Craig wrote: “To dream of eating mallows signifies exemption from trouble, as this herb renders the body soluble (Artemidorus).”
The historical account
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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
Mallows · Printed p. 232; NLM OCR lines 10789–10793 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of eating mallows signifies exemption from trouble, as this herb renders the body soluble (Artemidorus). This is an unusually clear example of the folk lore that has made symbols and symbolism in dreams.
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