Human Physiognomy : or the Art of Discerning the Mental and Moral Character of Man

INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS. 51 Vinegar. To dream that you drink or bathe in vinegar, signifies sickness. Virgin. For a maid to dream she has lost her virginity, signifies great danger. Violin. To dream one plays or sees another play upon a violin, or other musical instrument, signifies affection and concord between man aud wife, master and servants, &c. Walking. To dream one is walking in the dirt, or among thorns, signifies sickness. To dream one is walking in the water, or some torrent, signifies adversity and grief. To dream you walk in the night, signifies trouble and melancholy. Walnuts. To dream one sees or eats walnuts or hazelnuts, signifies difficulty and trouble. War. To dream of war, and affairs of war, signifies trouble and danger to all except captains and soldiers, and such as live by it, for to such it is gain. Washing. For a man to dream he washes or bathes himself in baths or hot-houses, signifies riches and prosperity, and health to the sick. But to dream he washes or bathes himself contrary to the common custom or use, in his clothes, is evil, and betokeueth sickness and great danger. To dream that you wash in fountains, ponds, or current water, and in fair and clear floods, is good, but not that you swim, for that is a sign of danger and severe sickness. Water. See Glass. Water-Mill. To dream of being in a water-mill, signifies that the party shall have a great store of business to do; and the mill-dam holding back the water, shows he shall be much troubled. Weddings. For a man that is sick, to dream that he is wedded to a maid, shows he shall die quickly. If any one dream he is wedded to a deformed woman, it signifies discontent; if to a handsome woman, it denotes joy. Weeping. To dream one weeps and grieves for afriend de parted, or any other cause, is joy aud mirth. Well.' If a young man dreams he draws water out of a clear well, it signifies he will speedily be married to a fair maid who will bring him a portion ; if the water be troubled, he will be disturbed by her, and suddenly fall sick. * Wheat. To dream of eating white bread made of wheat, signifies gain to the rich, and damage to the poor. But to dream of eating coarse bread, though made of wheat, denotes Io the poor profit aud gain, aud to the rich, losses.

RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTM4ODY=