Miller wrote: “To dream of being at a fair, denotes that you will have a pleasant and profitable business and a congenial…” Compare 4 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
Fair · Heading 747; source lines 8826–8834 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of being at a fair, denotes that you will have a pleasant and profitable business and a congenial companion.
For a young woman, this dream signifies a jovial and even-tempered man for a life partner.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Fair · Heading 236; source line 1973 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are at a fair, is a bad omen; it denotes that some pretended friend is about to do you an injury; if you are in trade, keep a keen look out, for some swindler will certainly attempt to defraud you.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Fairs · Dream section, heading 209; source lines 895–899 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of going to fairs threatens the person so dreaming with having his pockets picked, or robbed in some other way.
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
Fair · Printed p. 215; NLM OCR lines 9909–9912 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
This dream augurs coming into company of many people through whom you will profit (Gypsy). Here the gypsy interprets according to his own custom and tradition.
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