This section is from the book "The Literature And Curiosities Of Dreams", by Frank Seafield. Also available from Amazon: The Literature And Curiosities Of Dreams.
To dream you hear a shaking signifies deceit, which will happen to the dreamer in the place where he dreams.
To dream you see or have many she-goats, sheep, cows, and horses, signifies wealth and plenty.
To dream you are clothed in silk, signifies honour. To dream that you trade with a stranger in silk, denotes profit and joy.
If one dreams he gathers up silver, it signifies damage and loss. To see silver eaten signifies great advantage. To eat silver signifies wrath and anger.
To dream you see your deceased brethren and sisters signifies long life, but to dream you marry your sister's husband signifies danger.
Playing at tables in dreams is the representation of a field prepared for the battle. The two gamesters are the generals, the tables are the field, and the men are the soldiers that make up the two armies; therefore, if any one dreams that he plays tables with an acquaintance, it is a sign that he will fall out with somebody, he loves; and if he dreams he wins, so he shall be victorious over his enemies; and, on the contrary, if he dreams he loseth, he will be worsted and overcome in the encounter. If the dreamer imagine he hath taken many of his men in play, it foretells that he will take many of his enemies prisoners.
To dream that one makes tapestry signifies joy, without very great reason for it.
If one dream he is full of tetters, it signifies he will grow rich in proportion to the tetters that signify his riches.
The thighs in dreams represent relations. If any one dreams both his thighs are broken, or beaten black and blue, he will die in a foreign country alone, without the assistance of his relations.
In dreaming, to be changed from little to great, and again from great to be bigger, so that you exceed not reason, is good, for it is increase of business and goods; but to be greater than common use is death. Also, it is ill for an old man to be changed into a young man, or a young man into a child, for they shall change to a worse estate; but the contrary is good, for they shall come to a better estate. To dream of being turned into a woman is very good for men in mean circumstances. Rich men who dream thus will meet with misfortunes; and such a dream is bad to all handicraftsman whose labour is hard.
If a woman dream that she is an unmarried man, without children, she will have both husband and children; but if married, and having children, she will die a widow
To be turned into brass shows some sudden quarrel and victory; it is good for military men. Iron shows hardness and misery. Clay or earth foretells dissolution; but those who deal in earthenware may reap good from such a dream. Rocks, stone, flint, etc., show continual hard usage, with mocks, reproaches, blows, and slanders. To dream that you are turned into a beast, shows that your nature partakes, or will partake, of the nature of that beast.
 
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