Miller wrote: “To dream of falling into a rat-trap, denotes that you will be victimized and robbed of some valuable object.”
The historical account
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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
Rat-trap · Heading 1683; source lines 18856–18871 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of falling into a rat-trap, denotes that you will be victimized and robbed of some valuable object.
To see an empty one, foretells the absence of slander or competition.
A broken one, denotes that you will be rid of unpleasant associations.
To set one, you will be made aware of the designs of enemies, but the warning will enable you to outwit them. See Mouse-trap.
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