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Miller wrote: “To dream of seeing a monk, foretells dissensions in the family and unpleasant journeyings.” Compare 2 historical dream books.

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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

Monk · Heading 1330; source lines 15287–15295 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of seeing a monk, foretells dissensions in the family and unpleasant journeyings. To a young woman, this dream signifies that gossip and deceit will be used against her.

To dream that you are a monk, denotes personal loss and illness.

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SOURCE CROSS-REFERENCE

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

Monk · Printed p. 234; NLM OCR lines 10901–10902 · OCR transcription

Original source (English)

See Abbot.

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