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Crawfish medallion
Crawfish

Crawfish

A crawfish — forever backing away — often touches retreat and the deceit that can creep into matters of the heart. The dream may ask where you, or someone close, keep moving backward instead of forward, and whether a love you trust is as straight-dealing as it seems or quietly sliding out of reach.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

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

Deceit is sure to assail you in your affairs of the heart, if you are young, after dreaming of this backward-going thing.