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39 entries in DREAMS.

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  • #569

    To dream of raw meat is a sign of ill luck.

  • #570

    To dream of eating meat is a sign of sickness.

    Boston.
  • #571

    To see while asleep fresh meats of any kind is a warning of death.

    Alabama.
  • #572

    To dream of blood is a sign of sickness.

    Alabama.
  • #573

    To dream of blood is a sign that some one will “scandalize” you.

    Baltimore, Md. (negro).
  • #574

    To dream of onions is good.

  • #575

    To dream of flowers is a sign of sickness.

    Alabama.
  • #576

    To dream of

    Fruit out of season,
    Trouble without reason.

    Northern Ohio.
  • #577

    To dream of cherries is evil.

  • #578

    To dream of an anchor means good luck.

    St. John, N. B.
  • #579

    To dream on land of a vessel (with sails set?) is a sign of a funeral.

    Labrador and Trinity Bay, N. F.
  • #580

    To dream of small beads or sewing silk is lucky.

    Labrador.
  • #581

    What you dream the first night you are in a strange house will come true.

    General in the United States.
  • #582

    If you dream the first night you are in a strange bed, your dream will come true. If the dream was of a sweetheart, you will be married.

    Trinity Bay and Bay Roberts, N. F.
  • #583

    To dream of losing the sole of your shoe indicates the death of a near friend.

    Cape Breton.
  • #584

    To dream of seeing any one wear worn-out shoes means the death of a near relative.

    Cape Breton.
  • #585

    To dream of a hole worn in a boot is a sign of being sick.

    Newfoundland.
  • #586

    To dream of bad boots is unlucky.

    Newfoundland.
  • #587

    Saturday night’s dream, Sunday morning told,
    Will come to pass before it’s a week old.

    Maine and Massachusetts.
  • #588

    Saturday night dreamt,
    Sunday morning told,
    Sure to come true
    Before a month old.

    Eastern Massachusetts.
  • #589

    Relate the dream before breakfast, and it will come true.

    General in the United States.
  • #590

    If you dream the same thing three times, it will come true.

  • #591

    Dreaming of handling new-made boards is a sign of a coffin. (A carpenter’s notion.)

    Heart’s Content, N. F.
  • #592

    If you dream of seeing a boat drawn or sailing on land, it is a sign of death.

    Cape Breton.
  • #593

    If you dream that you see an empty coffin, you will see it filled within a year.

  • #594

    To dream of dough in a bread pan is the sign of a coffin.

    New Brunswick.
  • #595

    To dream of dough in a black pan is a sign of a corpse.

    Miramichi, N.B.
  • #596

    To dream of bread is good luck.

    Boston, Mass.
  • #597

    To dream of going in a carriage means you’ll travel with a friend.

    Cape Breton.
  • #598

    Pick up a stone in a strange place and put it under the pillow for three nights. If you dream, it will come true.

    Newfoundland.
  • #599

    To dream of being in a new house is a sign of death.

    Harbor Grace, N. F.
  • #600

    Place the heel of one shoe against the instep of the other three nights in a row, and you will dream of your future husband.

    Franklin, Mass.
  • #601

    To dream that your sweetheart has the ague means that he loves you.

  • #602

    To dream you are a fool is good luck and increase of wealth.

  • #603

    Dreaming of persons being sick is a sign of being well.

    Newfoundland and New Hampshire.
  • #604

    To dream of a death is a sign of life.

  • #605

    To dream of the devil is a sign of good luck.

    Trinity Bay, N. F.
  • #606

    To dream you cry means you will laugh.

    Boston, Mass.
  • #607

    Dreams go by contraries.

    General in the United States.