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Miller wrote: “For a young person to dream of taking a bath, means much solicitude for one of the opposite sex, fearing…” Compare 7 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

Bath · Heading 178; source lines 3255–3278 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

For a young person to dream of taking a bath, means much solicitude for one of the opposite sex, fearing to lose his good opinion through the influence of others.

For a pregnant woman to dream this, denotes miscarriage or accident. For a man, adultery. Dealings of all kinds should be carried on with discretion after this dream.

To go in bathing with others, evil companions should be avoided. Defamation of character is likely to follow. If the water is muddy, evil, indeed death, and enemies are near you.

For a widow to dream of her bath, she has forgotten her former ties, and is hurrying on to earthly loves. Girls should shun male companions. Men will engage in intrigues of salacious character.

A warm bath is generally significant of evil. A cold, clear bath is the fore-runner of joyful tidings and a long period of excellent health. Bathing in a clear sea, denotes expansion of business and satisfying research after knowledge.

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Felix Fontaine

The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862

Bath, or Bathing · Heading 54; source line 1195 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream you are at a bath where you see people bathing, is a sign you will have good luck in some undertaking. If you are in, bathing yourself, it predicts that you will confer a benefit on some person who will be very grateful. This dream also foretells a change of residence.

The source heading “Bath, Or Bathing” is shown on the Bath page: same topic across Miller/Luck/Noe/Cielo/Guide/Craig/Fontaine

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A. H. Noe

The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885

Bathing · Dream section, heading 52; source lines 308–313 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of a bath is a very unpropitious omen; expect after it to experience many mishaps and much sorrow. If you are in love, your sweetheart will experience many crosses and losses; but to dream you are bathing yourself in clear water, denotes happiness, prosperity and success in love--if the water is dirty, then it foretells shame and sorrow, and a disappointment in love.

The source heading “Bathing” is shown on the Bath page: same topic across Miller/Luck/Noe/Cielo/Guide/Craig/Fontaine

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Astra Cielo

Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917

Bathing · Dream section, heading 44; source lines 3962–3965 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

Signifies happiness; in a pond, it means misfortune; in a running brook, it means disappointment.

The source heading “Bathing” is shown on the Bath page: same topic across Miller/Luck/Noe/Cielo/Guide/Craig/Fontaine

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Anonymous

Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription

Bath · Dream section, heading 16; source lines 3548–3551 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

Health and long life: (if dreamer is a young girl) early marriage to present lover.

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Anonymous

Guide to Fortune-Telling by Dreams · Multum in Parvo Library, Vol. I, No. 10, October 1894

Bathing · Dream section, heading 11; source lines 150–154 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream you are bathing yourself in clear water denotes happiness, prosperity, and success in love; if the water is dirty, then it foretells shame and sorrow, and a disappointment in love.

The source heading “Bathing” is shown on the Bath page: same topic across Miller/Luck/Noe/Cielo/Guide/Craig/Fontaine

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Katherine Taylor Craig

The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition

Bathing · Printed p. 199; NLM OCR lines 9117–9120 · OCR transcription

Original source (English)

In clean, clear water, a dream of great good fortune; in muddy water, the reverse (Artemidorus). Symbolism obvious.

The source heading “Bathing” is shown on the Bath page: same topic across Miller/Luck/Noe/Cielo/Guide/Craig/Fontaine

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