Miller wrote: “To dream that you hear the shrill startling notes of the screech-owl, denotes that you will be shocked with news of the desperate illness,…”
The historical account
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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
Screech-owl · Heading 1793; source lines 19945–19951 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you hear the shrill startling notes of the screech-owl, denotes that you will be shocked with news of the desperate illness, or death of some dear friend.
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