Miller wrote: “Dairy is a good dream both to the married and unmarried. See Churning Butter.” Compare 3 historical dream books.
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These are the authors’ historical interpretations. Their forecasts and period judgments are preserved as source material, not as predictions or established meanings for your dream.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Dairy · Heading 586; source lines 7073–7079 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Dairy is a good dream both to the married and unmarried. See Churning Butter.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Dairy · Heading 177; source line 1695 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are in a dairy, busy at work, is a very favorable omen; to the maid it indicates that her lover will be of an industrious turn and will rise to honor. To the farmer, it denotes that his crops will be abundant; to the tradesman, good news.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Dairy · Dream section, heading 140; source lines 628–633 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are in a dairy busy at work, is a very favorable omen; to the maid it indicates that her lover will be of an industrious turn, and that if she marries, she will have children, and her husband will become rich and rise to honor. To the farmer it denotes that his crops will be abundant, but that he will lose some of his live stock by thieves.
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