Miller wrote: “To see turnips growing, denotes that your prospects will brighten, and that you will be much elated over…” Compare 5 historical dream books.
Compare the historical accounts
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
Turnips · Heading 2072; source lines 22815–22829 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see turnips growing, denotes that your prospects will brighten, and that you will be much elated over your success.
To eat them is a sign of ill health. To pull them up, denotes that you will improve your opportunities and your fortune thereby.
To eat turnip greens, is a sign of bitter disappointment. Turnip seed is a sign of future advancement.
For a young woman to sow turnip seed, foretells that she will inherit good property, and win a handsome husband.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Turnip · Heading 818; source line 5043 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of turnips signifies the discovery of secrets and domestic quarrels.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Turnips · Dream section, heading 532; source lines 1929–1933 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of being in a turnip field, or that you see this wholesome vegetable, denotes acquisition of riches, and high employments in the state. To the lover, they augur great fidelity and an exceedingly good temper in your sweetheart, and that if you marry you will be very happy, have fine children and thrive in the world.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Turnips · Dream section, heading 436; source lines 4915–4917 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Denote disappointment and annoyance.
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
Turnips · Printed p. 260; NLM OCR lines 12302–12304 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A field of riches; to the lover, a faithful sweetheart (Gypsy).
Take a question into your day.
These journal questions are DreamFolia’s invitation to reflect on your experience.
Save it before it slips away. No account needed.
Also indexed as: turnip
Attributed historical writing. Historical claims are not established predictions or universal psychological meanings. Updated 2026-10-12. Read our approach and sources.