Miller wrote: “To dream of seeing sores, denotes that illness will cause you loss and mental distress.” 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
Sores · Heading 1882; source lines 20884–20900 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing sores, denotes that illness will cause you loss and mental distress.
To dress a sore, foretells that your personal wishes and desires will give place to the pleasure of others.
To dream of an infant having a deep sore so that you can see the bone, denotes that distressing and annoying incidents will detract from your plans, and children will be threatened with contagion.
To dream of sores on yourself, portends early decay of health and impaired mentality. Sickness and unsatisfactory business will follow this dream.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Sores · Heading 744; source line 4627 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of your body being covered with blotches, shows that a great fortune will fall to you. To have the arms full of sores, shows ill success in business.
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