Miller wrote: “To dream of feeling pincers on your flesh, denotes that you will be burdened with exasperating cares.” 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
Pincers · Heading 1551; source lines 17582–17588 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of feeling pincers on your flesh, denotes that you will be burdened with exasperating cares. Any dream of pincers, signifies unfortunate incidents.
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
Pincers · Printed p. 243; NLM OCR lines 11399–11401 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream of persecution and injustice (Gypsy). In Christian symbolism they represent martyrdom.
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