Miller wrote: “Rosemary, if seen in dreams, denotes that sadness and indifference will cause unhappiness in homes where…” 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
Rosemary · Heading 1738; source lines 19447–19452 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Rosemary, if seen in dreams, denotes that sadness and indifference will cause unhappiness in homes where there is every appearance of prosperity.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Rosemary · Heading 683; source line 4298 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To the married, denotes loss of their mates and children; to the lover, trouble through his or her sweetheart.
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
Rosemary · Printed p. 250; NLM OCR lines 11744–11746 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To see it in a dream is a good sign; to smell it, however, is an augury of death (Gypsy).
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