayberry candles burned to the socket, puts luck in
the home, food in the larder, and gold in the pocket."
Another tradition was for sweethearts who were separated
on Christmas to burn bayberry candles; legend said that the
couple would be united by the candles' lovely scent.
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