Miller wrote: “To dream of hearing a fife, denotes that there will be an unexpected call on you to defend your honor, or…” Compare 2 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
Fife · Heading 781; source lines 9147–9156 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of hearing a fife, denotes that there will be an unexpected call on you to defend your honor, or that of some person near to you.
To dream that you play one yourself, indicates that whatever else may be said of you, your reputation will remain intact. If a woman has this dream, she will have a soldier husband.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Fife · Heading 256; source line 2071 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a girl to dream she hears the shrill music of a fife, is a sign she will soon have a beau, and that he will be a smart and desirable young man.
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