Fontaine wrote: “If you dream of buying things of a peddler, it is a sign that some one will cheat you, or that one of…” Compare 3 historical dream books.
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Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Peddler · Heading 563; source line 3677 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you dream of buying things of a peddler, it is a sign that some one will cheat you, or that one of your debtors will mysteriously disappear, which amounts to about the same thing: if a lady housekeeper dreams this, let her look sharp that her servants do not rob or swindle her in some way.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Peddler · Dream section, heading 386; source lines 1481–1483 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a peddler, signifies that you have a false estimate of your friends’ value, and that time will show them to be hypocrites.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Peddler · Dream section, heading 195; source lines 4021–4023 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Beware of false friends.
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