Fontaine wrote: “To dream of running swift, is a sign of good success in your undertakings.” Compare 3 historical dream books.
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Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Run · Heading 688; source line 4321 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(See Race.) To dream of running swift, is a sign of good success in your undertakings; but if you stumble or fall, it denotes accidents or misfortune: if you imagine that you see people run, while you are still, it foretells disappointment.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Run · Dream section, heading 452; source lines 1667–1672 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a man to dream that he would run, and yet cannot lift up his feet, shows he hath an earnest desire to accomplish somewhat, which he will find very difficult. When a sick person dreams he runs, it is a good sign.
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
Running · Printed p. 250; NLM OCR lines 11759–11762 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A fortunate dream of advantageous journeys and elevation in rank unless the dreamer fall, in which case misfortune is denoted (Gypsy).
The source heading “Running” is shown on the Run page: same topic; existing correction created Running for the Miller record
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