The Dictionary of Dreams (11 page)

For a young woman to see negroes with their banjos,

foretells that she will fail in some anticipated amusement.

She will have misunderstandings with her lover.

Bank
.

To see vacant tellers, foretells business losses.

Giving out gold money, denotes carelessness; receiving it,

great gain and prosperity.

To see silver and bank-notes accumulated, increase of honor and fortune.

You will enjoy the highest respect of all classes.

Bankrupt
.

Denotes partial collapse in business, and weakening of the brain faculties.

A warning to leave speculations alone.

Banana
.

To dream of bananas, foretells that you will be mated to an uninteresting and an unloved companion.

To eat them, foretel s a tiresome venture in business,

and self-inflicted duty.

To see them decaying, you are soon to fall into some disagreeable enterprise.

To trade in them, non-productive interests will accumulate around you.

Banner
.

To see one's country's banner floating in a clear sky, denotes triumph over foreign foes. To see it battered, is significant of wars and loss of military honors on land and sea.

Banquet
.

It is good to dream of a banquet. Friends will wait to do you favors.

To dream of yourself, together with many gaily-attired guests,

eating from costly plate and drinking wine of fabulous price

and age, foretells enormous gain in enterprises of every nature,

and happiness among friends.

To see inharmonious influences, strange and grotesque faces or empty tables, is ominous of grave misunderstandings or disappointments.

Bantam
.

To see bantam chickens in your dream, denotes your fortune will

be small, yet you will enjoy contentment. If they appear sickly,

or exposed to wintry storms, your interests will be impaired.

Baptism
.

To dream of baptism, signifies that your character needs strengthening by the practice of temperance in advocating your opinions to the disparagement of your friends.

To dream that you are an applicant, signifies that you will humiliate your inward self for public favor.

To dream that you see John the Baptist baptizing Christ in the Jordan, denotes that you will have a desperate mental struggle between yielding yourself to labor in meagre capacity for the sustenance of others, or follow desires which might lead you into wealth and exclusiveness.

To see the Holy Ghost descending on Christ, is significant of resignation to duty and abnegation of self.

If you are being baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire,

means that you will be thrown into a state of terror over being

discovered in some lustful engagement.

Bar
.

To dream of tending a bar, denotes that you will resort to some questionable mode of advancement.

Seeing a bar, denotes activity in communities, quick uplifting of fortunes, and the consummation of illicit desires.

Barber
.

To dream of a barber, denotes that success will come through struggling and close attention to business. For a young woman to dream of a barber, foretells that her fortune will increase, though meagerly.

Barefoot
.

To wander in the night barefoot with torn garments, denotes that you will be crushed in expectation, and evil influences will surround your every effort.

Barley-field
.

The dreamer will obtain his highest desires, and every effort

will be crowned with success. Decay in anything denotes loss.

Barmaid
.

For a man to dream of a barmaid, denotes that his desires run

to low pleasures, and he will scorn purity.

For a young woman to dream that she is a barmaid, foretel s that she will be attracted to fast men, and that she will prefer irregular pleasures to propriety.

Barn
.

If well filled with ripe and matured grain, and perfect ears of corn, with fat stock surrounding it, it is an omen of great prosperity.

If empty, the reverse may be expected.

Barrel
.[19]

[19] See Cask.

Barometer
.

To see a barometer in a dream, foretel s a change will soon take

place in your affairs, which will prove profitable to you.

If it is broken, you will find displeasing incidents in

your business, arising unexpectedly.

Baseball
.

To see baseball in your dream, denotes you will be easily contented, and your cheerfulness will make you a popular companion.

For a young woman to dream that she is playing baseball,

means much pleasure for her, but no real profit or comfort.

Basement
.[20]

To dream that you are in a basement, foretells that you

will see prosperous opportunities abating, and with them,

pleasure will dwindle into trouble and care.

[20] See Cellar.

Basin
.

For a young woman to dream of bathing in a basin, foretells her womanly graces will win her real friendships and elevations.

Basket
.

To dream of seeing or carrying a basket, signifies that you

will meet unqualified success, if the basket is full;

but empty baskets indicate discontent and sorrow.

Baste
.

To dream of basting meats while cooking, denotes you will

undermine your own expectations by folly and selfishness.

For a woman to baste her sewing, omens much vacation owing

to her extravagance.

Bass Voice
.

To dream that you have a bass voice, denotes you will detect some discrepancy in your business, brought about by the deceit of some one in your employ.

For the lover, this foretells estrangements and quarrels.

Bath
.

For a young person to dream of taking a bath, means much solicitude

for one of the opposite sex, fearing to lose his good opinion through the influence of others.

For a pregnant woman to dream this, denotes miscarriage or accident.

For a man, adultery. Dealings of all kinds should be carried on

with discretion after this dream.

To go in bathing with others, evil companions should be avoided.

Defamation of character is likely to follow. If the water

is muddy, evil, indeed death, and enemies are near you.

For a widow to dream of her bath, she has forgotten her former ties, and is hurrying on to earthly loves. Girls should shun male companions.

Men will engage in intrigues of salacious character.

A warm bath is generally significant of evil. A cold, clear bath is the fore-runner of joyful tidings and a long period of excellent health.

Bathing in a clear sea, denotes expansion of business and satisfying research after knowledge.

Bathroom
.

