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IN SHORT

Miller wrote: “To dream of spools of thread, indicates some long and arduous tasks, but which when completed will meet your most sanguine expectations.”

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SOURCE ACCOUNT

Gustavus Hindman Miller

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints

Spools · Heading 1900; source lines 21082–21088 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of spools of thread, indicates some long and arduous tasks, but which when completed will meet your most sanguine expectations. If they are empty, there will be disappointments for you.

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