Fontaine wrote: “To dream of calling in one, gives confidence: to see a person taken to prison by a watchman, shows that…” Compare 3 historical dream books.
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Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Watchman · Heading 852; source line 5196 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of calling in one, gives confidence: to see a person taken to prison by a watchman, shows that you must be careful in conducting your business. If the watchman take hold of you, it is a very good sign. To see many watchmen together, signifies the loss of money.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Watchman · Dream section, heading 461; source lines 4979–4981 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see a watchman denotes a trifling 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
Watchman · Printed p. 263; NLM OCR lines 12472–12474 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
Loss through thieves, a dream of warning (Gypsy).
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