Miller wrote: “To dream of combing one's hair, denotes the illness or death of a friend or relative.” 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
Combing · Heading 468; source lines 6044–6053 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of combing one's hair, denotes the illness or death of a friend or relative. Decay of friendship and loss of property is also indicated by this dream[.] See Hair.
Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of the Kembing ones selfe, and of curled Hayre. · Book 2, encoded section 69 · Text transcription · marked gaps
Original source (English)
To dreame [illegible passage] o combe him or her selfe, is good both to man and woman, for it signifyes to goe out of evill time and affayres. But to plate and curle his hayres is good onely for women, and Courtiers which use it. To others it is debt and impeachment for money, and sometimes imprisoning and sedition.
[illegible passage] marks a gap in the source transcription.
The source heading “Kembing ones selfe, and of curled Hayre” is shown on the Combing page: archaic "Kembing" = combing
View source editionA. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Combing · Dream section, heading 110; source lines 531–533 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For any person to dream of combing him or herself, is good, both for man or woman, for it signifies to get out of evil times or affairs.
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