Miller wrote: “To dance a jig, denotes cheerful occupations and light pleasures.” 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
Jig · Heading 1093; source lines 12593–12605 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dance a jig, denotes cheerful occupations and light pleasures.
To see negroes dancing a jig, foolish worries will offset pleasure.
To see your sweetheart dancing a jig, your companion will be possessed with a merry and hopeful disposition.
To see ballet girls dancing a jig, you will engage in undignified amusements and follow low desires.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Jig · Heading 389; source line 2763 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of dancing a jig with a lady is a sign she is in love with you, or is pleased with you; and if you like her you may go in at once for her favor with much confidence. The omen is the same to a girl who dreams of jigging with a young man.
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