Miller wrote: “To dream of seeing an execution, signifies that you will suffer some misfortune from the carelessness of…” Compare 3 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
Execution · Heading 736; source lines 8688–8697 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing an execution, signifies that you will suffer some misfortune from the carelessness of others.
To dream that you are about to be executed, and some miraculous intervention occurs, denotes that you will overthrow enemies and succeed in gaining wealth.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Execution · Heading 230; source line 1947 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(See Hanged and Gallows.) To dream of seeing a man hanged denotes that some friend or relative will shortly come to good fortune. If you dream that you yourself are going to be hanged, you may safely calculate on good luck for that year: if you are in business you will be successful.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Execution · Dream section, heading 154; source lines 690–692 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of the execution of offenders, shows that you will be suddenly sought after for relief by some that are in great want and extremity.
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