Miller wrote: “To dream of walking through rough brier, entangled paths, denotes that you will be much distressed over…” Compare 5 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
Walking · Heading 2155; source lines 23679–23697 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of walking through rough brier, entangled paths, denotes that you will be much distressed over your business complications, and disagreeable misunderstandings will produce coldness and indifference.
To walk in pleasant places, you will be the possessor of fortune and favor.
To walk in the night brings misadventure, and unavailing struggle for contentment.
For a young woman to find herself walking rapidly in her dreams, denotes that she will inherit some property, and will possess a much desired object. See Wading.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Walking · Heading 842; source line 5147 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are walking in a dirty and muddy place, foretells sickness and vexation: in love, it denotes bad temper and disappointment.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Walking · Dream section, heading 554; source lines 1986–1988 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream one is walking in the dirt, or among thorns, signifies sickness. To dream one is walking in the water, or some torrent, signifies adversity and grief.
Anonymous
Guide to Fortune-Telling by Dreams · Multum in Parvo Library, Vol. I, No. 10, October 1894
Walking · Dream section, heading 42; source lines 364–369 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are walking in a dirty, muddy place foretells sickness and vexation; to the lover it denotes your sweetheart to be bad tempered and unfaithful; to the tradesman it foretells dishonest servants, and loss of goods by fire.
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
Walking · Printed p. 262; NLM OCR lines 12438–12440 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
In the dirt, sickness; in water, grief; in the night, trouble (Gypsy).
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