The Dictionary of Dreams (31 page)

If it is broken, some fateful occurrence will thwart and defeat delights that you hold in anticipation.

Grandparents
.

To dreaam{sic} of meeting your grandparents and conversing with them, you will meet with difficulties that will be hard to surmount, but by following good advice you will overcome many barriers.

Grapes
.

To eat grapes in your dream, you will be hardened with many cares;

but if you only see them hanging in profuseness among the leaves, you will soon attain to eminent positions and will be able to impart happiness to others. For a young woman, this dream is one of bright promise.

She will have her most ardent wish gratified.

To dream of riding on horseback and passing musca-dine bushes

and gathering and eating some of its fruit, denotes profitable

employment and the realization of great desires. If there arises

in your mind a question of the poisonous quality of the fruit

you are eating, there will come doubts and fears of success,

but they will gradually cease to worry you.

Grass
.

This is a very propitious dream indeed. It gives promise of a happy and well advanced life to the tradesman, rapid accumulation of wealth, fame to literary and artistic people, and a safe voyage through the turbulent sea of love is promised to all lovers.

To see a rugged mountain beyond the green expanse of grass,

is momentous of remote trouble.

If in passing through green grass, you pass withered places,

it denotes your sickness or embarrassments in business.

To be a perfect dream, the grass must be clear of obstruction or blemishes.

If you dream of withered grass, the reverse is predicted.

Grasshopper
.

To dream of seeing grasshoppers on green vegetables, denotes that enemies threaten your best interests. If on withered grasses, ill health.

Disappointing business will be experienced.

If you see grasshoppers between you and the sun, it denotes that you will have a vexatious problem in your immediate business life to settle, but using caution it will adjust itself in your favor.

To call peoples' attention to the grasshoppers, shows that you

are not discreet in dispatching your private business.

Grave
.

To dream that you see a newly made grave, you will have to suffer

for the wrongdoings of others.

If you visit a newly made grave, dangers of a serious nature is hanging over you. Grave is an unfortunate dream. Ill luck in business transactions will follow, also sickness is threatened.

To dream of walking on graves, predicts an early death or

an unfortunate marriage.

If you look into an empty grave, it denotes disappointment

and loss of friends.

If you see a person in a grave with the earth covering him, except the head, some distressing situation will take hold of that person and loss of property is indicated to the dreamer.

To see your own grave, foretells that enemies are warily seeking to engulf you in disaster, and if you fail to be watchful they will succeed.

To dream of digging a grave, denotes some uneasiness

over some undertaking, as enemies will seek to thwart you,

but if you finish the grave you will overcome opposition.

If the sun is shining, good will come out of seeming embarrassments.

If you return for a corpse, to bury it, and it has disappeared,

trouble will come to you from obscure quarters.

For a woman to dream that night overtakes her in a graveyard, and she can find no place to sleep but in an open grave, foreshows she will have much sorrow and disappointment through death or false friends.

She may lose in love, and many things seek to work her harm.

To see a graveyard barren, except on top of the graves, signifies much sorrow and despondency for a time, but greater benefits and pleasure await you if you properly shoulder your burden.

To see your own corpse in a grave, foreshadows hopeless

and despairing oppression.

Gravel
.

To dream of gravel, denotes unfruitful schemes and enterprises.

If you see gravel mixed with dirt, it foretells you will unfortunately speculate and lose good property.

Gravy
.

To dream of eating gravy, portends failing health and disappointing business.

Grease
.

To dream you are in grease, is significant of travels being enjoyed

with disagreeable but polished strangers.

Greek
.

To dream of reading Greek, denotes that your ideas will be

discussed and finally accepted and put in practical use.

To fail to read it, denotes that technical difficulties are

in your way.

Greyhound
.

A greyhound is a fortunate object to see in your dream.

If it is following a young girl, you will be surprised with a

legacy from unknown people. If a greyhound is owned by you,

it signifies friends where enemies were expected.

Grindstone
.

For a person to dream of turning a grindstone, his dream is prophetic of a life of energy and well directed efforts bringing handsome competency.

If you are sharpening tools, you will be blessed with a worthy helpmate.

To deal in grindstones, is significant of small but honest gain.

Groans
.

If you hear groans in your dream, decide quickly on your course,

for enemies are undermining your business. If you are groaning with fear, you will be pleasantly surprised at the turn for better in your affairs, and you may look for pleasant visiting among friends.

Groceries
.

To dream of general groceries, if they are fresh and clean,

is a sign of ease and comfort.

Grotto
.

To see a grotto in your dreams, is a sign of incomplete and

inconstant friendships. Change from comfortable and simple

plenty will make showy poverty unbearable.

Guardian
.

To dream of a guardian, denotes you will be treated with consideration by your friends. For a young woman to dream that she is being unkindly dealt with by her guardian, foretells that she will have loss and trouble in the future.

Guitar
.

To dream that you have a guitar, or is playing one in a dream,

signifies a merry gathering and serious love making.

For a young woman to think it is unstrung or broken,

foretells that disappointments in love are sure to overtake her.

Upon hearing the weird music of a guitar, the dreamer

should fortify herself against flattery and soft persuasion,

for she is in danger of being tempted by a fascinating evil.

If the dreamer be a man, he will be courted, and will be likely

to lose his judgment under the wiles of seductive women.

