Miller wrote: “If you hear a strange noise in your dream, unfavorable news is presaged.” Compare 3 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.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Noise · Heading 1395; source lines 15965–15970 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you hear a strange noise in your dream, unfavorable news is presaged. If the noise awakes you, there will be a sudden change in your affairs.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Noise · Heading 511; source line 3397 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you dream of hearing strange or mysterious noises, it is a sign that the spirit of some dead relative hovers near you, and has an influence upon your actions.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Noise · Dream section, heading 190; source lines 4004–4010 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Hearing loud, discordant noises, particularly if their source is not apparent, is a bad omen.
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