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_ABROAD._--(Dreamer going or gone) An early journey.
_ACCIDENT._--(being the victim of one) Business deal impending requires
great caution.
_ACCIDENT._--(to a friend or relative) A letter from him or her
conveying good news.
_ANCHOR._--A voyage across the sea: (in water) a disappointment: (if a
girl dreams) a sailor will fall in love with her.
_ANGER._--To dream of being angry with anyone means that that person is
a true friend.
_ANIMALS._--As a rule, luck; (domestic animals) speedy return of absent
friends, family reconciliation: (wild animals) secret enemies.
_APPLES._--Long life: (to a woman) many years and many children.
_ARROW._--A letter has been written which will cause regret.
_AXE._--A way will present itself soon to attain a much desired end.
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_BALL._--(Game) Money coming soon. (Rolling ball) an unexpected gift of
money which will be soon spent.
_BALLROOM._--(Dancing with a dear friend) Marriage to him or her.
_BANANAS._--A piece of good luck coming.
_BAND._--(Musical) A lucky speculation or business deal.
_BAREFOOT._--A successful speculation or bargain.
_BARREL._--(Full) Money coming quickly.
_BATH._--Health and long life: (if dreamer is a young girl) early
marriage to present lover.
_BATTLE._--(By girl) Will shortly fall in love; (by a soldier)
promotion.
_BEAR._--(Chasing the dreamer) Victory of an enemy: (bear running from
dreamer) victory over an enemy.
_BEES._--Steady pursuit of object in view will bring success.
_BEGGARS._--To dream of beggars is a fortunate sign to lovers and
business people.
_BLIND._--To dream of being blind is a very lucky sign; to see a blind
person is a warning of danger.
_BLOOD._--To see blood means great riches, an inheritance.
_BOAT._--The arrival of a dear friend.
_BOUQUET._--To receive one means much pleasure; to give one, constancy
of a lover or friend.
_BRACELET._--Good luck and fortune coming.
_BROTHER._--Seeing dead brothers or sisters in a dream is a sign of
long life.
_BULLDOG._--A good omen in love or business.
_BURIAL._--To dream of being buried means that wealth is coming--"as
much wealth as earth laid over you."
_BURNING._--(Houses, etc.) Riches and prosperity.
_BUYING._--Happiness and contentment, a legacy.
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_CAGE._--(Birds in) Early fortunate marriage; (empty) friends or lovers
will go away.
_CAKES._--To dream of any kind of cakes is a good omen.
_CANARY._--(Singing) Marriage and a charming house.
_CARDS._--(Playing at) Speedy marriage.
_CATHEDRAL._--Prosperity and fortune.
_CEMETERY._--An omen of prosperity.
_CHAIR._--An increase in the family.
_CHERRIES._--Good news, pleasure and enjoyment.
_CHILDREN._--Lucky omen: increase in wealth.
_CHIMNEY._--Good luck, the higher the better.
_CHRISTENING._--Good fortune approaching.
_COCK CROWING._--Great prosperity.
_COINS._--(Copper) Good fortune; (silver) worry; (gold) commercial
troubles.
_COLD._--Friends will be kind to you.
_CORNFIELD._--Health, wealth and pleasant times.
_COWS._--Prosperity, the more the better.
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_DAFFODILS._--Pleasure and amusement in abundance.
_DAGGER._--A friend will confer a favor.
_DEAD._--To dream of oneself as dead is a good and auspicious sign of
long life and success.
_DEATH OF A FRIEND._--Arrival of good news.
_DIGGING._--Good luck with perseverance.
_DOCKS._--Good news from abroad.
_DOG._--As a rule, a favorable sign; (Dog barking) somebody is trying
to do you an ill turn; (Dogs fighting) serious quarrel between two
friends of the dreamer.
_DONKEY._--Lucky omen, usually a legacy.
_DOVES._--Success, especially to lovers. To the married, they denote a
pleasure in store.
_DROWNING._--(Either the dreamer or another person.) Success, joy,
prosperity.
_DUCKS._--Increased prosperity and happiness.
