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Bottles

Bottles

Bottles well filled with clear liquid are a good dream in the old books — obstacles overcome, prosperity, even speedy marriage for the unwed. The dream tends to touch what we have stored and kept clear, and to ask what fullness we are holding in reserve, and the good fortune it seems to promise.

Miller 1901Fontaine 1862
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for bottles, 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

Bottles are good to dream of if well filled with transparent liquid. You will overcome all obstacles in affairs of the heart, prosperous engagements will ensue. If empty, coming trouble will envelop you in meshes of sinister design, from which you will be forced to use strategy to disengage yourself.

Fontaine, 1862

The Golden Wheel Dream-book

To dream of bottles is a good sign; to a man, success in business; to a maid, speedy marriage; if they are broken, they signify sorrow.