Miller wrote: “To dream of a top, denotes that you will be involved in frivolous difficulties.” Compare 2 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
Tops · Heading 2036; source lines 22462–22473 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a top, denotes that you will be involved in frivolous difficulties.
To see one spinning, foretells that you will waste your means in childish pleasures.
To see a top, foretells indiscriminate friendships will involve you in difficulty.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Tops · Dream section, heading 535; source lines 1940–1941 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are spinning tops is ill.
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