Miller wrote: “To dream of a parasol, denotes, for married people, illicit enjoyments.” Compare 4 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
Parasol · Heading 1485; source lines 16839–16850 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a parasol, denotes, for married people, illicit enjoyments.
If a young woman has this dream, she will engage in many flirtations, some of which will cause her interesting disturbances, lest her lover find out her inclinations. See Umbrella.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Parasol · Heading 545; source line 3572 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If a young woman dreams she has got a new parasol, it predicts for her a new lover: if she imagines she has broken her parasol, her lover (if she has one) will leave her; if not, then some male friend, in whom she placed confidence or derived advantage, will fail her: to a married woman, dreaming of a broken parasol is a very bad omen, as it predicts ruin to her husband.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Parasol · Dream section, heading 307; source lines 4602–4604 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To carry one denotes a voyage.
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
Parasol · Printed p. 241; NLM OCR lines 11268–11270 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To hold one open, a false covering; closed, a marriage (Gypsy).
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