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_EAGLE._--Success in a new place.
_EARS._--A pleasant letter from a friend.
_EATING._--(Dreamer eating) ill luck; (seeing others eat) good luck.
_ECHO._--Sickness either of dreamer or relations.
_EGGS._--Good luck, money, success; (eggs broken) failure and loss.
_ELM TREE._--A good turn offered by a male relative.
_ELOPEMENT._--Sign of a speedy marriage.
_EMERALD._--A sign of good luck and happiness.
_EMPTINESS._--Always a bad sign in a dream.
_ENGAGEMENT._--(To dream of being engaged to a handsome person) Great
pleasure in store; (to a plain person) worry and trouble.
_EYES._--In general a sign of good luck, and the prettier the eyes the
better. To dream of someone with a defect of the eyes signifies minor
misfortunes.
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_FACES._--(Smiling) Happy times with friends; (pale and gloomy) trouble
and poverty; (changing faces) a removal; (washing own face) repentance
for sin; (own face in glass) long-cherished secret plan will fail.
_FAIRY._--All dreams of fairies are good omens--success and riches.
_FALLING._--Indicates some misfortune.
_FAN._--Quarrels, a rival in love.
_FARMYARD._--Good fortune coming; comfort and happiness.
_FEATHERS._--(White) Success and riches; (black) loss and failure.
_FENCE._--(Climbing) A sudden rise in life.
_FIELDS._--(Green) Prosperity, a happy marriage, handsome children;
(clover, barley, wheat, etc.) great prosperity and happiness.
_FIGS._--A good dream, joy and pleasure; (if a woman dreams) happy
marriage and many children.
_FLEET._--(At sea) Realization of cherished hopes.
_FLOATING._--To dream of floating on water is a good and lucky sign.
_FLOODS._--Success after triumphing over difficulties.
_FLOUR._--Death of a relative bringing a legacy.
_FLOWERS._--Prosperity.
_FLY._--(Swarm of flies) Rivals and jealous persons are spreading
scandal.
_FLYING._--(Without wings) Success in love and business; (if ended by
a fall) failure in attaining object; (with wings) bad omen--frustrated
ambition.
_FOG._--Bad dream--business losses.
_FOREIGN._--(Country) Success and prosperity at home.
_FOREST._--Trouble and losses through rivals.
_FORK._--A warning of imminent danger.
_FOUNTAIN._--(Playing) Good luck, happy times and laughter.
_FOX._--Trouble through secret enemy; (killing one) good luck.
_FRIENDS._--(Absence of) Speedy return; (death of) good news; (illness)
bad news; (in good health) their prosperity.
_FROGS._--Beware of flatterers and pessimists.
_FROST._--Success through aid of friends.
_FRUIT._--Usually a good dream, according to kind of fruit; (dreamer
eating or throwing away fruit) bad sign.
_FUNERAL._--A legacy or a rich marriage.
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_GAS._--Minor discomforts and annoyances.
_GATE._--An obstacle to success will suddenly disappear.
_GEESE._--Happiness, success; (to hear geese cackling) a profitable
business deal will be quickly concluded.
_GEMS._--Usually an unfortunate omen.
_GHOSTS._--To dream of ghosts is invariably the presage of misfortune.
_GIANT._--Good fortune, success in business or love.
_GIFTS._--(Receiving) Good fortune coming.
_GYPSIES._--A profitless voyage to many strange countries.
_GLASS._--To dream of anything made of glass refers to women;
(receiving glass of water) birth in the family.
_GLOVES._--Usually bad luck; (gloves on hands) honor and safety;
(losing gloves) loss in business.
_GOAT._--Bad luck, some misfortune, especially unlucky to sailors;
(white goat) a profitable venture; (many goats) an inheritance.
_GOD._--A good dream--health and happiness.
_GOLD._--Omen of loss and bad luck: (dreamer finding gold) a sign
that he will be robbed; (dreamer paying out gold) a sign that he will
increase the number of his friends.
_GOOSEBERRIES._--Time and trouble spent only for the benefit of others.
