DREAMS.
ANIMALS.
463. To dream of cod or caplin is a sign of rain[TN-3]
_Newfoundland._
464. To dream of a good catch of fish is a sign of rain.
_Heart's Content, N.F._
465. To dream of catching fish is good luck.
_Prince Edward Island._
466. If you dream you catch fish, it is a sign you will make a good
bargain, according to the size of the fish.
467. To dream of catching a fish means money.
_Cape Breton._
468. To dream of flies means sickness.
_Massachusetts._
469. To dream of flies is good luck.
_Peabody, Mass._
470. To dream of lice is a sign of death.
_New Harbor, N.F._
471. To dream of lice is a sign of enemies.
_Topsail, N.F._
472. To dream of lice is a sign of "coming wealth."
_Alabama._
473. To dream of lice means sickness in the family.
_Ohio._
474. To dream of snakes means enemies.
_Cape Breton. General in the United States._
In some localities it is said if you kill the snake in your dream you
will conquer your enemies.
475. To dream of porpoises is bad luck.
_Labrador._
476. It is lucky to dream of pigs.
_Bruynswick, N.Y._
477. Dreaming of (or seeing) rats (numerous) is a sign of death.
_Heart's Content, N.F._
478. To dream of a rat is the sign of an enemy.
_Boston, Mass._
479. To dream of rats is a sign of thieves.
_Central Maine and Chestertown, Md._
480. It is a sign of bad news to dream about a white horse.
_Quebec._
481. To dream of a white horse three nights in succession is a sign of
the death of an elderly person.
_Central New York._
482. To dream of a white horse is a sign some one of the family will die
within a year.
_Maine._
483. To dream of three white colts is a sign of a young person dying.
_Central New York._
484. If you dream of a black horse, it is a sure sign of death.
_Peabody, Mass._
485. To dream of a black horse is a sign of a wedding; of a white horse
is a sign of a letter.
_Cape Breton._
486. To dream of a horse is a sign of a letter.
_Miramichi, N.B._
487. To dream of horses is a sign of wind.
_Topsail, N.F._
488. Dreaming of cows is a sign of a hostile, angry woman.
_Bay Roberts, N.F._
489. To dream of dogs and horses is a sign of good luck.
_St. John, N.B._
490. To dream of catching a bird is a sign of a letter.
_Cape Breton._
491. If you dream of a bird in a cage you will have trouble with your
beau.
_New England._
492. To dream of cats means enemies.
_Cape Breton._
493. To dream of a cat means an enemy. If in the dream you conquer the
cat, you will conquer the enemy.
_Miramichi, N.B._
COLORS.
494. To dream of white things is lucky (or sign of death?).
_Newfoundland._
495. Dreaming of white things is a sign of snow in summer.
_Labrador and Newfoundland._
496. Dreaming of working on white cloth is a sign of death.
_Newfoundland._
497. To dream of white or red is unlucky. To dream of black is lucky.
DEAD PERSONS.
498. To dream of a dead father is lucky.
_Labrador._
499. To dream of a dead mother is unlucky; it brings sorrow.
_Labrador._
500. To dream of the dead is a sign of hearing from the living.
_Topsail and New Harbor, N.F._
501. To dream of the dead is a sign of rain.
_New Harbor, N.F._
502. To dream of seeing a deceased friend means rain within a few days.
_Talladega, Ala._
503. To dream of a dead person means a letter next day.
_Northern Maine._
504. If you dream of the dead, you'll hear from the living.
_Prince Edward Island; General in the United States._
EARTH.
505. To dream of walking in a garden is a sign of a graveyard.
506. To dream of ploughed ground indicates that a grave will be dug for
some member of the family before the year ends.
_Western New York._
507. To dream of seeing fresh earth bodes misfortune.
_Northern Ohio._
508. To dream of digging ground, or white potatoes, is a sign of death.
_Harbor Grace, N.F._
509. To dream of seeing the ground unseasonably ploughed means death.
_Nova Scotia._
EGGS.
