Miller wrote: “To hear a passing bell, unexpected intelligence of the sorrow or illness of the absent.” 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
Passing Bell · Heading 1499; source lines 16987–16994 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To hear a passing bell, unexpected intelligence of the sorrow or illness of the absent.
To ring one yourself, denotes ill health and reverses.
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
Passing-Bell · Printed p. 241; NLM OCR lines 11290–11292 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of hearing it denotes the illness of the dreamer or of a near relative (Raphael).
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