Fontaine wrote: “This dream denotes great violence and danger.” Compare 3 historical dream books.
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Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Hog’s-Bristles · Heading 353; source line 2573 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
This dream denotes great violence and danger.
The source heading “Hog’S-Bristles” is shown on the Hogs’ Bristles page: same topic in Fontaine/Noe/Artemidorus (hogs' bristles)
View source editionArtemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of Hogs Brisles, and Horse haire. · Book 1, encoded section 9 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dreame you have Hogs brisles, is great and violent danger, such as the hog is commonly subject to. To have horse hayr is a signe of servitude and misery.
The source heading “Hogs Brisles, and Horse haire” is shown on the Hogs’ Bristles page: same topic in Fontaine/Noe/Artemidorus (hogs' bristles)
View source editionA. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Hogs’ Bristles · Dream section, heading 239; source lines 1015–1017 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you have hogs’ bristles, signifies great and violent dangers.
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