Miller wrote: “To dream of seeing a corkscrew, indicates an unsatisfied mind, and the dreamer should heed this as a…” 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
Corkscrew · Heading 512; source lines 6407–6417 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing a corkscrew, indicates an unsatisfied mind, and the dreamer should heed this as a warning to curb his desires, for it is likely they are on dangerous grounds.
To dream of breaking a corkscrew while using it, indicates to the dreamer perilous surroundings, and he should use force of will to abandon unhealthful inclinations.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Corkscrew · Dream section, heading 116; source lines 4136–4138 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Means vexation; if in a bottle, trouble.
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
Corkscrew · Printed p. 209; NLM OCR lines 9616–9618 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream signifying an inquisitive friend (Gypsy); a bit of homely metaphor that needs no comment.
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