Miller wrote: “For a lover to find his lady's garter, foretells that he will lose caste with her.” Compare 3 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
Garter · Heading 858; source lines 9947–9964 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a lover to find his lady's garter, foretells that he will lose caste with her. He will find rivals.
For a woman to dream that she loses her garter, signifies that her lover will be jealous and suspicious of a handsomer person.
For a married man to dream of a garter, foretells that his wife will hear of his clandestine attachments, and he will have a stormy scene.
For a woman to dream that she is admiring beautiful jeweled garters on her limbs, denotes that she will be betrayed in her private movements, and her reputation will hang in the balance of public opinion. If she dreams that her lover fastens them on her, she will hold his affections and faith through all adverse criticisms.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Garter · Heading 287; source line 2237 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
This is a good dream to the lover, as it signifies he will soon be united to his sweetheart. To the married this dream portends much domestic trouble from jealousy.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Garter · Dream section, heading 189; source lines 4307–4310 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To find a garter foretells a letter or a happy marriage.
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