Craig wrote: “To dream that some one gives you a farthing, or that you are not possessed of one foretells a fall in the world (Gypsy).”
The historical account
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.
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
Farthing · Printed p. 216; NLM OCR lines 9941–9945 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that some one gives you a farthing, or that you are not possessed of one foretells a fall in the world (Gypsy). The unfortunate interpretation that invariably attends the dream of money.
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