Miller wrote: “To dream of turpentine, foretells your near future holds unprofitable and discouraging engagements.”
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
Turpentine · Heading 2073; source lines 22829–22836 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of turpentine, foretells your near future holds unprofitable and discouraging engagements. For a woman to dream that she binds turpentine to the wound of another, shows she will gain friendships and favor through her benevolent acts.
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