44 INTERPRETATION -OF DREAMS. death. To dream of plants quick in growth, as the vine and the peach-tree, denotes that the good and evil portended shall quickly happen ; but trees that are slow of growing, as the oak, olive, &c., shows that the good or evil that shall happen to us shall be long in coming. Plays. To dream you see a comedy, farce, or other recreation, signifies success in business. To see a tragedy acted, signifies labor, loss of estate, grief and affliction. Plough. To dream of a plough is good for marriage, procreation, and such like affairs; but it requireth some time to bring it to perfection. Ploughing. To dream of ploughing is good ; but if the horse seems to sink into the ground, it portends loss of labor, dearth of corn, and ill-harvest weather. Pole-Cat. To dream a man catches a pole-cat, or skunk, shows he shall have some ill-natured woman. Pond. To dream of a little pond, signifies the love of a beautiful woman: if a woman have that dream, she shall have her desires accomplished. To dream that your pond is dried up, signifies poverty or death. To dream that you are in a boat upon a pond of clear water, is very good, and signifies joy, and success in affairs. Pot-Herbs. To dream of pot-herbs, especially such as have a strong smell, signifies a discovery of hidden secrets in your domestic concerns. Portrait. If a man dreams he sees a portrait or statue of a handsome naked woman, it signifies good luck. Poverty. To dream of being in poverty signifies good to some ; but cross fortune to those that make commodity of their tongue and fair speech. Prayers. To dream you put up prayers and supplications to God, signifies happiness. Precipices. To dream that one sees great precipices, signifies much injury to person and goods, and danger by fire. Predecessors. To dream of predecessors, as grandfathers, and other ancestors, signifies care. Prisoners. To dream of seeing prisoners executed, is a good dream, and signifies a boldness of courage, and a very clear conscience. Purse. To dreqm that one hath lost his purse, is good and auspicious, if it be old and empty ; for then thereby it signifies that the party dreaming shall either have a new one, or one that is full. But if he dreamed he found it again, he is like to have no other.
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