Miller wrote: “To dream of an ostrich, denotes that you will secretly amass wealth, but at the same time maintain…” 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
Ostrich · Heading 1450; source lines 16489–16497 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of an ostrich, denotes that you will secretly amass wealth, but at the same time maintain degrading intrigues with women.
To catch one, your resources will enable you to enjoy travel and extensive knowledge.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Ostrich · Dream section, heading 299; source lines 4580–4582 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of an ostrich means failure thru vanity.
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
Ostrich · Printed p. 239–240; NLM OCR lines 11183–11190 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
Long futile conversations are here denoted (Gypsy). Coincident with the legend of the stupidity of the ostrich.
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