510. To dream of eggs means you will get a beating,[TN-4]
_Prince Edward Island._
511. Dreaming of eggs is a sign of anger; if broken, all over.
_New Harbor, N.F._
512. To dream of whole eggs is a sign of a "fuss;" of broken eggs is not.
_Chestertown, Md._
513. To dream of a nest full of eggs and a bird sitting on them means you
will receive something new.
_Cape Breton._
FIRE AND SMOKE.
514. It is bad luck to dream of fire.
_St. John, N.B._
515. To dream of fire portends sickness.
_Eastern Massachusetts._
516. If you dream of fire, it is a sign of trouble in the family.
_Alabama._
517. If you dream of fire, you'll have a row.
_Massachusetts._
518. To dream of fire is a sign of anger.
_Newfoundland and Labrador._
519. To dream of fire means hasty news. To dream of smoke means trouble.
_Miramichi, N.B._
520. Dream of flame out of season,
You will be angry without a reason.
521. If you dream about a large blaze of fire, you will get some money
unexpectedly.
_Alabama._
522. Dreaming of smoke indicates trouble.
_Alabama._
523. To dream of smoke means death.
_Wisconsin._
HUMAN BEINGS.
524. To dream of a baby is a sign of death.
525. To dream of babies is unlucky or is a sign of trouble.
_General in the United States._
526. To dream of carrying a child is unlucky.
527. It is bad luck or death to dream of naked clinging (climbing?)
children.
_Labrador and Newfoundland._
528. It is ill luck to dream of a priest.
_Central Maine._
529. If you dream of a negro, you will surely quarrel.
530. If you dream of being kissed by or being very intimate with a woman
friend, it means a disagreement.
531. If you dream of a person of the opposite sex three nights in
succession, you are sure to marry him.
_Alabama._
532. If you dream of a gentleman, you will never marry him.
_Bedford, Mass._
533. If you dream of a person as going two ways at once, it is a sign the
person dreamed of will die before the year is out.
_Boston, Mass._
534. To dream of a naked man is a sign of the death of a woman, and _vice
versa_.
_Baltimore, Md. (negro)._
535. To dream of a drunken husband or man is unlucky.
_Labrador._
536. To dream of men is lucky.
_Newfoundland._
537. To dream of women is unlucky.
_Bay Roberts, N.F._
METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA.
538. To dream of walking through snow means sickness.
_St. John, N.B._
539. To dream of a snowstorm is a sign of the speedy death of a relative.
_South Framingham, Mass._
540. To dream of snow in spring (May) is a sign of a good catch of fish.
_Trinity Bay, N.F._
541. If a fisherman dreams of its raining, it is a sign of a good catch
of fish.
_Green Harbor, N.F._
542. Anything dreamed "on the east wind," _i.e._, when the east wind is
blowing, will come true.
_Chestertown, Md. (negro)._
MONEY AND METALS.
543. To dream of silver money is a sign of sickness.
544. To dream of small change (money) is bad luck.
_Newfoundland._
545. To dream of gold or silver is good luck; of paper is bad.
_Boston, Mass._
546. If you dream of gold, it is a sign of an increase of property.
_Alabama._
TEETH.
547. To dream of teeth is unlucky.
_Eastern Massachusetts._
548. It is death or bad luck to dream of teeth falling out.
_Newfoundland and Northern Ohio._
549. To dream of losing a tooth means a death.
_Nova Scotia and Cape Breton._
550. To dream of pulling out your teeth means sickness.
_Eastern Massachusetts._
551. To dream of losing a tooth means losing a friend.
_Virginia._
552. If you dream of having a front tooth drop out, you will lose a near
relative within a year. If a back tooth, a distant relative.
WATER.
553. To dream of smooth water means good luck; of rough water means ill
luck.
_St. John, N.B._
554. Dreaming of running water means approaching death to the dreamer or
some near relative.
555. To dream of clear, sparkling water means good luck.
_Miramichi, N.B._
556. To dream of milky or roily water means death or disaster.
_Miramichi, N.B._
557. To dream of seeing muddy water signifies that you will have trouble.
_Alabama._
558. To dream of clear water means prosperity; of muddy water means
trouble.
_Boston, Mass._
559. To dream of washing is a sign of a move.
_Cape Breton and Wisconsin._
WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS.
