Miller wrote: “To dream of skulls grinning at you, is a sign of domestic quarrels and jars.” 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
Skull · Heading 1856; source lines 20564–20574 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of skulls grinning at you, is a sign of domestic quarrels and jars. Business will feel a shrinkage if you handle them.
To see a friend's skull, denotes that you will receive injury from a friend because of your being preferred to him.
To see your own skull, denotes that you will be the servant of remorse.
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
Skull · Printed p. 253–254; NLM OCR lines 11937–11943 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream denoting penance (Gypsy). Symbolism obviously Christian.
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