Miller wrote: “If you yawn in your dreams, you will search in vain for health and contentment.” Compare 2 historical dream books.
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These are the authors’ historical interpretations. Their forecasts and period judgments are preserved as source material, not as predictions or established meanings for your dream.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Yawning · Heading 2252; source lines 24690–24698 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you yawn in your dreams, you will search in vain for health and contentment.
To see others yawning, foretells that you will see some of your friends in a miserable state. Sickness will prevent them from their usual labors.
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
Yawning · Printed p. 266; NLM OCR lines 12651–12651 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A warning to beware of surprises (Gypsy),
Take a question into your day.
These journal questions are DreamFolia’s invitation to reflect on your experience.
Save it before it slips away. No account needed.
Attributed historical writing. Historical claims are not established predictions or universal psychological meanings. Updated 2026-10-12. Read our approach and sources.