Miller wrote: “To dream of ivory, is favorable to the fortune of the dreamer.” Compare 5 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
Ivory · Heading 1071; source lines 12369–12376 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of ivory, is favorable to the fortune of the dreamer.
To see huge pieces of ivory being carried, denotes financial success and pleasures unalloyed.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Ivory · Heading 381; source line 2713 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of ivory, signifies that you will be very successful in business. To the single it is a sign they will soon fall in love and be fortunate in their courtship. To the married it denotes domestic happiness.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Ivory · Dream section, heading 228; source lines 4404–4406 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Is a sign of profitable enterprise.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Ivory · Dream section, heading 133; source lines 3847–3850 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of anything made of ivory is a sign that the dreamer will suffer from fraud and deception.
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
Ivory · Printed p. 226; NLM OCR lines 10470–10472 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
Augurs abundance and success (Gypsy). Held as a precious substance by orientals.
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