Miller wrote: “For a young woman to dream of bathing in a basin, foretells her womanly graces will win her real…” Compare 6 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
Basin · Heading 174; source lines 3231–3236 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a young woman to dream of bathing in a basin, foretells her womanly graces will win her real friendships and elevations.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Basin · Heading 53; source line 1192 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you dream that it is full money; if empty, you will make many debts.
Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of the Bason. · Book 3, encoded section 141 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a Bason, signifieth a good Maid: to drinke or eate therein, is love of the Servant: to sée himselfe in the Bason, as in a Glasse, is to have children by the Servant.
The source heading “Bason” is shown on the Basin page: archaic spelling (Artemidorus)
View source editionA. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Basin · Dream section, heading 60; source lines 340–344 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a basin, signifies a good maid; and to dream you eat or drink therein, shows you have a love to the servant maid. For a man to see himself in a basin as in a glass, denotes he shall have children by a servant maid.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Basin · Dream section, heading 42; source lines 3956–3959 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
An empty basin foretells a loss; a full basin, unexpected wealth.
Anonymous
Guide to Fortune-Telling by Dreams · Multum in Parvo Library, Vol. I, No. 10, October 1894
Basin · Dream section, heading 10; source lines 145–150 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are eating or drinking out of a basin is a certain sign that you will soon be in love, but without great care you will not marry the first object of your affections; it denotes prosperity in your trade; and to the farmer, a good crop.
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