Cap
A cap in a dream often marks an invitation to festivity, though to put one on can counsel care in love affairs. The dream tends to touch the small thing we don to join an occasion, and to ask what gathering we are being drawn into, and whether we are dressing ourselves for pleasure with the right measure of caution.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for cap, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
For a woman to dream of seeing a cap, she will be invited to take part in some festivity.
For a girl to dream that she sees her sweetheart with a cap on, denotes that she will be bashful and shy in his presence.
To see a prisoner's cap, denotes that your courage is failing you in time of danger.
To see a miner's cap, you will inherit a substantial competency.
Fontaine, 1862
To put one on, be careful in your love affairs; to take one down, shows that that which you wish to hide will be discovered; if you receive a cap you will soon be married.