Miller wrote: “To dream of hearing katydids, is a prognostic of misfortune and unusual dependence on others.”
The historical account
These are the authors’ historical interpretations. Their forecasts and period judgments are preserved as source material, not as predictions or established meanings for your dream.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Katydids · Heading 1112; source lines 12776–12785 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of hearing katydids, is a prognostic of misfortune and unusual dependence on others. If any sick person ask you what they are, foretells there will be surprising events in your present and future.
For a woman to see them, signifies she will have a quarrelsome husband or lover.
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