Miller wrote: “To dream of walking through marshy places, denotes illness resulting from overwork and worry.” 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
Marsh · Heading 1271; source lines 14741–14747 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of walking through marshy places, denotes illness resulting from overwork and worry. You will suffer much displeasure from the unwise conduct of a near relative.
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
Marsh · Printed p. 232–233; NLM OCR lines 10822–10830 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of walking in a marshy country, troubled life; swamps denote sorrows and difficulties; to escape them, future comfort; to try to till a marsh, misery in spite of work (Gypsy).
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