Miller wrote: “To dream of full pails of milk, is a sign of fair prospects and pleasant associations.” 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
Pail · Heading 1465; source lines 16643–16652 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of full pails of milk, is a sign of fair prospects and pleasant associations.
An empty pail is a sign of famine, or bad crops.
For a young woman to be carrying a pail, denotes household employment.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Pail · Dream section, heading 391; source lines 1493–1494 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of milking in a dirty pail, is not a good sign.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Pail · Dream section, heading 302; source lines 4588–4592 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To carry a pail signifies a new acquaintance. If full it means gain.
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