Miller wrote: “To see a mouse-trap in dreams, signifies your need to be careful of character, as wary persons have designs upon you.”
The historical account
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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
Mouse-trap · Heading 1349; source lines 15475–15487 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see a mouse-trap in dreams, signifies your need to be careful of character, as wary persons have designs upon you.
To see it full of mice, you will likely fall into the hands of enemies.
To set a trap, you will artfully devise means to overcome your opponents. See Mice.
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