Swallow
A swallow — the bird that returns faithfully each spring — often touches peace and domestic harmony, with unavoidable sadness in a wounded or dead one. The dream may ask where gentle, homing contentment is settling over your household, and whether you can trust the return of peace, unless its harm signals a sorrow you can't prevent.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for swallow, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream of swallows, is a sign of peace and domestic harmony.
To see a wounded or dead one, signifies unavoidable sadness.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of these birds, is a good omen, as it foretells health and abundant crops to farmers: if you dream of killing a swallow, it is a sign of a misfortune; if you catch the bird, you will have splendid luck and get plenty of money.