Miller wrote: “To dream of seeing a sheriff, denotes that you will suffer great uneasiness over the uncertain changes…” 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
Sheriff · Heading 1829; source lines 20280–20294 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing a sheriff, denotes that you will suffer great uneasiness over the uncertain changes which loom up before you.
To imagine that you are elected sheriff or feel interested in the office, denotes that you will participate in some affair which will afford you neither profit nor honor.
To escape arrest, you will be able to further engage in illicit affairs. See Bailiff and Police.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Sheriff · Heading 716; source line 4475 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you dream the sheriff is after you with a writ, or a warrant, and that you dodge and escape him, it is a sign of bad luck and losses; but if he arrests and locks you up in prison, it foretells that some good fortune is coming. Soon after such a dream you will be lucky in anything you undertake.
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