Alum
Alum is sharp and puckering on the tongue, and in dreams it often marks the frustration of well-laid plans, or a private remorse over harm done to someone undeserving. The dream tends to ask what has soured, and whether there is some quiet regret we have not let ourselves taste fully.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for alum, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
Alum seen in a dream, portends frustration of well laid plans. To taste alum, denotes secret remorse over some evil work by you upon some innocent person.
For a woman to dream of quantities of alum, foretells disappointment in her marriage and loss of affection.