560. To dream of marriage is a sign of a funeral.
_Topsail and Carbonear, Trinity Bay, N.F._
561. If you dream of a marriage, it is the sign of a death; and if you
dream of a death, it is the sign of a marriage.
_Alabama._
562. If you dream of a marriage, you will hear of a death next day.
_Talladega, Ala._
563. If you dream of a wedding, you will hear of the death of a friend in
that month.
_Pennsylvania._
564. To dream of a wedding means death.
_Mifflintown, Pa._
565. Dream on a piece of wedding cake. Write names on slips of paper and
pull them out. The one you pull twice is the one you will marry.
_Massachusetts._
566. Sleep on a piece of wedding cake, and the one you dream about will
be your future partner in life.
_New Brunswick._
567. Sleep on a piece of wedding cake, and if you have the same dream
three nights in succession, your dream will come to pass.
_New York._
568. To dream of a funeral means a wedding.
MISCELLANEOUS.
569. To dream of raw meat is a sign of ill luck.
570. To dream of eating meat is a sign of sickness.
_Boston._
571. To see while asleep fresh meats of any kind is a warning of death.
_Alabama._
572. To dream of blood is a sign of sickness.
_Alabama._
573. To dream of blood is a sign that some one will "scandalize" you.
_Baltimore, Md. (negro)._
574. To dream of onions is good.
575. To dream of flowers is a sign of sickness.
_Alabama._
576. To dream of
Fruit out of season,
Trouble without reason.
_Northern Ohio._
577. To dream of cherries is evil.
578. To dream of an anchor means good luck.
_St. John, N.B._
579. To dream on land of a vessel (with sails set?) is a sign of a
funeral.
_Labrador and Trinity Bay, N.F._
580. To dream of small beads or sewing silk is lucky.
_Labrador._
581. What you dream the first night you are in a strange house will come
true.
_General in the United States._
582. If you dream the first night you are in a strange bed, your dream
will come true. If the dream was of a sweetheart, you will be married.
_Trinity Bay and Bay Roberts, N.F._
583. To dream of losing the sole of your shoe indicates the death of a
near friend.
_Cape Breton._
584. To dream of seeing any one wear worn-out shoes means the death of a
near relative.
_Cape Breton._
585. To dream of a hole worn in a boot is a sign of being sick.
_Newfoundland._
586. To dream of bad boots is unlucky.
_Newfoundland._
587. Saturday night's dream, Sunday morning told,
Will come to pass before it's a week old.
_Maine and Massachusetts._
588. Saturday night dreamt,
Sunday morning told,
Sure to come true
Before a month old.
_Eastern Massachusetts._
589. Relate the dream before breakfast, and it will come true.
_General in the United States._
590. If you dream the same thing three times, it will come true.
591. Dreaming of handling new-made boards is a sign of a coffin. (A
carpenter's notion.)
_Heart's Content, N.F._
592. If you dream of seeing a boat drawn or sailing on land, it is a sign
of death.
_Cape Breton._
593. If you dream that you see an empty coffin, you will see it filled
within a year.
594. To dream of dough in a bread pan is the sign of a coffin.
_New Brunswick._
595. To dream of dough in a black pan is a sign of a corpse.
_Miramichi, N.B._
596. To dream of bread is good luck.
_Boston, Mass._
597. To dream of going in a carriage means you'll travel with a friend.
_Cape Breton._
598. Pick up a stone in a strange place and put it under the pillow for
three nights. If you dream, it will come true.
_Newfoundland._
599. To dream of being in a new house is a sign of death.
_Harbor Grace, N.F._
600. Place the heel of one shoe against the instep of the other three
nights in a row, and you will dream of your future husband.
_Franklin, Mass._
601. To dream that your sweetheart has the ague means that he loves you.
602. To dream you are a fool is good luck and increase of wealth.
603. Dreaming of persons being sick is a sign of being well.
_Newfoundland and New Hampshire._
604. To dream of a death is a sign of life.
605. To dream of the devil is a sign of good luck.
_Trinity Bay, N.F._
606. To dream you cry means you will laugh.
_Boston, Mass._
607. Dreams go by contraries.
_General in the United States._