Miller wrote: “To dream that you thatch a roof with any quickly, perishable material, denotes that sorrow and discomfort will surround you.”
The historical account
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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
Thatch · Heading 2005; source lines 22156–22165 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you thatch a roof with any quickly, perishable material, denotes that sorrow and discomfort will surround you.
If you find that a roof which you have thatched with straw is leaking, there will be threatenings of danger, but by your rightly directed energy they may be averted.
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