Noe wrote: “To dream of being in poverty, signifies good to some, but cross fortune to those that make commodity of their…” Compare 3 historical dream books.
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A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Poverty · Dream section, heading 399; source lines 1501–1503 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of being in poverty, signifies good to some, but cross fortune to those that make commodity of their tongue and fair speech.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Poverty · Dream section, heading 335; source lines 4665–4668 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you are poor denotes an unexpected addition to your wealth.
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
Poverty · Printed p. 246; NLM OCR lines 11523–11525 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream of contrary to the poor, but ill for the rich or for those who use eloquent speech ( Artemidorus).
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