Miller wrote: “To dream of wearing a girdle, and it presses you, denotes that you will be influenced by designing people.” 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
Girdle · Heading 873; source lines 10111–10121 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of wearing a girdle, and it presses you, denotes that you will be influenced by designing people.
To see others wearing velvet, or jeweled girdles, foretells that you will strive for wealth more than honor.
For a woman to receive one, signifies that honors will be conferred upon her.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Girdle · Dream section, heading 228; source lines 976–977 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you are girt with an old girdle, signifies labor and pains. A new girdle signifies honor.
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
Girdle · Printed p. 219; NLM OCR lines 10108–10112 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream of marriage; a new girdle denotes honor, a broken one damage, a golden girdle gain, a silver one less profit (Artemidorus). In Christian symbolism it is an emblem of righteousness, virtue, truth.
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