Miller wrote: “To dream of seeing cows waiting for the milking hour, promises abundant fulfilment of hopes and desires.” Compare 5 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
Cows · Heading 535; source lines 6621–6629 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing cows waiting for the milking hour, promises abundant fulfilment of hopes and desires. See Cattle.
The source heading “Cows” is shown on the Cow page: singular/plural
View source editionFelix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Cows · Heading 163; source line 1643 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you dream of seeing large herds of cows, it predicts prosperity and wealth. To see one cow in your dream is a sign of a good piece of luck of some kind. If a young girl dreams of cows, it is a sign she will marry a rich man, and have numerous children.
The source heading “Cows” is shown on the Cow page: singular/plural
View source editionAstra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Cow · Dream section, heading 119; source lines 4143–4145 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Is significant of prosperity and abundance.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Cows · Dream section, heading 46; source lines 3621–3626 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Prosperity, the more the better.
The source heading “Cows” is shown on the Cow page: singular/plural
View source editionKatherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Cow · Printed p. 210; NLM OCR lines 9631–9633 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream of plenty in proportion to the number seen (Artemidorus); a symbol of the earth as mother of all things.
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