Miller wrote: “To dream of seeing roots of plants or trees, denotes misfortune, as both business and health will go into…” 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
Roots · Heading 1735; source lines 19397–19404 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing roots of plants or trees, denotes misfortune, as both business and health will go into decline.
To use them as medicine, warns you of approaching illness or sorrow.
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
Root · Printed p. 250; NLM OCR lines 11738–11740 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of eating them denotes mental disorder (Gypsy). See tradition of Nebuchadnezzar.
The source heading “Root” is shown on the Roots page: both plant roots
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