Miller wrote: “To dream of seeing reapers busy at work at their task, denotes prosperity and contentment.” Compare 3 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
Reapers · Heading 1689; source lines 18919–18935 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing reapers busy at work at their task, denotes prosperity and contentment. If they appear to be going through dried stubble, there will be a lack of good crops, and business will consequently fall off.
To see idle ones, denotes that some discouraging event will come in the midst of prosperity.
To see a broken reaping machine, signifies loss of employment, or disappointment in trades. See Mowing.
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View source editionFelix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Reaping · Heading 654; source line 4146 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(See Harvest.) To dream of reaping grain is an excellent omen, as it foretells thrift and abundance, as well as plenty of money in gold; this applies to a prolific field of ripe yellow grain; if the grain is meagre and looks rusty, the sign is entirely different, as it betokens scarcity and penury.
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
Reapers or Reaping · Printed p. 248; NLM OCR lines 11664–11666 · OCR transcription
Original source heading: Reapers or Reaping
Original source (English)
Prosperity according to what ye shall have sown (Artemidorus).
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