Miller wrote: “To see a jackdaw, denotes ill health and quarrels.” 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
Jackdaw · Heading 1073; source lines 12393–12400 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see a jackdaw, denotes ill health and quarrels. To catch one, you will outwit enemies.
To kill one, you will come into possession of disputed property.
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
Jackdaw · Printed p. 226; NLM OCR lines 10484–10491 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that one crosses your path, bitter enemies; to catch one, success in defying enemies (Gypsy). "I neither tattle with Jack Daw Or maggot-pye on thatched house straw," says Rowlands in the "Night-Raven" (1620).
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