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_HAIR._--Riches and fine clothes; (hair falling over face) a coming
event will cause displeasure; (having hair cut) losses in business;
(becoming bald) great danger.
_HAMMER._--Triumph over difficulties.
_HAMMOCK._--Loss of something that is prized.
_HAPPINESS._--A presage of doubt and difficulty.
_HARE._--(Alive) Friendship: (dead) good luck: (hare running) a lengthy
journey.
_HARVEST._--Hopes will not come to fruition.
_HAT._--(New) A small success: (blown off or damaged) losses.
_HATCHET._--A solution near to existing difficulties.
_HAWK._--A happy omen--success in life.
_HAY._--Good luck: (dreamer cutting hay) troubles and sorrow.
_HAZEL NUT._--(Eating) Troubles and discord.
_HEAD._--Good omen--health and money.
_HORSESHOE._--(Seeing one) A journey: (finding one) great good lock.
_HOSPITAL._--Misery, poverty, wounds.
_HOUSE._--Good luck: (dreamer building house) unlucky dream, signifying
loss and sickness.
_HUNCHBACK._--A troubled life, with many ups and downs.
_HUNGER._--To dream of being hungry is a fortunate omen, foretelling
that the dreamer, by industry and enterprise, will grow rich.
_HUNTING._--(Dreamer returning from a hunt) A fortunate dream: (dreamer
going hunting) frustrated hopes and disappointment.
_HUSBAND._--For a woman to dream of her husband is not a very favorable
dream, usually foretelling discord and deceit: for an unmarried girl to
dream that she has a husband is a very bad omen.
_HYMNS._--Singing hymns in a dream foretells sickness to the dreamer:
(hearing hymns sung) consolation in troubles.
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_IRON._--A profitable bargain: (red-hot) sorrows: (burnt with same)
dreamer will receive some personal injury.
_ISLAND._--For a woman to dream of an island forebodes desertion by
husband or lover.
_ITCH._--A sign of good luck.
_IVORY._--To dream of anything made of ivory is a sign that the dreamer
will suffer from fraud and deception.
_IVY._--True friends will present themselves.
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_JEWELS._--To dream of jewelry of any kind is always a bad sign; love
troubles or business dangers.
_JOCKEY._--(On horseback) A successful speculation or bet.
_JOLLITY._--To dream of jollity and fun by night is good for those
about to marry: to the poor a sign of good: to the rich a sign of
trouble and loss. See "Merry."
_JOURNEY._--(Making one) Peace and contentment at home.
_JUDGE._--A bad dream: beware of slander and malice.
_JUG._--(Drinking from one) Robust health and wholesome pleasures.
_JUMP._--To dream of jumping is unpropitious, foretelling obstacles
that prevent fulfillment of a desire.
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_KANGAROO._--A secret and powerful enemy or rival.
_KENNEL._--An invitation to visit a male friend.
_KETTLE._--(Black) An ill omen, death: (copper) lucky dream.
_KEY._--Receipt of money: (for young people) a good and handsome
partner in life: (holding a key) settlement of business perplexities:
(lost key) anger, worry, want.
_KILL._--(Dreamer killing a man) Assured happiness: (dreamer being
killed) loss to the dream-adversary.
_KING._--(Seeing oneself as a King) Warning to beware of flatterers and
of self-conceit.
_KISS._--Beware of treachery and deceit: (kissing hand of somebody)
friendship and good fortune: (kissing a stranger's hand) a journey.
_KITCHEN._--Success, advancement in life.
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_LAMP._--(Lit) Trouble, not serious.
_LANTERN._--Success: (to see light extinguished or darkened) sadness,
sickness, poverty.
_LARK._--Good luck: improvement in finances.
_LAUGHTER._--Presages difficult circumstances.
_LAVENDER._--(To smell or to see it growing) Good luck.
_LAWN._--(Looking at) Good health and prosperity: (running on) worry
and annoyance.
_LAWYER._--Trouble, quarrels, expenses, losses.
_LEAD._--An inheritance or legacy from beloved friend.
_LEAF._--(To dream of being covered with leaves) Difficulties will
prove to be only temporary: (faded leaves) disappointed hopes.
