Miller wrote: “To dream that you are whitewashing, foretells that you will seek to reinstate yourself with friends by…” 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
Whitewash · Heading 2213; source lines 24330–24340 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you are whitewashing, foretells that you will seek to reinstate yourself with friends by ridding yourself of offensive habits and companions.
For a young woman, this dream is significant of well-laid plans to deceive others and gain back her lover who has been estranged by her insinuating bearing toward him.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Whitewash · Heading 862; source line 5245 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of having your house or place of business whitewashed, is an excellent omen, as it promises you good health, and a good name and repute among your friends: if a woman dreams of whitewashing her house, or any part of it, it foretells that she will have a son who will be distinguished, or that some act of hers will attract public attention.
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