Miller wrote: “Bonnet, denotes much gossiping and slanderous insinuations, from which a woman should carefully defend…” Compare 3 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
Bonnet · Heading 254; source lines 3896–3909 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Bonnet, denotes much gossiping and slanderous insinuations, from which a woman should carefully defend herself.
For a man to see a woman tying her bonnet, denotes unforeseen good luck near by. His friends will be faithful and true.
A young woman is likely to engage in pleasant and harmless flirtations if her bonnet is new and of any color except black.
Black bonnets, denote false friends of the opposite sex.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Bonnet · Dream section, heading 78; source lines 391–398 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a maiden to dream she gets a new bonnet, gives promise of a new lover, but Mother Shipton says that much depends on the color; if green, he will be deceitful; if blue, he will prove affectionate; if pink, his love will not be lasting; if yellow or white, he will quickly improve marriage; but if a female loses her bonnet, it behooves her to be guarded of her virtue, for she is in danger of being led astray; if it be blown off, she will have something she dearly prizes stolen from her.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Bonnet · Dream section, heading 68; source lines 4025–4027 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To wear a new bonnet means rivalry.
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