Yes that's right Sorch, tallow dips for the plebs and beeswax for the posh 'ens, until the coming of paraffin wax - which is nothing to do with paraffin oil. I used to make candles quite a few years ago, but I avoided the use of tallow following visits to York Castle Museum where they have an old tallow boiler. The relevant picture is lower down where there are 'tallow candles hanging down'.