Yew Tree
The yew, long planted among graves, foretold illness and disappointment to come. For a young woman to sit beneath one was to be filled with fears over her fortune and her lover's faithfulness; to see him standing by it, to hear of his misfortune. Sometimes the dream asks what loss you feel gathering in the shadows ahead.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for yew tree, 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 a yew tree, is a forerunner of illness and disappointment. If a young woman sits under one, she will have many fears to rend her over her fortune and the faithfulness of her lover. If she sees her lover standing by one, she may expect to hear of his illness, or misfortune. To admire one, she will estrange herself from her relatives by a mesalliance.
To visit a yew tree and find it dead and stripped of its foliage, predicts a sad death in your family. Property will not console for this loss.