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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
Figs · Heading 783; source lines 9184–9192 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Figs, signifies a malarious condition of the system, if you are eating them, but usually favorable to health and profit if you see them growing.
For a young woman to see figs growing, signifies that she will soon wed a wealthy and prominent man.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Figs · Heading 257; source line 2075 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of eating good figs, signifies joy and happiness; if the figs are mouldy or defective, your pleasure will be marred by some disagreeable event.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Figs · Dream section, heading 183; source lines 777–780 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of figs, is the forerunner of prosperity and happiness. To the lover, they denote the accomplishment of your wishes. To the tradesman, increase of trade. They are also indicative of legacy.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Figs · Dream section, heading 168; source lines 4256–4258 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To eat figs is a sign of interrupted pleasures.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Figs · Dream section, heading 77; source lines 3703–3706 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
A good dream, joy and pleasure; (if a woman dreams) happy marriage and many children.
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
Figs · Printed p. 216; NLM OCR lines 9969–9975 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream of joy and pleasure; out of season, grief; to eat, loss of fortune; dry figs signify the slipping away of wealth, but success in married life (Gypsy). In sacred symbolism they denote prosperity (Smith). They were held as sacred by the Romans, a symbol of fruitfulness and life, also an erotic symbol.
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