Miller wrote: “To dream of seeing a forest of oaks, signifies great prosperity in all conditions of life.” Compare 3 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
Oak · Heading 1409; source lines 16094–16106 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing a forest of oaks, signifies great prosperity in all conditions of life.
To see an oak full of acorns, denotes increase and promotion.
If blasted oak, it denotes sudden and shocking surprises.
For sweethearts to dream of oaks, denotes that they will soon begin life together under favorable circumstances.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Oak · Heading 517; source line 3423 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing a very large oak tree, and of gathering acorns under it, is a sign that some wealthy relative will leave you a fortune by will: if anybody dreams this who does not happen to have wealthy relations, it may turn out that somebody else will take the liberty of making a will in his or her favor; if not, a streak of good luck will come in some other way to make the matter right.
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
Oak · Printed p. 238; NLM OCR lines 11107–11109 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream presaging long life, riches, happiness (Artemidorus). The symbol of strength, longevity, etc.
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