Miller wrote: “To dream you see ticks crawling on your flesh, is a sign of impoverished circumstances and ill health.”
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
Ticks · Heading 2021; source lines 22324–22335 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you see ticks crawling on your flesh, is a sign of impoverished circumstances and ill health. Hasty journeys to sick beds may be made.
To mash a tick on you, denotes that you will be annoyed by treacherous enemies.
To see in your dreams large ticks on stock, enemies are endeavoring to get possession of your property by foul means.
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