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Blind Man's Buff

Blind Man's Buff

To play blind man's buff in a dream — groping blindfolded after others — can mark engaging in a weak or ill-judged venture, one likely to humble us. The dream tends to touch acting without clear sight, fumbling toward a goal we cannot see, and to ask whether we are pursuing something half-blind.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for blind man's buff, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.

Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted

To dream that you are playing at blind man's buff, denotes that you are about to engage in some weak enterprise which will likely humiliate you, besides losing money for you.