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Swoon

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Noe wrote: “To dream you see a person swoon is unfortunate to the maid.”

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SOURCE ACCOUNT

A. H. Noe

The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885

Swoon · Dream section, heading 489; source lines 1799–1802 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream you see a person swoon is unfortunate to the maid. To the married, it is a sign they will become rich and prosperous. To those who are nervous it is bad.

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