Fontaine wrote: “To dream of drinking gruel, is a good sign if you are sick, as it shows a speedy recovery.”
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Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Gruel · Heading 324; source line 2415 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of drinking gruel, is a good sign if you are sick, as it shows a speedy recovery; but if you are well, it is a sign that some one will overreach you in a bargain, or that you will do some foolish act.
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