Maggots
Maggots — the small, swarming life that feeds on what has died — carry a revulsion the old books skirt. They touch decay that set in unseen: something neglected long enough to rot, now teeming. Where has something been left to spoil, and what is feeding on it while you look away?
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for maggots, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of seeing any thing putrid and covered with maggots, is a sign of death; but the death may be that of your favorite dog, cat, or bird, though such a dream often foretells the death of a relative or friend.