Miller wrote: “To dream of an urn, foretells you will prosper in some respects, and in others disfavor will be apparent.” Compare 4 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
Urn · Heading 2094; source lines 23032–23038 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of an urn, foretells you will prosper in some respects, and in others disfavor will be apparent. To see broken urns, unhappiness will confront you.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Urn · Dream section, heading 537; source lines 1944–1946 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of this vessel has a happy signification, for it foretells the marriage either of yourself, a near relative or a dear companion.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Urn · Dream section, heading 443; source lines 4932–4935 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If it contains flowers it means a speedy marriage of someone in your family. Empty, it means a loss.
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
Urn · Printed p. 260; NLM OCR lines 12329–12332 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream of death (Gypsy).
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