Miller wrote: “To dream that you are a wet nurse, denotes that you will be widowed or have the care of the aged, or…” Compare 2 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
Wet Nurse · Heading 2199; source lines 24187–24195 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you are a wet nurse, denotes that you will be widowed or have the care of the aged, or little children.
For a woman to dream that she is a wet nurse, signifies that she will depend on her own labors for sustenance.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Wet-Nurse · Heading 857; source line 5225 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing a wet-nurse suckling a child, is a sign of venery: to a married man it foretells that he will break his marriage vows; and to unmarried girls it denotes shame.
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