Miller wrote: “To dream of leeches, foretells that enemies will run over your interests.” 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
Leeches · Heading 1174; source lines 13628–13640 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of leeches, foretells that enemies will run over your interests.
If they are applied to you for medicinal purposes, you will have a serious illness tn your family (if you escape yourself).
To see them applied to others, denotes sickness or trouble to friends.
If they should bite you, there is danger for you in unexpected places, and you should heed well this warning.
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
Leeches · Printed p. 229; NLM OCR lines 10636–10639 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of leeches being applied denotes sickness (Raphael); as an ancient and popular remedy, the application of leeches would connote a subconsciousness of illness.
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