Miller wrote: “To dream of toads, signifies unfortunate adventures.” 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
Toad · Heading 2026; source lines 22375–22385 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of toads, signifies unfortunate adventures. If a woman, your good name is threatened with scandal.
To kill a toad, foretells that your judgment will be harshly criticised.
To put your hands on them, you will be instrumental in causing the downfall of a friend.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Toad · Heading 799; source line 4931 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing a toad is a sign of a rain storm: if, in your dream, you see multitudes of small toads, it foretells good crops to farmers, and excellent luck to anybody: if a newly married woman dreams this, it shadows forth that she will have as many smart children as she sees toads—three or four at a time, perhaps—and if she don’t, her husband will beget them elsewhere.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Toads · Dream section, heading 527; source lines 1911–1917 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you see these venomous reptiles, argues ill to the dreamer. It shows enemies and disappointment among friends. To the lover, it denotes infidelity in your sweetheart. In trade, loss by swindlers and spoiling of goods. To dream you kill a toad, denotes that you will overcome an enemy and discover a person who is robbing you and in whom you place great confidence.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Toads · Dream section, heading 431; source lines 4903–4906 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Dreaming of a toad means you will be disgusted with something that will happen to you.
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
Toad · Printed p. 257; NLM OCR lines 12155–12157 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream denoting a malicious enemy; to kill one, success, triumph (Gypsy). The symbol of malice.
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