Miller wrote: “To dream of a distaff, denotes frugality, with pleasant surroundings.” Compare 2 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
Distaff · Heading 635; source lines 7589–7594 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a distaff, denotes frugality, with pleasant surroundings. It also signifies that a devotional spirit will be cultivated by you.
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
Distaff · Printed p. 212; NLM OCR lines 9762–9764 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A favorable dream (Gypsy). The symbol of woman's work (Jennings).
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