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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
Skeleton · Heading 1855; source lines 20552–20564 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing a skeleton, is prognostic of illness, misunderstanding and injury at the hands of others, especially enemies.
To dream that you are a skeleton, is a sign that you are suffering under useless worry, and should cultivate a milder disposition.
If you imagine that one haunts you, there will soon come to you a shocking accident or death, or the trouble may take the form of financial disaster.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Skeleton · Dream section, heading 386; source lines 4793–4796 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
The vision of a skeleton usually signifies a change for the better.
Katherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Skeleton · Printed p. 253; NLM OCR lines 11936–11936 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream of horror, fright (Gypsy).
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