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Dandelion

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IN SHORT

Miller wrote: “Dandelions blossoming in green foliage, foretells happy unions and prosperous surroundings.” 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.

SOURCE ACCOUNT

Gustavus Hindman Miller

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints

Dandelion · Heading 592; source lines 7130–7135 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

Dandelions blossoming in green foliage, foretells happy unions and prosperous surroundings.

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A. H. Noe

The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885

Dandelions · Dream section, heading 146; source lines 650–656 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of gathering dandelions is ominous to one. To dream you see a large bed of them denotes that you have many new enemies forming, who will do you much injury in secret. If one in love dreams of dandelions, be sure their sweetheart is playing them false.

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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

Dandelion · Printed p. 211–212; NLM OCR lines 9723–9729 · OCR transcription

Original source (English)

This dream denotes secret enemies at work against you (Gypsy); interpretation probably derived from the fact that the farmers regard the flower as a nuisance.

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