Miller wrote: “To see oyster shells in your dreams, denotes that you will be frustrated in your attempt to secure the…” Compare 2 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
Oyster Shells · Heading 1460; source lines 16595–16607 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see oyster shells in your dreams, denotes that you will be frustrated in your attempt to secure the fortune of another.
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
Oyster-Shells · Printed p. 240; NLM OCR lines 11213–11217 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
Empty, these signify loss, disappointment, worry (Gypsy),
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