Miller wrote: “To dream of dead corn or stubble fields, indicates to the dreamer dreary prospects for the future.” Compare 6 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
Field · Heading 779; source lines 9119–9137 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of dead corn or stubble fields, indicates to the dreamer dreary prospects for the future.
To see green fields, or ripe with corn or grain, denotes great abundance and happiness to all classes.
To see newly plowed fields, denotes early rise in wealth and fortunate advancement to places of honor.
To see fields freshly harrowed and ready for planting, denotes that you are soon to benefit by your endeavor and long struggles for success. See Cornfields and Wheat.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Fields · Heading 255; source line 2063 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(See Meadow and Green.) To dream you are in a ploughed field, forebodes some severe disputes that will be brought upon you by some person who has no children; to dream you are in a meadow covered with flowers, is a very handsome wife, who will bring you lovely children and make you very happy; to a woman, it denotes that she will marry a handsome young fellow, by whom she will have beautiful children, that they will become rich, and live to a good old age.
The source heading “Fields” is shown on the Field page: singular/plural; both already Places
View source editionA. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Fields · Dream section, heading 182; source lines 770–777 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are in green fields, is a very favorable omen. To dream you are in ploughed fields, forebodes some severe disputes that will be brought upon you by some person who has no children. To the lover, it denotes disappointment; to the married, unhappiness and undutiful children; to the tradesman, loss of business and a prison. To dream you are in a meadow covered with flowers, is a very favorable omen. If you are soliciting a place or favor, it portends you will surely obtain it.
The source heading “Fields” is shown on the Field page: singular/plural; both already Places
View source editionAstra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Field · Dream section, heading 167; source lines 4254–4256 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To walk in a field means visitors.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Fields · Dream section, heading 76; source lines 3700–3703 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(Green) Prosperity, a happy marriage, handsome children; (clover, barley, wheat, etc.) great prosperity and happiness.
The source heading “Fields” is shown on the Field page: singular/plural; both already Places
View source editionKatherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Fields · Printed p. 216; NLM OCR lines 9966–9968 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
Fertile fields, a dream of prosperity; barren fields, disappointment (Gypsy); a symbolical dream.
The source heading “Fields” is shown on the Field page: singular/plural; both already Places
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