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Plowing

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Fontaine wrote: “For a farmer to dream that he is plowing on smooth and even ground, denotes heavy crops, and good luck…” Compare 2 historical dream books.

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SOURCE ACCOUNT

Felix Fontaine

The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862

Plowing · Heading 592; source line 3822 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

For a farmer to dream that he is plowing on smooth and even ground, denotes heavy crops, and good luck generally: if he plows up stones it is all the better, but if his plow gets hitched into a rock or stump, it denotes vexation and trouble with his good luck.

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A. H. Noe

The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885

Ploughing · Dream section, heading 390; source lines 1491–1493 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of ploughing is good; but if the horse seems to sink into the ground, it portends loss of labor, dearth of corn, and ill harvest weather.

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