Letter-carrier
A letter-carrier — bringing word to your door — often touches news arriving, sometimes unwelcome, sometimes from one you love. The dream may ask what message is making its way to you, whether you're bracing for unpleasant tidings or hoping to hear from someone absent, and how the anticipation of word is stirring you before it arrives.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for letter-carrier, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
If you dream of a letter-carrier coming with your letters, you will soon receive news of an unwelcome and an unpleasant character.
To hear his whistle, denotes the unexpected arrival of a visitor.
If he passes without your mail, disappointment and sadness will befall you.
If you give him letters to mail, you will suffer injury through envy or jealousy.
To converse with a letter-carrier, you will implicate yourself in some scandalous proceedings.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of a letter carrier, indicates you will hear from an absent one whom you love.