If you play on a guitar, your family affairs will be harmonious.

Gulls
.

To dream of gul s, is a prophecy of peaceful dealings

with ungenerous persons. Seeing dead gulls, means wide

separation for friends.

Gun
.

This is a dream of distress. Hearing the sound of a gun, denotes loss of employment, and bad management to proprietors of establishments.

If you shoot a person with a gun, you will fall into dishonor.

If you are shot, you will be annoyed by evil persons, and perhaps

suffer an acute illness.

For a woman to dream of shooting, forecasts for her a quarreling

and disagreeable reputation connected with sensations.

For a married woman, unhappiness through other women.

Gutter
.

To dream of a gutter, is a sign of degradation. You will be the cause of unhappiness to others.

To find articles of value in a gutter, your right to certain property will be questioned.

Gymnast
.

To dream of a gymnast, denotes you will have misfortune

in speculation or trade.

Gypsy
.

If you dream of visiting a gypsy camp, you will have an offer of importance and will investigate the standing of the parties to your disadvantage.

For a woman to have a gypsy tell her fortune, is an omen

of a speedy and unwise marriage. If she is already married,

she will be unduly jealous of her husband.

For a man to hold any conversation with a gypsy, he will be likely

to lose valuable property.

To dream of trading with a gypsy, you will lose money in speculation.

This dream denotes that material pleasures are the biggest items

in your life.

H.

``_And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return

to Herod, they departed into their own country another way_.''--

Matthew ii, 12.

Haggard
.

To see a haggard face in your dreams, denotes misfortune and defeat

in love matters.

To see your own face haggard and distressed, denotes trouble

over female affairs, which may render you unable to meet business

engagements in a healthy manner.

Hail
.

If you dream of being in a hail storm, you will meet poor success

in any undertaking.

If you watch hail-stones fall through sunshine and rain, you will be harassed by cares for a time, but fortune will soon smile upon you.

For a young woman, this dream indicates love after many slights.

To hear hail beating the house, indicates distressing situations.

Hair
.

If a woman dreams that she has beautiful hair and combs it,

she will be careless in her personal affairs, and will lose

advancement by neglecting mental application.

For a man to dream that he is thinning his hair, foreshadows that he will become poor by his generosity, and suffer illness through mental worry.

To see your hair turning gray, foretells death and contagion

in the family of some relative or some friend.

To see yourself covered with hair, omens indulgence in vices to such an extent as will debar you from the society of refined people.

If a woman, she will resolve herself into a world of her own,

claiming the right to act for her own pleasure regardless

of moral codes

If a man dreams that he has black, curling hair, he will deceive

people through his pleasing address. He will very likely deceive

the women who trust him. If a woman's hair seems black and curly,

she will be threatened with seduction.

If you dream of seeing a woman with golden hair, you will prove

a fearless lover and be woman's true friend.

To dream that your sweetheart has red hair, you will be

denounced by the woman you love for unfaithfulness.

Red hair usually suggests changes

If you see brown hair, you will be unfortunate in choosing a career.

If you see well kept and neatly combed hair, your fortune will improve.

To dream you cut your hair close to the scalp, denotes that

you will be generous to lavishness towards a friend.

Frugality will be the fruits growing out therefrom.

To see the hair growing out soft and luxuriant, signifies

happiness and luxury.

For a woman to compare a white hair with a black one, which she

takes from her head, foretells that she will be likely to hesitate

between two offers of seeming fortune, and unless she uses great care, will choose the one that will afford her loss or distress instead of pleasant fortune.

To see tangled and unkempt hair, life will be a veritable burden,

business will fall off, and the marriage yoke will be troublesome to carry.

If a woman is unsuccessful in combing her hair, she will lose

a worthy man's name by needless show of temper and disdain.

For a young woman to dream of women with gray hair, denotes that they will come into her life as rivals in the affection of a male relative, or displace the love of her affianced.

To dream of having your hair cut, denotes serious disappointments.

For a woman to dream that her hair is falling out, and baldness is apparent, she will have to earn her own livelihood, as fortune has passed her by.

For man or woman to dream that they have hair of snowy whiteness,

denotes that they will enjoy a pleasing and fortunate journey through life.

For a man to caress the hair of a woman, shows he will enjoy

the love and confidence of some worthy woman who will trust

him despite the world's condemnation.

To see flowers in your hair, foretells troubles approaching which,

when they come, will give you less fear than when viewed from a distance.

For a woman to dream that her hair turns to white flowers,

augurs that troubles of a various nature will confront her,

and she does well if she strengthens her soul with patience,

and endeavors to bear her trials with fortitude.

To dream that a lock of your hair turns gray and fal s out,

is a sign of trouble and disappointment in your affairs.

Sickness will cast gloom over bright expectations.

To see one's hair turn perfectly white in one night, and the face

seemingly young, foretells sudden calamity and deep grief.

For a young woman to have this dream, signifies that she

will lose her lover by a sudden sickness or accident.

She will likely come to grief from some indiscretion on her part.

She should be careful of her associates.

Hair-dresser
.

Should you visit a hair-dresser in your dreams, you will be connected with a sensation caused by the indiscretion of a good looking woman.

To a woman, this dream means a family disturbance and well merited censures.

For a woman to dream of having her hair colored, she will narrowly escape the scorn of society, as enemies will seek to blight her reputation.