Miller wrote: “To dream of working in putty, denotes that hazardous chances will be taken with fortune.” 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
Putty · Heading 1639; source lines 18426–18434 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of working in putty, denotes that hazardous chances will be taken with fortune.
If you put in a window-pane with putty, you will seek fortune with poor results.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Putty · Heading 626; source line 4001 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of putty, is a sign of poverty: puttying up holes foretells losses—the larger the hole, the more extensive the loss. If you are putting glass into a window with putty, it foretells that you will soon remove into a meaner place than you now occupy.
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