Miller wrote: “To dream of a locomotive running with great speed, denotes a rapid rise in fortune, and foreign travel.” 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
Locomotive · Heading 1218; source lines 14209–14226 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a locomotive running with great speed, denotes a rapid rise in fortune, and foreign travel. If it is disabled, then many vexations will interfere with business affairs, and anticipated journeys will be laid aside through the want of means.
To see one completely demolished, signifies great distress and loss of property.
To hear one coming, denotes news of a foreign nature. Business will assume changes that will mean success to all classes.
To hear it whistle, you will be pleased and surprised at the appearance of a friend who has been absent, or an unexpected offer, which means preferment to you.
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
Locomotive · Printed p. 231; NLM OCR lines 10728–10729 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream auguring travel (Raphael).
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