Miller wrote: “To dream of goldfish, is a prognostic of many successful and pleasant adventures.” Compare 2 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
Goldfish · Heading 886; source lines 10298–10306 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of goldfish, is a prognostic of many successful and pleasant adventures. For a young woman, this dream is indicative of a wealthy union with a pleasing man. If the fish are sick or dead, heavy disappointments will fall upon her.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Gold-Fish · Heading 302; source line 2303 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of these beautiful fish is a sign of good fortune generally: if you dream of catching a large one, it foretells that you will soon get a large sum of money: any kind of a dream about these fish is lucky.
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