Miller wrote: “To find yourself stepping into puddles of clear water in a dream, denotes a vexation, but some redeeming…” 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
Puddle · Heading 1631; source lines 18358–18367 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To find yourself stepping into puddles of clear water in a dream, denotes a vexation, but some redeeming good in the future. If the water be muddy, unpleasantness will go a few rounds with you.
To wet your feet by stepping into puddles, foretells that your pleasure will work you harm afterwards.
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
Puddles · Printed p. 246; NLM OCR lines 11549–11551 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream denoting undesirable acquaintances who will get the dreamer into trouble (Gypsy).
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