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Nuts

Nuts

Nuts often arrive in dreams when something small but valuable is being gathered or protected—effort that compounds quietly over time. They can represent the simple pleasure of having enough, or perhaps the question of whether what you've stored away still nourishes you.

Miller 1901Fontaine 1862
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for nuts, 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 gathering nuts, augurs successful enterprises, and much favor in love.

To eat them, prosperity will aid you in grasping any desired pleasure.

For a woman to dream of nuts, foretells that her fortune will be on blissful heights.

Fontaine, 1862

The Golden Wheel Dream-book

To dream of nuts denotes riches and happiness; to the lover, success; if you are gathering them, it is a good omen; but if you crack them, unfavorable. 48, 6. OAK. To dream of seeing a very large oak tree, and of gathering acorns under it, is a sign that some wealthy relative will leave you a fortune by will: if anybody dreams this who does not happen to have wealthy relations, it may turn out that somebody else will take the liberty of making a will in his or her favor; if not, a streak of good luck will come in some other way to make the matter right.