Fontaine wrote: “To dream of gambling is a sign of poverty and disgrace.” Compare 2 historical dream books.
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Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Gambling · Heading 284; source line 2223 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(See Raffling.) To dream of gambling is a sign of poverty and disgrace. If, in your dream, you see others gamble, and do not engage in it yourself, it shows that some of your friends or relatives will have a reverse of fortune and become poor.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Gambling · Dream section, heading 186; source lines 4301–4303 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Is a warning against deception.
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