Miller wrote: “To see quails in your dream, is a very favorable omen, if they are alive.” Compare 4 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
Quail · Heading 1645; source lines 18480–18490 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see quails in your dream, is a very favorable omen, if they are alive; if dead, you will undergo serious ill luck.
To shoot quail, foretells that ill feelings will be shown by you to your best friends.
To eat them, signifies extravagance in your personal living.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Quail · Heading 628; source line 4011 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of these birds is a good omen: if you imagine you see young quail feeding, it is a sign of thrift, particularly to farmers: to be successful in shooting them in the proper season, also foretells good luck and success in any undertaking.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Quails · Dream section, heading 420; source lines 1576–1577 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Dreaming of quails signifies bad news.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Quail · Dream section, heading 342; source lines 4685–4688 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see a quail denotes responsibilities in the family.
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