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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
Jolly · Heading 1095; source lines 12614–12622 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you feel jolly and are enjoying the merriment of companions, you will realize pleasure from the good behavior of children and have satisfying results in business. If there comes the least rift in the merriment, worry will intermingle with the success of the future.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Jolly · Heading 390; source line 2768 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you dream you are in company and feel particularly hilarious, or jolly, it is a sign of sorrow; mark well who it is that contributes most to your mirth, for he or she may cause you pain. If a girl dreams this of a young man, let her beware of him for a gay seducer.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Jollity · Dream section, heading 266; source lines 1110–1112 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of jollity, feasts and merry-making, is a good and prosperous dream, and promiseth to the dreamer great preferment.
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Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Jollity · Dream section, heading 137; source lines 3860–3864 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of jollity and fun by night is good for those about to marry: to the poor a sign of good: to the rich a sign of trouble and loss. See "Merry."
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