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Notary

Notary

A notary — witnessing and sealing formal acts — often touches unsatisfied desires and probable lawsuits. The dream may ask where official, binding matters are leaving you wanting, and whether entanglement with formalities and disputes is approaching, perhaps risking your reputation for the sake of some passing gratification.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for notary, 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 a notary, is a prediction of unsatisfied desires, and probable lawsuits. For a woman to associate with a notary, foretells she will rashly risk her reputation, in gratification of foolish pleasure.