To see white roses in a bathroom, and yellow ones in a box,

denote that sickness will interfere with pleasure; but more

lasting joys will result from this disappointment.

For a young woman to dream of a bathroom, foretells that her inclinations trend too much toward light pleasures and frivolities.

Bats
.

Awful is the fate of the unfortunate dreamer of this ugly animal.

Sorrows and calamities from hosts of evil work against you.

Death of parents and friends, loss of limbs or sight,

may follow after a dream of these ghoulish monsters.

A white bat is almost a sure sign of death. Often the death

of a child follows this dream.

Battle
.

Battle signifies striving with difficulties, but a final victory

over the same.

If you are defeated in battle, it denotes that bad deals made

by others will mar your prospects for good.

Bayonet
.

To dream of a bayonet, signifies that enemies will hold you in their power, unless you get possession of the bayonet.

Bay Tree
.

A palmy leisure awaits you in which you will meet many pleasing varieties of diversions. Much knowledge will be reaped in the rest from work.

It is generally a good dream for everybody.

Beacon-light
.

For a sailor to see a beacon-light, portends fair seas and

a prosperous voyage.

For persons in distress, warm attachments and unbroken,

will arise among the young.

To the sick, speedy recovery and continued health.

Business will gain new impetus. To see it go out in time

of storm or distress, indicates reverses at the time when you

thought Fortune was deciding in your favor.

Beads
.

To dream of beads, foretells attention from those in elevated position will be shown you. To count beads, portends immaculate joy and contentment.

To string them, you will obtain the favor of the rich.

To scatter them, signifies loss of caste among your acquaintances.

Beans
.

This is a bad dream. To see them growing, omens worries

and sickness among children.

Dried beans, means much disappointment in worldly affairs.

Care should be taken to prevent contagious diseases from spreading.

To dream of eating them, implies the misfortune or illness

of a well loved friend.

Bear
.

Bear is significant of overwhelming competition in pursuits of every kind.

To kill a bear, portends extrication from former entanglements.

A young woman who dreams of a bear will have a threatening rival

or some misfortune.

Beard
.

To dream of seeing a beard, denotes that some uncongenial person will oppose his will against yours, and there will be a fierce struggle for mastery, and you are likely to lose some money in the combat.

Gray beard, signifies hard luck and quarrels.

To see beard on women, foretells unpleasant associations

and lingering illness.

For some one to pull your beard, denotes that you will run a narrow

risk if you do not lose property.

To comb and admire it, shows that your vanity will grow with prosperity, making you detestable in the sight of many of your former companions.

For a young woman to admire a beard, intimates her desire to leave celibacy; but she is threatened with an unfortunate marriage.

Beat
.

It bodes no good to dream of being beaten by an angry person;

family jars and discord are signified.

To beat a child, ungenerous advantage is taken by you of another;

perhaps the tendency will be to cruelly treat a child.

Beauty
.

Beauty in any form is pre-eminently good. A beautiful woman brings

pleasure and profitable business. A well formed and beautiful child, indicates love reciprocated and a happy union.

Beaver
.

To dream of seeing beavers, foretells that you will obtain

comfortable circumstances by patient striving. If you dream

of killing them for their skins, you will be accused of fraud

and improper conduct toward the innocent.

Bed
.

A bed, clean and white, denotes peaceful surcease of worries.

For a woman to dream of making a bed, signifies a new lover

and pleasant occupation.

To dream of being in bed, if in a strange room, unexpected friends

will visit you. If a sick person dreams of being in bed,

new complications will arise, and, perhaps, death.

To dream that you are sleeping on a bed in the open air, foretells that you will have delightful experiences, and opportunity for improving your fortune.

For you to see negroes passing by your bed, denotes exasperating circumstances arising, which will interfere with your plans.

To see a friend looking very pale, lying in bed, signifies strange and woeful complications will oppress your friends, bringing discontent to yourself.

For a mother to dream that her child wets a bed,

foretells she will have unusual anxiety, and persons sick,

will not reach recovery as early as may be expected.

For persons to dream that they wet the bed, denotes sickness,

or a tragedy will interfere with their daily routine of business.

Bedbugs
.

Seen in your dreams, they indicate continued sickness and unhappy states.

Fatalities are intimated if you see them in profusion.

To see bedbugs simulating death, foretells unhappiness caused by illness.

To mash them, and water appears instead of blood, denotes alarming but not fatal illness or accident. To see bedbugs crawling up white walls, and you throw scalding water upon them, denotes grave illness will distress you, but there will be useless fear of fatality.

If the water fails to destroy them, some serious complication

with fatal results is not improbable.

Bed Fellow
.

To dream that you do not like your bed fellow, foretells that

some person who has claims upon you, will censure and make

your surroundings unpleasant generally.

If you have a strange bed fellow, your discontent will worry all who come near you. If you think you have any kind of animal in bed with you, there will be unbounded ill luck overhanging you.

Bed-chamber
.

To see one newly furnished, a happy change for the dreamer.

Journeys to distant places, and pleasant companions.

Beef
.

If raw and bloody, cancers and tumors of a malignant nature will attack the subject. Be on your guard as to bruises and hurts of any kind.

To see, or eat cooked beef, anguish surpassing human aid is before you.

Loss of life by horrible means will occur. Beef properly served under pleasing surroundings denotes harmonious states in love and business, if otherwise, evil is foreboded, though it may be of a trifling nature.