Miller wrote: “To dream of pins, augurs differences and quarrels ill families.” Compare 5 historical dream books.
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These are the authors’ historical interpretations. Their forecasts and period judgments are preserved as source material, not as predictions or established meanings for your dream.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Pins · Heading 1554; source lines 17604–17620 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of pins, augurs differences and quarrels ill families.
To a young woman, they warn her of unladylike conduct towards her lover.
To dream of swallowing a pin, denotes that accidents will force you into perilous conditions.
To lose one, implies a petty loss or disagreement.
To see a bent or rusty pin, signifies that you will lose esteem because of your careless ways.
To stick one into your flesh, denotes that some person will irritate you.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Pins · Heading 580; source line 3762 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of pins signifies that you will have small troubles all through life, but no great disasters; to dream you find a pin is a sign of success in business; if a girl dream she is pricked with a pin, she must keep a sharp look out for her lover or she may get in trouble. 3,
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Pins · Dream section, heading 328; source lines 4650–4652 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of pins is considered fortunate and means wealth.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Pins · Dream section, heading 205; source lines 4047–4049 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Differences and quarrels in families.
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
Pins · Printed p. 244; NLM OCR lines 11420–11423 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
This dream signifies contradiction and discussion of trivial matters (Gypsy). Sharp or pointed instruments usually receive an unpleasant interpretation.
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