Miller wrote: “To dream of seeing a friend on the gallows of execution, foretells that desperate emergencies must be met…” Compare 5 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
Gallows · Heading 849; source lines 9865–9881 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing a friend on the gallows of execution, foretells that desperate emergencies must be met with decision, or a great calamity will befall you.
To dream that you are on a gallows, denotes that you will suffer from the maliciousness of false friends.
For a young woman to dream that she sees her lover executed by this means, denotes that she will marry an unscrupulous and designing man.
If you rescue any one from the gallows, it portends desirable acquisitions.
To dream that you hang an enemy, denotes victory in all spheres.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Gallows · Heading 283; source line 2217 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(See Execution and Hanged.) To dream of a gallows is a good omen, as it denotes that you will have a chance to make money, and if you are smart enough to avail yourself of the opportunity, it will be all right. To those embarking in new enterprises, such a dream foretells success.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Gallows · Dream section, heading 212; source lines 906–911 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of the gallows is a most fortunate omen. It shows that the dreamer will become rich and arrive at great honors. To the lover, it shows the consummation of his most sanguine wishes, and that by marriage he will become rich and happy, have many children, particularly a son, who will become a great man, and be the founder of his family’s honor.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Gallows · Dream section, heading 185; source lines 4297–4301 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see a gallows is a sign of dignity, honor and wealth.
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
Gallows · Printed p. 218; NLM OCR lines 10083–10086 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
Fortunate, the dreamer will rise proportionately to the height (Gypsy).
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