Banjo
The banjo's bright, plucky sound carries pleasant amusement in a dream — light diversions, small worries with no lasting sting. The dream tends to touch the simple pleasures that lift a mood, and to ask whether we are letting ourselves enjoy the easy, cheerful music life sometimes offers.
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See what’s rising tonight →What the old dream-books say
These are the entries the historical dream-books record for banjo, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream of a banjo, denotes that pleasant amusements will be enjoyed. To see a negro playing one, denotes that you will have slight worries, but no serious vexation for a season.
For a young woman to see negroes with their banjos, foretells that she will fail in some anticipated amusement. She will have misunderstandings with her lover.