Miller wrote: “For a woman to dream of raw meat, denotes that she will meet with much discouragement in accomplishing her…” Compare 4 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
Meat · Heading 1288; source lines 14879–14889 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a woman to dream of raw meat, denotes that she will meet with much discouragement in accomplishing her aims. If she sees cooked meat, it denotes that others will obtain the object for which she will strive. See Beef.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Meat · Heading 459; source line 3128 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of sweet and wholesome fresh meat is a sign you will be coquetted by a lady, and perhaps fall in love with her; but if the meat is putrid or maggoty, it foreshadows sickness and death.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Meat · Dream section, heading 328; source lines 1300–1301 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you see the meat you have eaten, signifies loss and damage.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Meat · Dream section, heading 266; source lines 4500–4502 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To eat or cook meat is a sign of a big reception.
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