The Dictionary of Dreams (12 page)

Beer
.

Fateful of disappointments if drinking from a bar. To see others drinking, work of designing intriguers will displace your fairest hopes.

To habitue's of this beverage, harmonious prospectives are foreshadowed, if pleasing, natural and cleanly conditions survive. The dream occurrences frequently follow in the actual.

Bees
.

Bees signify pleasant and profitable engagements.

For an officer, it brings obedient subjects and healthful environments.

To a preacher, many new members and a praying congregation.

To business men, increase in trade. To parents, much pleasure

from dutiful children. If one stings, loss or injury will bear

upon you from a friendly source.

Beetles
.

To dream of seeing them on your person, denotes poverty and small ills.

To kill them is good.

Beets
.

To see them growing abundantly, harvest and peace will obtain in the land; eating them with others, is full of good tidings.

If they are served in soiled or impure dishes, distressful awakenings will disturb you.

Beggar
.

To see an old, decrepit beggar, is a sign of bad management,

and unless you are economical, you will lose much property.

Scandalous reports will prove detrimental to your fame.

To give to a beggar, denotes dissatisfaction with present surroundings.

To dream that you refuse to give to a beggar is altogether bad.

Beheading
.

To dream of being beheaded, overwhelming defeat or failure

in some undertaking will soon follow.

To see others beheaded, if accompanied by a large flow of blood,

death and exile are portended.

Bier
.

To see one, indicates disastrous losses and the early dissolution

of a dear relative.

To see one, strewn with flowers in a church, denotes an unfortunate marriage.

Belladonna
.

Strategic moves will bring success in commercial circles.

Women will find rivals in society; vain and fruitless efforts

will be made for places in men's affections.

Taking it, denotes misery and failure to meet past debts.

Bell-man
.

Fortune is hurrying after you. Questions of importance will be settled amicably among disputants. To see him looking sad some sorrowful event or misfortune may soon follow.

Bellows
.

Working a bellows, denotes a struggle, but a final triumph over poverty and fate by energy and perseverance.

To dream of seeing a bellows, distant friends are longing to see you.

To hear one, occult knowledge will be obtained by the help

of powerful means. One fallen into disuse, portends you have

wasted energies under misguiding impulses.

Bells
.

To hear bells tolling in your dreams, death of distant friends will occur, and intelligence of wrong will worry you.

Liberty bells, indicate a joyous victory over an opponent.

Belly
.[21]

It is bad to dream of seeing a swollen mortifying belly,

it indicates desperate sickness.

To see anything moving on the belly, prognosticates humiliation

and hard labor.

To see a healthy belly, denotes insane desires.

[21] See Abdomen.

Belt
.

To dream that you have a new style belt, denotes you are soon to meet and make engagements with a stranger, which will demoralize your prosperity.

If it is out of date, you will be meritedly censured for rudeness.

Bench
.

Distrust debtors and confidants if you dream of sitting on one.

If you see others doing so, happy reunions between friends who have been separated through misunderstandings are suggested.

Bequest
.

After this dream, pleasures of consolation from the knowledge of duties well performed, and the health of the young is assured.

Bereavement
.

To dream of the bereavement of a child, warns you that your plans will meet with quick frustration, and where you expect success there will be failure.

Bereavement of relatives, or friends, denotes disappointment

in well matured plans and a poor outlook for the future.

Bet
.

Betting on races, beware of engaging in new undertakings.

Enemies are trying to divert your attention from legitimate business.

Betting at gaming tables, denotes that immoral devices will be used

to wring money from you.

Bible
.

To dream of the Bible, foretells that innocent and disillusioned

enjoyment will be proffered for your acceptance.

To dream that you villify{sic} the teachings of the Bible,

forewarns you that you are about to succumb to resisted temptations

through the seductive persuasiveness of a friend.

Bigamy
.

For a man to commit bigamy, denotes loss of manhood and failing mentality.

To a woman, it predicts that she will suffer dishonor unless very discreet.

Bicycle
.

To dream of riding a bicycle up hill, signifies bright prospects.

Riding it down hill, if the rider be a woman, calls for care regarding her good name and health; misfortune hovers near.

Billiards
.

Billiards, foretell coming troubles to the dreamer.

Law suits and contentions over property. Slander will get

in her work to your detriment. If you see table and bal s idle,

deceitful comrades are undermining you{.}

Birds
.

It is a favorable dream to see birds of beautiful plumage.

A wealthy and happy partner is near if a woman has dreams

of this nature.

Moulting and songless birds, denotes merciless and inhuman treatment of the outcast and fal en by people of wealth.

To see a wounded bird, is fateful of deep sorrow caused by erring offspring.

To see flying birds, is a sign of prosperity to the dreamer.

All disagreeable environments will vanish before the wave

of prospective good.

To catch birds, is not at all bad. To hear them speak, is owning one's inability to perform tasks that demand great clearness of perception.

To kill than with a gun, is disaster from dearth of harvest.

Bird's Nest
.

To see an empty bird's nest, denotes gloom and a dull outlook for business.

With eggs in the nest, good results will follow all engagements.

If young ones are in the nest, it denotes successful journeys and

satisfactory dealings. If they are lonely and deserted, sorrow, and folly of yours will cause you anxiety.

Birth
.

For a married woman to dream of giving birth to a child,

great joy and a handsome legacy is foretold.

