48 INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS. Snow. To dream of snow, denotes a good harvest to the husbandman. To merchants it signifieth hindrance in their negotiations and voyages; and to soldiers, that their designs will be frustrated. Soldiers. To dream you see soldiers, to those of a sanguine complexion, may prove literally true; but to the phlegmatic, it bids them look for sudden dissolution. Spinning. To dream of spinning is good, and shows a person to be diligent aud industrious. Spirit. To dream that you see a spirit before you of a comely aspect, and attired in white, denotes joy and consolation ; but if it be deformed and black, it signifies deceit and temptation to sin. Squirrel. If one dreams that he keeps a squirrel at home, it denotes that he shall love some ill-natured woman, by whom he will be decoyed; or else some domestic, who will have the ascendancy over him. Staff. To dream you have a staff in your hand, signifies sickness ; but to dream you throw it away, denotes recovery. Starching. To dream that one is starching of linen, signifies advantage to the poor; but to the rich, decay and loss. Stars. To dream you see stars clear and fair, is good for a traveller, for it shows prosperity and advantage in a voyage or journey ; also good news. But on the contrary, to see them dusky and pale-colored, signifies all sorts of mischief. Seeing the stars vanish and disappear, signifies poverty, vexation, and disturbing cares to those that are rich,—and death to those that are poor. Statues. To dream of seeing brazen statues moving, signifies riches. But to dream you see great statues moving like monsters, denotes terrors aud perils. Stings. To dream you are stung, signifies grief and care. To many they have signified love, and likewise great injuries by wicked persons. Strange. For a man to dream he is in some strange place, and doth not know how he came thither, signifies either imprisonment, or that some living shall fall to him. Stripes. It is a good thing for a man to dream that he gives stripes to those that are under him, except it be to his wife. But to be be^en with leather, reeds, or cudgels, is not good. Sun. To dream of the sun, is good fortune, and signifies advancement to honor; for the sun signifies felicity ; but the moon, instability of fortune. To see the sun clear, signifies
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