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Leeward

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IN SHORT

Miller wrote: “To dream of sailing leeward, denotes to the sailor a prosperous and merry voyage.” Compare 2 historical dream books.

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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.

SOURCE ACCOUNT

Gustavus Hindman Miller

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints

Leeward · Heading 1175; source lines 13640–13645 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of sailing leeward, denotes to the sailor a prosperous and merry voyage. To others, a pleasant journey.

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A. H. Noe

The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885

Leeward · Dream section, heading 296; source lines 1194–1195 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

For a captain or seafaring man to dream his vessel drifts leeward, is ominous of a storm.

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