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Leeches

Leeches

Leeches — clinging, blood-drawing — often touch enemies who overrun your interests, or illness signalled by their bite. The dream may ask who or what is fastening onto you and draining what's yours, where something parasitic has attached itself, and whether a warning of trouble in an unexpected place asks you to pull the clingers off.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for leeches, 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 of leeches, foretells that enemies will run over your interests.

If they are applied to you for medicinal purposes, you will have a serious illness tn your family (if you escape yourself).

To see them applied to others, denotes sickness or trouble to friends.

If they should bite you, there is danger for you in unexpected places, and you should heed well this warning.