Miller wrote: “To dream of eating pies, you will do well to watch your enemies, as they are planning to injure you.” 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
Pies · Heading 1544; source lines 17507–17518 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of eating pies, you will do well to watch your enemies, as they are planning to injure you.
For a young woman to dream of making pies, denotes that she will flirt with men for pastime. She should accept this warning. See Pastry.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Pies · Heading 575; source line 3740 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of eating pie is a sign that you will soon be in want. To dream you are making pies is a sign of pleasure and happiness.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Pies · Dream section, heading 395; source lines 1498–1498 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Dreaming of making pies is joy and profit.
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
Pies · Printed p. 243; NLM OCR lines 11377–11379 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of making pies augurs joy and profit (Gypsy).
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