Miller wrote: “To dream of passing through a garlic patch, denotes a rise from penury to prominence and wealth.” Compare 4 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
Garlic · Heading 856; source lines 9928–9938 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of passing through a garlic patch, denotes a rise from penury to prominence and wealth. To a young woman, this denotes that she will marry from a sense of business, and love will not be considered.
To eat garlic in your dreams, denotes that you will take a sensible view of life and leave its ideals to take care of themselves.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Garlic · Heading 286; source line 2233 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a man to dream he eats garlic, signifies he shall discover hidden secrets, and meet with some domestic jars; yet to dream he has it in the house is good.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Garlic · Dream section, heading 226; source lines 972–974 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a man to dream he eats garlic, signifies he shall discover hidden secrets and meet with some domestic jars. Yet to dream he has it in the house, is good.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Garlic · Dream section, heading 188; source lines 4305–4307 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Signifies deception by a woman.
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