Miller wrote: “Dreams of seeing apricots growing, denote that the future, though seemingly rosy hued, holds masked…” Compare 4 historical dream books.
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Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Apricot · Heading 100; source lines 2636–2647 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Dreams of seeing apricots growing, denote that the future, though seemingly rosy hued, holds masked bitterness and sorrow for you.
To eat them signifies the near approach of calamitous influences. If others eat them, your surroundings will be unpleasant and disagreeable to your fancies. A friend says: “Apricots denote that you have been wasting time over trifles or small things of no value.”
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Apricots · Heading 30; source line 1108 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Content, health, and pleasure, if in season; if otherwise, vain hopes, bad fortune.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Apricots · Dream section, heading 22; source lines 183–184 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of apricots, denotes health and prosperity, a speedy marriage, dutiful children and success in love.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Apricots · Dream section, heading 19; source lines 3898–3902 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you dream of eating them, it means good news; if you see them on the tree or otherwise, a pleasant surprise.
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