Miller wrote: “Alum seen in a dream, portends frustration of well laid plans.”
The historical account
These are the authors’ historical interpretations. Their forecasts and period judgments are preserved as source material, not as predictions or established meanings for your dream.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Alum · Heading 74; source lines 2361–2370 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Alum seen in a dream, portends frustration of well laid plans. To taste alum, denotes secret remorse over some evil work by you upon some innocent person.
For a woman to dream of quantities of alum, foretells disappointment in her marriage and loss of affection.
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