Fontaine wrote: “To dream of snuffing out a candle, is a sign of a death in the family: if you imagine that you snuff it too short, without putting it out,…”
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Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Snuffers · Heading 741; source line 4618 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(See Candles.) To dream of snuffing out a candle, is a sign of a death in the family: if you imagine that you snuff it too short, without putting it out, it foretells that you will do something that will make a female friend shed tears.
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