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with tinkersin a little railway station in the Westof Ireland.Its main features,however,are entirely fictitious.  \nThe scene is laid in the waiting-roomof a tiny station in the West of Ireland.A passenger travelling from London tospend Christmas at home,finds whatthreatened to be a long,dreary waitturned into an exciting adventure,thanks to the arrival of a family oftinkers:a masterful mother,a gentle,beautiful daughter with her baby andlittle boy,a blind old grandfather andtwo strapping young sons,great judgesof horseflesh and fitting descendants ofa long line of fighting stock.Theaction of the play moves in a swift suc-cession of humour,pathos and tragedy,showing how a\"tinker's curse\"camehome to roost as the result of a squabbleabout a candle.  \nPrice 1/-net  \n79647  \n## One-Act Plays No.I2\n\nTHE CANDLE  \n## The Candle\n\nBASED ON A STORY BYTERESA GEOGHEGAN  \nFIRST PUBLISHED BY FREDERICK MULLER LTD.IN 1937  \nPRINTED IN GREAT BRITAINBY BUTLER &TANNER LTD.FROME &LONDON  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