Miller wrote: “To dream of a magpie, denotes much dissatisfaction and quarrels.” Compare 4 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.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Magpie · Heading 1247; source lines 14506–14511 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a magpie, denotes much dissatisfaction and quarrels. The dreamer should guard well his conduct and speech after this dream.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Magpie · Dream section, heading 159; source lines 3924–3926 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
A bad sign; back-biting and scandal by a false friend.
Anonymous
The Interpretation of Dreams and Moles · United Kingdom, J. Marshall, 1805
Magpie · Dreams interpreted, passage 40; source lines 226–226 · Text transcription
Original source heading: (no printed heading)
Original source (English)
To dream you hear magpies chatter, denotes brawling and contention.
The 1805 text prints this passage without a heading; DreamFolia files it under “Magpie” because that is the subject of its first clause.
View source editionKatherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Magpie · Printed p. 232; NLM OCR lines 10782–10784 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream of deceit (Gypsy). The bird itself symbolizes deceit and misfortune.
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