Miller wrote: “To dream that you have patches upon your clothing, denotes that you will show no false pride in the…” 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
Patch · Heading 1503; source lines 17019–17035 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you have patches upon your clothing, denotes that you will show no false pride in the discharge of obligations.
To see others wearing patches, denotes want and misery are near.
If a young woman discovers a patch on her new dress, it indicates that she will find trouble facing her when she imagines her happiest moments are approaching near. If she tries to hide the patches, she will endeavor to keep some ugly trait in her character from her lover. If she is patching, she will assume duties for which she has no liking.
For a woman to do family patching, denotes close and loving bonds in the family, but a scarcity of means is portended.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Patches · Heading 552; source line 3618 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a woman to dream of patching the clothes of her husband or children, is an excellent omen, as it denotes that each patch will be a good lump of money brought into the family.
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
Patches · Printed p. 241–242; NLM OCR lines 11293–11302 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
For a woman to dream of patching her husband's or her children's garments is an excellent augury of well-being and riches (Raphael), Frugality and thrift are invariably recorded as happy omens.
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