Fontaine wrote: “If a girl dreams she has a pet animal of any kind, (a child, of course, excepted,) it is a sign she will…” Compare 2 historical dream books.
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Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Pet · Heading 569; source line 3711 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If a girl dreams she has a pet animal of any kind, (a child, of course, excepted,) it is a sign she will never marry: if she dreams of a pet child, or one whom she adores, it foretells for her a prolific marriage.
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
Pet · Printed p. 243; NLM OCR lines 11357–11359 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of having one denotes protection by friends (Gypsy).
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