Fontaine wrote: “To dream of bothering your brains with a puzzle, foretells frivolity.” Compare 2 historical dream books.
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Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Puzzle · Heading 627; source line 4006 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of bothering your brains with a puzzle, foretells frivolity; if you succeed, you will do something that works to your disadvantage: if you imagine that the puzzle puzzles you, it is a sign that some silly person will do you an unintentional injury.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Puzzle · Dream section, heading 389; source lines 1488–1491 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you dream that you are puzzled with some intricate matter, and cannot unravel the mystery, be sure that some one is about to confer a great favor on you.
Take a question into your day.
These journal questions are DreamFolia’s invitation to reflect on your experience.
Save it before it slips away. No account needed.
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