Miller wrote: “To dream of hens, denotes pleasant family reunions with added members. See Chickens.” Compare 4 historical dream books.
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These are the authors’ historical interpretations. Their forecasts and period judgments are preserved as source material, not as predictions or established meanings for your dream.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Hen · Heading 960; source lines 11157–11164 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of hens, denotes pleasant family reunions with added members. See Chickens.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Hen · Heading 348; source line 2544 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(See Chicken.)
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Hen · Dream section, heading 247; source lines 1052–1057 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you hear hens cackle, or that you catch them, signifies joy, profit and assurance of the dispatch of business. To dream that you are turned into a hen, signifies disquiet. To dream that you see a hen lay eggs, signifies gain. To see a hen with her chickens, signifies loss or damage. To dream that a hen crows, signifies sadness and trouble.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Hen · Dream section, heading 210; source lines 4357–4359 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
A sign of profit.
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