Miller wrote: “To eat sardines in a dream, foretells that distressing events will come unexpectedly upon you.”
The historical account
These are the authors’ historical interpretations. Their forecasts and period judgments are preserved as source material, not as predictions or established meanings for your dream.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Sardines · Heading 1770; source lines 19728–19737 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To eat sardines in a dream, foretells that distressing events will come unexpectedly upon you.
For a young woman to dream of putting them on the table, denotes that she will be worried with the attentions of a person who is distasteful to her.
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