Miller wrote: “To dream of a porch, denotes that you will engage a new undertakings, and the future will be full of uncertainties.”
The historical account
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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
Porch · Heading 1592; source lines 18001–18011 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a porch, denotes that you will engage a new undertakings, and the future will be full of uncertainties.
If a young woman dreams that she is with her lover on a porch, implies her doubts of some one's intentions.
To dream that you build a porch, you will assume new duties.
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