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Embroidery

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Miller wrote: “If a woman dreams of embroidering, she will be admired for her tact and ability to make the best of…” Compare 2 historical dream books.

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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

Embroidery · Heading 707; source lines 8433–8440 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

If a woman dreams of embroidering, she will be admired for her tact and ability to make the best of everything that comes her way. For a married man to see embroidery, signifies a new member in his household, For a lover, this denotes a wise and economical wife.

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Astra Cielo

Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917

Embroidery · Dream section, heading 155; source lines 4225–4227 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

Signifies love and ambition.

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