Miller wrote: “To dream of a trumpet, denotes that something of unusual interest is about to befall you.” Compare 4 historical dream books.
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These are the authors’ historical interpretations. Their forecasts and period judgments are preserved as source material, not as predictions or established meanings for your dream.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Trumpet · Heading 2062; source lines 22714–22721 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a trumpet, denotes that something of unusual interest is about to befall you.
To blow a trumpet, signifies that you will gain your wishes.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Trumpet · Heading 813; source line 5019 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you hear the sound of a trumpet, is a bad omen, and denotes trouble and misfortune; to the tradesman it presages the loss of business; to the farmer, bad crops; to the lover, insincerity in the object of your affections.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Trumpet · Dream section, heading 529; source lines 1919–1922 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you hear the sound of a trumpet is a bad omen, and denotes troubles and misfortunes. To the tradesman, it presages loss of business; to the farmer, bad crops; to the lover, insincerity in the object of his affections.
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
Trumpet · Printed p. 259–260; NLM OCR lines 12279–12286 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To blow denotes triumph over enemies; to hear one denotes coming trouble (Raphael). Invariably the symbol of triumph.
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