Fontaine wrote: “To dream of painting your house is a sign of sickness in the family, but at the same time thrift and…” Compare 2 historical dream books.
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Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Painting · Heading 538; source line 3529 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of painting your house is a sign of sickness in the family, but at the same time thrift and good luck in business: if, in your dream, you see a white house newly painted outside, you will probably soon be summoned to attend a funeral: to see any other colored house newly painted, foretells that you will hear of the sickness of a friend or relative: dreaming of beautiful paintings of landscapes, portraits, &c., is an omen of bad luck and poverty.
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
Painting · Printed p. 240; NLM OCR lines 11221–11225 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream of painting a house denotes sickness in the family, but thrift and luck in business; to paint beautiful landscapes, poverty and false hopes (Gypsy). Practical symbolism.
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