Butcher
The butcher, surrounded by blood and slaughtered beasts, is among the grimmer dream figures, and the old books tie the sight to sickness or loss in the family. The dream tends to touch the cutting and ending of living things, the proximity of mortality, and to ask what fear of loss is moving beneath this stark image.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for butcher, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To see them slaughtering cattle and much blood, you may expect long and fatal sickness in your family. To see a butcher cutting meat, your character will be dissected by society to your detriment. Beware of writing letters or
documents.
Fontaine, 1862
If, in your dream, you see a butcher killing any animal, it is a sign of the death of a friend or near relative. If a farmer dreams of seeing sheep killed, he will probably have a prolific flock.