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Pot-Herbs

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Noe wrote: “To dream that you see pot herbs, especially such as have a strong smell, signifies a discovery of hidden…” Compare 2 historical dream books.

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SOURCE ACCOUNT

A. H. Noe

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

Pot Herbs · Dream section, heading 412; source lines 1545–1548 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream that you see pot herbs, especially such as have a strong smell, signifies a discovery of hidden secrets and domestic concerns.

The source heading “Pot Herbs” is shown on the Pot-Herbs page: same heading; hyphen variant

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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

Pot-Herbs · Printed p. 245–246; NLM OCR lines 11509–11516 · OCR transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of them, especially if they have a strong odor, is the prognostication of the discovery of hidden secrets and of domestic concerns.

The source heading “Pot-Herbs” is shown on the Pot Herbs page: same heading; hyphen variant (merge into whichever slug survives the hyphen fix)

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