Miller wrote: “To dream of a mill, indicates thrift and fortunate undertakings.” 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
Mill · Heading 1310; source lines 15074–15082 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a mill, indicates thrift and fortunate undertakings.
To see a dilapidated mill, denotes sickness and ill fortune. See Cotton Mill, etc.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Mill · Heading 475; source line 3194 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you dream of going to a flouring-mill, where you see plenty of grain and flour, it is a good omen, as it shadows forth thrift and abundance; but to imagine in your dream that you are in any manufactory of cloth fabrics called a mill, is a sign of poverty and want. Girls who work in such places should be careful never to dream of them.
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