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.
Table.- - To see one denotes sensual pleasures, to break one in your dream augurs a removal (Gypsy).
A dream forecasting remarkable events (Gypsy).
A dream of quarrels and enmity (Gypsy).
Rain or news and trouble through a woman (Gypsy).
A dream of good-luck (Gypsy). The gypsy instrument at festivals.
Travels by water; on the hands, difficulty (Gypsy).
A dream denoting delight (Gypsy).
A dream denoting encumbered finances (Gypsy).
Augurs new friendships (Gypsy).
A dream of contrary denoting joy (Gypsy).
To tease denotes trouble and sickness; to dream of being teased, good news (Gypsy).
To dream of loose teeth denotes personal sickness; to lose a tooth denotes the death of a friend or relative; for all the teeth to fall out forecasts your own death (Gypsy).
You will go on a very long journey after this dream (Gypsy).
See Stohn.
A dream denoting a malicious enemy; to kill one, success, triumph (Gypsy). The symbol of malice.
A dream denoting sudden elevation (Gypsy). Interpretation derived from their growth of a single night.
A dream denoting sensual pleasure (Gypsy).
Rude labor, drawing water, etc., denotes servitude to the rich and profit to the poor (Gypsy).
To dream of eating denotes happiness of short duration (Gypsy). For many years the tomato was regarded as poisonous and it was considered a risk to eat one.
A dream of marriage, the handsomer the tomb the more brilliant the alliance (Gypsy).
A dream foretelling a shocking discovery (Gypsy).
To wade in one, sorrows, adversity; to be caught in one, danger of lawsuits (Gypsy).
Success through long toil and perseverance (Gypsy). See Ęsop's fable of Hare and Tortoise.
To ascend a tower signifies reverses of fortune (Gypsy). Interpretation corresponds with the aversion of the Hebrews for towers, an example of which is instanced in the Tower of Babel.
A dream connoting losses through law and lawsuits (Gypsy).
To see some one emerging from a trap-door is a dream of a secret divulged; shut down it denotes mystery, hidden treasures, etc. (Gypsy).
Traveling through a wood a dream of trouble and hindrances; uphill, advancement with difficulty (Raphael).
See Church.
A dream of war or a quarrel close at hand (Gypsy).
A dream denoting fever or some sudden change in the temperature (Gypsy).
See Hedge.
To dream of their being broken or injured implies an accident or death in a foreign country (Gypsy).
A dream denoting a vain search after work (Gypsy).
To quench with clear water, sound sleep, contentment; to drink tepid or foul water, discomfort lasting through the night (Gypsy). A gypsy interpretation coinciding with the ultra-modern school.
To mow thistles denotes insolence, to be pricked by one forecasts vexation (Gypsy).
A dream denoting grief, care, difficulties (Gypsy). Symbols of the passion.
A dream denoting mysterious intrigues; to unravel, the discovery of a secret; a dream of gold thread denotes success through intrigue; silver thread, intrigue frustrated (Gypsy).
To dream of cutting some one's throat augurs unwitting injury to that person (Gypsy).
A dream connoting credit, renown, honor (Gypsy).
See Lightning (Gypsy).
To watch it a dream of sorrow (Gypsy).
The dream of an enemy; to escape is well, otherwise the dream augurs ruin (Raphael).
A dream denoting trouble with neighbors (Gypsy).
Pale or lead color forecasts speedy illness of long duration (Gypsy).
To find treasure is a dream of success (Gypsy). One of the few dreams involving material gain that is not a dream of contrary, the reason probably lies in the fact that treasure and its discovery so frequently figures as the traditional reward of virtue in the fairy stories and in mythology.
In foliage, joy and happiness; cut down, loss of friends through death; climbing trees, toil uphill (Raphael).
A dream denoting siege and triumph over resistance (Old Dream Book).
A dream concerning objects of respect and adoration (Gypsy). See occult and Christian significance of this figure.
A dream of unveiling the future, of uncertainty (Gypsy). Obviously derived from the tripod upon which the oracles were seated when forecasting.
A dream denoting money, the larger the trout the more the money (Gypsy).
To blow denotes triumph over enemies; to hear one denotes coming trouble (Raphael). Invariably the symbol of triumph.
Full it shows economy, empty it denotes extravagance (Raphael).
Always a bad dream; filled with water it denotes evil; empty it augurs misfortune; to run against a tub, grief, sorrow, etc. (Raphael).
See Fall.
To be in one, a dream of temporary anxiety and misfortune (Gypsy).
A dream denoting triumph over enemies (Gypsy).
A field of riches; to the lover, a faithful sweetheart (Gypsy).
See Tortoise.
Fidelity, gentleness and good house-keeping in the marriage partner (Gypsy).
 
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