Fontaine wrote: “To dream you see a cook in the house, is good to those who would marry, and to the poor.” Compare 3 historical dream books.
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Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Cook · Heading 158; source line 1621 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you see a cook in the house, is good to those who would marry, and to the poor; but it is also the revealing of secrets; to dream of cooking, is also a sign of a wedding.
Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of a Cooke. · Book 3, encoded section 159 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see a Cooke in the house, is good for those which would marry; for mariages are not made without a Cook: it is also good for the poore, for they shall have goods, and ability, to kéep a good and long table: to the sick it is inflamation, heat, and teares: it is also revealing of secrets, for a Cooks apparell is white, and is seen of many.
The source heading “A Cooke” is shown on the Cook page: archaic spelling (Artemidorus "Of a Cooke")
View source editionA. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Cook · Dream section, heading 87; source lines 445–450 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Dream you’re busy with a cook, And for a wedding shortly look.
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Also indexed as: of a cooke
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