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Blind Man's Buff

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Miller wrote: “To dream that you are playing at blind man's buff, denotes that you are about to engage in some weak…” Compare 2 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

Blind Man's Buff · Heading 236; source lines 3765–3771 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream that you are playing at blind man's buff, denotes that you are about to engage in some weak enterprise which will likely humiliate you, besides losing money for you.

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A. H. Noe

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

Blindman’s Buff · Dream section, heading 70; source lines 367–369 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream that one plays blindman’s buff, signifies prosperity, joy and pleasure.

Merge 'Blindman’s Buff' into "Blind Man's Buff": Same game; apostrophe/hyphen variants

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