This section is from the book "The Fabric Of Dreams: Dream Lore And Dream Interpretation, Ancient And Modern", by Katherine Taylor Craig. Also available from Amazon: The Fabric Of Dreams: Dream Lore And Dream Interpretation, Ancient And Modern.
This dream denotes an enemy who will backbite and bring trouble (Gypsy). An Egyptian symbol of judgment, and of watchfulness over sacred things, it was evidently held in horror by the faiths that succeeded those of Egypt
To dream that one crosses your path, bitter enemies; to catch one, success in defying enemies (Gypsy).
"I neither tattle with Jack Daw Or maggot-pye on thatched house straw," says Rowlands in the "Night-Raven" (1620).
A dream of ill-luck (Gypsy); symbolism probably based upon Japanese inhospitality to foreigners in former days.
A dream of sickness and poverty (Gypsy).
A dream of true love and success (Gypsy). Poetic symbol.
See Gem.
To come before a judge, a bad dream, indicating malice, persecution, etc. (Gypsy); a dream probably interpreted from the Gypsy experience.
A good dream (Gypsy).
 
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