Miller wrote: “To dream of thorns, is an omen of dissatisfaction, and evil will surround every effort to advancement.” Compare 5 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
Thorns · Heading 2013; source lines 22247–22255 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of thorns, is an omen of dissatisfaction, and evil will surround every effort to advancement.
If the thorns are hidden beneath green foliage, you prosperity will be interfered with by secret enemies.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Thorn · Heading 794; source line 4900 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a girl to dream of accidentally sticking a thorn into her finger is a sign she will have a ring presented to her, probably a wedding ring: if a married woman dreams this, some outsider will make love to her by first offering a ring. If any one dreams of sticking a thorn in either foot or leg, it foretells improper intimacy with the opposite sex which will not end in disgrace, but in marriage: married people who dream this will do the same thing and not be found out.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Thorns · Dream section, heading 514; source lines 1870–1871 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you walk upon thorns, signifies destruction to your enemies.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Thorn · Dream section, heading 428; source lines 4896–4898 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Is a sign of loss of money.
Katherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Thorns · Printed p. 258; NLM OCR lines 12223–12225 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream denoting grief, care, difficulties (Gypsy). Symbols of the passion.
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