Miller wrote: “To dream of seeing screws, denotes that tedious tasks must be performed, and peevishness in companions…” 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
Screw · Heading 1794; source lines 19951–19957 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing screws, denotes that tedious tasks must be performed, and peevishness in companions must be combated. It also denotes that you must be economical and painstaking.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Screw · Heading 703; source line 4408 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a small screw, is a good sign, and indicates success in all you undertake; but to dream of a large bed-screw portends trouble brought about by love affairs.
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