For a single woman, loss of virtue and abandonment by her lover.

Birthday
.

To dream of a birthday is a signal of poverty and falsehood to the young, to the old, long trouble and desolation.

Birthday Presents
.

Receiving happy surprises, means a multitude of high accomplishments.

Working people will advance in their trades.

Giving birthday presents, denotes small deferences, if given

at a fe^te or reception.

Biscuits
.

Eating or baking them, indicates ill health and family peace ruptured over silly disputes.

Bishop
.

To dream of a bishop, teachers and authors will suffer great mental worries, caused from delving into intricate subjects.

To the tradesman, foolish buying, in which he is likely to incur loss of good money.

For one to see a bishop in his dreams, hard work will

be his patrimony, with chills and ague as attendant.

If you meet the approval of a much admired bishop, you will be

successful in your undertakings in love or business.

Bite
.

This dream omens ill.

It implies a wish to undo work that is past undoing.

You are also likely to suffer losses through some enemy.

Blackberries
.

To dream of blackberries denotes many ills. To gather them is unlucky.

Eating them denotes losses.

Blackboard
.

To see in your dreams writing in white chalk on a blackboard, denotes ill tidings of some person prostrated with some severe malady, or your financial security will be swayed by the panicky condition of commerce.

Blacksmith
.

To see a blacksmith in a dream, means laborious undertakings will soon work to your advantage.

Bladder
.

To dream of your bladder, denotes you will have heavy trouble in your business if you are not careful of your health and the way you spend your energies.

To see children blowing up bladders, foretells your expectations

will fail to give you much comfort.

Blanket
.

Blankets in your dream means treachery if soiled. If new and white, success where failure is feared, and a fatal sickness will be avoided through unseen agencies.

Blasphemy
.[22]

Blasphemy, denotes an enemy creeping into your life, who under assumed friendship will do you great harm.

To dream you are cursing yourself, means evil fortune.

To dream you are cursed by others, signifies relief through

affection and prosperity.

The interpretation of this dream here given is not satisfactory.

[22] See Profanity.

Bleating
.

To hear young animals bleating in your dreams, foretel s that you will have new duties and cares, though not necessarily unpleasant ones.

Bleeding
.

To dream of bleeding, denotes death by horrible accidents and malicious reports about you. Fortune will turn against you.

Blind
.

To dream of being blind, denotes a sudden change from affluence

to almost abject poverty.

To see others blind, denotes that some worthy person will call

on you for aid.

Blindfold
.

For a woman to dream that she is blindfolded, means that disturbing

elements are rising around to distress and trouble her.

Disappointment will be felt by others through her.

Blind Man's Buff
.

To dream that you are playing at blind man's buff, denotes that you are about to engage in some weak enterprise which will likely humiliate you, besides losing money for you.

Blood
.

Blood-stained garments, indicate enemies who seek to tear down a successful career that is opening up before you.

The dreamer should beware of strange friendships.

To see blood flowing from a wound, physical ailments and worry.

Bad business caused from disastrous dealings with foreign combines.

To see blood on your hands, immediate bad luck, if not careful

of your person and your own affairs.

Blood Stone
.

To dream of seeing a blood stone, denotes that you will be unfortunate in your engagements. For a young woman to receive one as a gift, denotes she will suffer estrangement from one friend, but will, by this, gain one more worthy of her.

Blossoms
.

To dream of seeing trees and shrubs in blossom, denotes a time

of pleasing prosperity is nearing you.

Blows
.

Denotes injury to yourself. If you receive a blow, brain trouble

will threaten you.

If you defend yourself, a rise in business will follow.

Blotting Paper
.

To dream of using blotting paper, signifies you will be deceived

into the betrayal of secrets which will seriously involve a friend.

To see worn blotting paper, denotes continued disagreements in the home or among friends.

Blushing
.

For a young woman to dream of blushing, denotes she will be worried

and humiliated by false accusations. If she sees others blush,

she will be given to flippant railery which will make her unpleasing to her friends.

Boarding House
.

To dream of a boarding house, foretel s that you will suffer

entanglement and disorder in your enterprises, and you are likely

to change your residence.

Boa-Constrictor
.

To dream of this is just about the same as to dream of the devil; it indicates stormy times and much bad fortune. Disenchantment with humanity will follow.

To kill one is good.

Boasting
.

To hear boasting in your dreams, you will sincerely regret

an impulsive act, which will cause trouble to your friends.

To boast to a competitor, foretel s that you will be unjust,

and will use dishonest means to overcome competition.

Boat
.

Boat signals forecast bright prospects, if upon clear water.

If the water is unsettled and turbulent, cares and unhappy changes

threaten the dreamer. If with a gay party you board a boat

without an accident, many favors will be showered upon you.

Unlucky the dreamer who falls overboard while sailing

upon stormy waters.

Bobbin
.

To dream of bobbins, denotes that important work will devolve on you, and your interests will be adversely affected if you are negligent in dispatching the same work.

Bog
.[23]

Bogs, denotes burdens under whose weight you feel that endeavors

to rise are useless. Illness and other worries may oppress you.

[23] See Swamp.

Boiler
.

To dream of seeing a boiler out of repair, signifies you

will suffer from bad management or disappointment.

For a woman to dream that she goes into a cellar to see about

a boiler foretells that sickness and losses will surround her.