Miller wrote: “To dream of sweeping, denotes that you will gain favor in the eyes of your husband, and children will find…” 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
Sweeping · Heading 1957; source lines 21616–21628 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of sweeping, denotes that you will gain favor in the eyes of your husband, and children will find pleasure in the home.
If you think the floors need sweeping, and you from some cause neglect them, there will be distresses and bitter disappointments awaiting you in the approaching days.
To servants, sweeping is a sign of disagreements and suspicion of the intentions of others.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Sweeping · Heading 773; source line 4787 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a girl to dream of sweeping the house, foretells that a lover will soon make his appearance: if a married woman dreams this, it shows that some outsider is charmed with her, and may venture to make dishonorable proposals.
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