Miller wrote: “To dream of seeing lemons on their native trees among rich foliage, denotes jealousy toward some beloved…” Compare 3 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
Lemons · Heading 1180; source lines 13695–13708 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing lemons on their native trees among rich foliage, denotes jealousy toward some beloved object, but demonstrations will convince you of the absurdity of the charge.
To eat lemons, foretells humiliation and disappointments.
Green lemons, denotes sickness and contagion.
To see shriveled lemons, denotes divorce, if married, and separation, to lovers.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Lemons · Heading 422; source line 2938 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of lemons denotes contentions in your family and uneasiness on account of children; they announce the death of some relation and disappointment in love.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Lemons · Dream section, heading 290; source lines 1179–1181 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of lemons denotes contentions in your family and uneasiness on account of children. They announce the death of some relation and disappointment in love.
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