Miller wrote: “For a young woman to dream that she is walking across muddy water on a rotten plank, denotes that she will…” 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
Plank · Heading 1565; source lines 17722–17732 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a young woman to dream that she is walking across muddy water on a rotten plank, denotes that she will feel keenly the indifference shown her by one she loves, or other troubles may arise; or her defence of honor may be in danger of collapse.
Walking a good, sound plank, is a good omen, but a person will have to be unusually careful in conduct after such a dream.
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
Plank · Printed p. 244; NLM OCR lines 11450–11451 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To walk a plank in your dream forewarns you of treachery (Gypsy).
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