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Milking

Milking

Milking a restless, threatening cow whose milk flows freely often touches great opportunities seemingly withheld that turn, in the end, to your favour. The dream may ask what abundance you're drawing from a difficult source, and whether you can keep at the patient, awkward work long enough for the good it promises to arrive.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for milking, 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 milking, and it flows in great streams from the udder, while the cow is restless and threatening, signifies you will see great opportunities withheld from you, but which will result in final favor for you.