Miller wrote: “If you dream of being confined in a gaol, you will be prevented from carrying forward some profitable work…” Compare 4 historical dream books.
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Gustavus Hindman Miller · Gaol
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Gaol · Heading 853; source lines 9899–9909 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you dream of being confined in a gaol, you will be prevented from carrying forward some profitable work by the intervention of envious people; but if you escape from the gaol, you will enjoy a season of favorable business. See Jail.
The source heading “Gaol” is shown on the Jail page: uS/UK spelling
View source editionGustavus Hindman Miller · Jail
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Jail · Heading 1074; source lines 12400–12412 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see others in jail, you will be urged to grant privileges to persons whom you believe to be unworthy
To see negroes in jail, denotes worries and loss through negligence of underlings.
For a young woman to dream that her lover is in jail, she will be disappointed in his character, as he will prove a deceiver. See Gaol.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Jail · Heading 383; source line 2725 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(See Prison.) If a man dreams he is confined in a prison or jail, it shows that he will have honors or dignities conferred upon him, as such dreams go contrariwise: if his arrest and imprisonment worries him, it only shows that he will be the more delighted with his new dignities.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Jail · Dream section, heading 275; source lines 1133–1136 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you dream of seeing others in jail, you will be deprived of your own liberty. If you dream of being imprisoned, you will be elevated to a high station in life and increase your number of friends.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Jail · Dream section, heading 230; source lines 4409–4413 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To be in jail or prison is a sign that you will have unexpected honor bestowed.
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