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Match

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IN SHORT

Miller wrote: “To dream of matches, denotes prosperity and change when least expected.” Compare 2 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.

SOURCE ACCOUNT

Gustavus Hindman Miller

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints

Match · Heading 1279; source lines 14816–14822 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of matches, denotes prosperity and change when least expected.

To strike a match in the dark, unexpected news and fortune is foreboded.

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Anonymous

Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription

Matches · Dream section, heading 167; source lines 3941–3943 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

An increase in wealth.

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