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_MAGPIE._--A bad sign; back-biting and scandal by a false friend.
_MAN._--For a young girl to dream about a man is a warning against
gossip and gossipers.
_MANURE._--Financial gain: good crops.
_MAP._--News or visit from a friend abroad.
_MARBLE._--An inheritance.
_MARRIAGE._--To dream that one marries is a bad, unhappy sign.
_MASS._--(Attending Mass) Happiness and health.
_MAST._--To dream of tall, towering masts is a sign of prosperity.
_MATCHES._--An increase in wealth.
_MAYOR._--An elevation to place of dignity and respect.
_MEADOW._--A lucky bargain, comfort, and prosperity.
_MELANCHOLY._--A presage of mirth and happiness.
_MENAGERIE._--Enemies will fail to injure: friends will be true.
_MENDING._--(Clothes, etc.) Unhappiness, submission to others.
_MERMAID._--Bad luck and misfortune, especially to sailors and those
who live by the sea.
_MERRY._--(Being) A presage of sadness and gloom.
_MESSAGE._--(Receiving one) An advance in life.
_MIDWIFE._--An increase in the family.
_MILK._--A sign of peaceful circumstances; often means an increase in
family: (spilling) loss in business.
_MINCE PIES._--(Making) Good luck, a valuable present; (eating) good
news.
_MINT._--An improvement in health.
_MIRROR._--(Married folk dreaming) Children: (young people)
sweethearts: (seeing own face) failure of cherished project.
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_NEEDLE._--Love or family quarrels: (unable to thread needle) baseless
suspicions causing trouble.
_NEGRO._--Unlucky: a warning of trouble.
_NEST._--A good omen: fortunate love: happy family life.
_NETTLES._--(Stung by them) Sign that the dreamer will make a bold
effort to reach a desired end or gain a desired object; for young
people to dream thus is a sign that they are in love and wishful to
enter the unknown and, possibly, unhappy state of matrimony.
_NEWSPAPERS._--(Reading them) A presage of news from a foreign country.
_NIGHT._--To dream of night presages sadness and gloom.
_NIGHTINGALE._--(Hearing nightingales sing) Joyfulness, success in
business, good crops, a happy marriage to a good and faithful mate:
(for a married woman to dream) she will have children who will become
great singers.
_NIGHTMARE._--To dream of having a nightmare is a sign that the dreamer
will be immediately married, and (if a man) his wife will turn out a
shrew.
_NINE._--To see objects or persons to the number of nine intensifies or
multiplies the effect, nine being the superlative of superlatives.
_NOISE._--Hearing loud, discordant noises, particularly if their source
is not apparent, is a bad omen.
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_PEARLS._--Weeping and tears, hard times, worry, and treason.
_PEARS._--(Gathering them) Pleasant companionship and enjoyment:
(eating them) sickness and possibly death.
_PEAS._--(Seeing them growing) Fortunate enterprises: (cooked) good and
speedy success and enjoyment of well-gained riches.
_PEBBLES._--Sorrows and troubles: (young woman dreams) she will be made
unhappy by attractive rivals.
_PEDDLER._--Beware of false friends.
_PEN._--Avoid a friend whose example and advice are bad.
_PERFUME._--An augury of success and happiness.
_PERSPIRATION._--To dream of being bathed in perspiration foretells the
inception of some arduous task which will be successfully achieved.
_PETTICOAT._--A bad dream portending troubles caused by frivolity, to a
man: and to a woman vexations through vanity and pride.
_PIANO._--(Playing or seeing another play) The death of relations,
funeral obsequies.
_PIG._--Good luck, reasonable success in affairs.
_PICTURE._--To dream of painting pictures denotes that you will engage
in some unremunerative, albeit not unpleasant, enterprise.
_PIGEON._--Domestic peace and comfort, success in exterior affairs.
Wild pigeons signify dissolute women: tame pigeons, honest women and
wives.
_PINE-TREE._--Continual happiness and vigorous old age.
_PINS._--Differences and quarrels in families.
