Miller wrote: “For a woman to dream of seeing a cap, she will be invited to take part in some festivity.” 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
Cap · Heading 342; source lines 4801–4814 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a woman to dream of seeing a cap, she will be invited to take part in some festivity.
For a girl to dream that she sees her sweetheart with a cap on, denotes that she will be bashful and shy in his presence.
To see a prisoner's cap, denotes that your courage is failing you in time of danger.
To see a miner's cap, you will inherit a substantial competency.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Cap · Heading 117; source line 1461 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To put one on, be careful in your love affairs; to take one down, shows that that which you wish to hide will be discovered; if you receive a cap you will soon be married.
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
Cap · Printed p. 206; NLM OCR lines 9431–9436 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
"To dream of a female with a fine cap is a sign that she is in love with you. To dream that you see a man with a cap on denotes that your lover is a silly fellow and will care but little for you" (Raphael). According to Inman the cap was an erotic symbol, of phallic origin.
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