Craig wrote: “Both in dream lore and in symbolism these birds indicate slander, suspicion and trouble.” Compare 2 historical dream books.
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Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Blackbird · Dream section, heading 62; source lines 4009–4011 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Foretells scandal and deceit.
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
Blackbirds · Printed p. 201; NLM OCR lines 9215–9217 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
Both in dream lore and in symbolism these birds indicate slander, suspicion and trouble.
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