Miller wrote: “To dream of being scalded, portends that distressing incidents will blot out pleasurable anticipations.” 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
Scalding · Heading 1780; source lines 19840–19845 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of being scalded, portends that distressing incidents will blot out pleasurable anticipations.
The source heading “Scalding” is shown on the Scalded page: same topic (Noe/Fontaine)
View source editionFelix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Scalded · Heading 696; source line 4362 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of being scalded with hot water, is usually a sign of injuries by the elements; it may foretell losses by floods, by fire, or by winds, or by thunder-storms: if you dream of scalding your tongue with hot tea, it is a sign that you will scandalize a neighbor with some ill-natured remark.
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