Miller wrote: “To dream of soft zephyrs, denotes that you will sacrifice fortune to obtain the object of your affection…” Compare 3 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
Zephyr · Heading 2262; source lines 24788–24798 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of soft zephyrs, denotes that you will sacrifice fortune to obtain the object of your affection and will find reciprocal affection in your wooing.
If a young woman dreams that she is saddened by the whisperings of the zephyrs, she will have a season of disquietude by the compelled absence of her lover.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Zephyr · Dream section, heading 482; source lines 5040–5046 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To embroider or crochet with zephyr or wool denotes a meeting with a person who will love you.
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
Zephyr · Printed p. 266; NLM OCR lines 12669–12671 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
Inconstancy is augured by this dream (Gypsy). A symbol of lightness and fickleness.
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