Fontaine wrote: “To dream of seeing any thing putrid and covered with maggots, is a sign of death.”
The historical account
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Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Maggots · Heading 447; source line 3064 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing any thing putrid and covered with maggots, is a sign of death; but the death may be that of your favorite dog, cat, or bird, though such a dream often foretells the death of a relative or friend.
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