_PIT._--(Falling in) Disappointment in love, misfortunes, danger:
(being in, but climbing out) a difficulty overcome.
_PLOUGH._--A good omen in love, courtship and marriage, though the good
may be rather slow in coming.
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_RABBIT._--(White) Success: (black) worry.
_RACE._--To see oneself winning a race is a good omen, except to sick
persons.
_RACES._--Bad luck: losses by trickery and swindling of low persons.
_RAGS._--(Being dressed in) Success and prosperity after much striving.
_RAILWAY._--A journey: (accident) a break in friendship.
_RAIN._--A lucky omen: an inheritance, prosperity, good crops: (heavy
storm) troubles and difficulties.
_RAINBOW._--Change of residence or manner of life: (if seen on the
right hand) a change for the better: (if on the left) an "Irishman's
rise."
_RAT._--Treachery from inferiors: (white rat) good fortune.
_RAVEN._--Bad luck to the business man, disappointment to the lover,
separation to the married.
_RAZOR._--An unhappy portent: love quarrels.
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_SNAKE, SERPENT._--Bad luck, sickness, short life.
_SNOW._--Success, money, plentiful harvest: (eating snow) the dreamer
will soon undertake a difficult journey: (lost in snow) hostilities of
enemies.
_SOAP._--A way out of pressing difficulties will present itself.
_SOWING._--An indication of doubtful enterprises.
_SPADE._--To dream of using a spade is a sign that the dreamer will
commit indiscretions which he will endeavor to hide.
_SPARROW._--Troubles: (many) an early journey: (sparrow struggling to
escape) a foreboding of mischief.
_SPECTACLES._--Be on guard against persons trying to deceive.
_SPECTRE._--An omen of misfortune and disaster.
_SPIDER._--Good luck, successful schemes: (killing one) a very bad omen.
_SPINNING._--Worry and trouble in which strangers are mixed.
_STABLE._--Prepare for the visit of a true friend.
_STAIN._--(To dream of rubbing out stains which reappear) Retribution
and punishment for sin.
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_TABLE._--(Sitting at) A sign of comfort and prosperity, a happy
marriage.
_TEA._--Trouble that will cause sleeplessness and bad health.
_TEAR._--To dream of tearing paper while reading is a sign that
business perplexities will be smoothed away.
_TEARS._--A presage of great joy and merriment.
_TEETH._--In a dream teeth denote relatives, the two front teeth
representing children, brothers or sisters, and others are distant
relations. Losing a tooth is a sign of death of a relative: the loss of
all in any way means that the dreamer will outlive all his family.
_THIEVES._--A warning against gossipers and tattlers.
_THIMBLE._--The loss of employment.
_THREAD._--Beware of intrigues: (breaking) poverty: (entangling the
thread of a spool or skein) difficulties, perplexities, business
troubles.
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_WALK._--(Alone and slowly) A sign of poverty and sadness: (fast)
success in a desired object: (through fire) danger: (on water or on
the sea) bad luck: (with somebody else) enjoyment of comfort and
companionship: (girl to walk with her lover) a comfortable and happy
marriage.
_WALL._--Many obstacles in realizing a future plan: (climbing over or
destroying) obstacles successfully surmounted: (jumping over) joy and
happiness.
_WASH._--(Body) Release from anxieties: (clothes) a presage of hard and
unrequited toil for others.
_WASPS._--Vexation and troubles caused by envious persons.
_WATCH._--Gains, money, prosperity.
_WATER._--(Clear) Comfort and happiness: (dirty) sorrow and trouble:
(stagnant) severe illness, probably ending with death: (very cold)
beware of enemies: (hot) illness: (seeing in improbable places
or circumstances) trouble and danger: (dried up or disturbed) an
improvement in affairs: (gushing up from below) a sign of unsuspected
enemies: (carrying it in a sieve or other unlikely receptacle without
spilling) much domestic trouble, disappointment, great losses: (another
person doing so) good luck to the dreamer or to that person, or good
luck to the dreamer in connection with that person: (drinking clear
water) a lucky sign, comfort and satisfaction.