Miller wrote: “To dream of a cuckoo, prognosticates a sudden ending of a happy life caused by the downfall of a dear friend.”
The historical account
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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
Cuckoo · Heading 570; source lines 6942–6950 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a cuckoo, prognosticates a sudden ending of a happy life caused by the downfall of a dear friend.
To dream that you hear a cuckoo, denotes the painful illness of the death of some absent loved one, or accident to some one in your family.
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