The Dictionary of Dreams (41 page)

or husband will not seriously offset her pleasures or contentment.

Liver
.

To dream of a disordered liver, denotes a querulous person will be your mate, and fault-finding will occupy her time, and disquiet will fill your hours.

To dream of eating liver, indicates that some deceitful person

has installed himself in the affection of your sweetheart.

Lizard
.

To dream of lizards, foretel s attacks upon you by enemies.

If you kill a lizard, you will regain your lost reputation or fortune; but if it should escape, you will meet vexations and crosses in love and business.

For a woman to dream that a lizard crawls up her skirt,

or scratches her, she will have much misfortune and sorrow.

Her husband will be a victim to invalidism and she will be left

a widow, and little sustenance will be eked out by her own labors.

Load
.

To dream that you carry a load, signifies a long existence filled

with labors of love and charity.

To fall under a load, denotes your inability to attain comforts

that are necessary to those looking to you for subsistence.

To see others thus engaged, denotes trials for them in which you

will be interested.

Loadstone
.

To dream of a loadstone, denotes you will make favorable

opportunities for your own advancement in a material way.

For a young woman to think a loadstone is attracting her,

is an omen of happy changes in her family.

Loaves
.

To dream of loaves of bread, denotes frugality. If they be of cake, the dreamer has cause to rejoice over his good fortune, as love and wealth will wait obsequiously upon you.

Broken loaves, bring discontent and bickerings between those who love.

To see loaves multiply phenomenally, prognosticates great success.

Lovers will be happy in their chosen ones.

Lobster
.

To dream of seeing lobsters, denotes great favors, and riches

will endow you.

If you eat them, you will sustain contamination by associating too freely with pleasure-seeking people.

If the lobsters are made into a salad, success will not change

your generous nature, but you will enjoy to the fullest your

ideas of pleasure.

To order a lobster, you will hold prominent positions and

command many subordinates.

Lock
.

To dream of a lock, denotes bewilderment. If the lock works at your command, or efforts, you will discover that some person is working you injury.

If you are in love, you will find means to aid you in overcoming a rival; you will also make a prosperous journey.

If the lock resists your efforts, you will be derided and scorned

in love and perilous voyages will bring to you no benefit.

To put a lock upon your fiance'e's neck and arm, foretells that you

are distrustful of her fidelity, but future episodes will disabuse

your mind of doubt.

Locket
.

If a young woman dreams that her lover places a locket around

her neck, she will be the recipient of many beautiful offerings,

and will soon be wedded, and lovely children will crown her life.

If she should lose a locket, death will throw sadness into her life.

If a lover dreams that his sweetheart returns his locket,

he will confront disappointing issues. The woman he loves will

worry him and conduct herself in a displeasing way toward him.

If a woman dreams that she breaks a locket, she will have a changeable and unstable husband, who will dislike constancy in any form, be it business or affection,

Lockjaw
.

To dream that you have lockjaw, signifies there is trouble ahead

for you, as some person is going to betray your confidence.

For a woman to see others with lockjaw, foretel s her friends will

unconsciously detract from her happiness by assigning her unpleasant tasks.

If stock have it, you will lose a friend.

Locomotive
.

To dream of a locomotive running with great speed, denotes a rapid rise in fortune, and foreign travel. If it is disabled, then many vexations will interfere with business affairs, and anticipated journeys will be laid aside through the want of means.

To see one completely demolished, signifies great distress

and loss of property.

To hear one coming, denotes news of a foreign nature.

Business will assume changes that will mean success to all classes.

To hear it whistle, you will be pleased and surprised at the appearance of a friend who has been absent, or an unexpected offer, which means preferment to you.

Locust
.

To dream of locusts, foretells discrepancies will be found

in your business, for which you will worry and suffer.

For a woman, this dream foretells she will bestow her affections

upon ungenerous people.

Lodger
.

For a woman to dream that she has lodgers, foretells she will

be burdened with unpleasant secrets. If one goes away without

paying his bills, she will have unexpected trouble with men.

For one to pay his bill, omens favor and accumulation of money.

Looking-glass
.[115]

For a woman to dream of a looking-glass, denotes that she is soon

to be confronted with shocking deceitfulness and discrepancies,

which may result in tragic scenes or separations.

[115] See Mirror.

Loom
.

To dream of standing by and seeing a loom operated by a stranger, denotes much vexation and useless irritation from the talkativeness of those about you.

Some disappointment with happy expectations are coupled with this dream.

To see good-looking women attending the loom, denotes unqualified success to those in love. It predicts congenial pursuits to the married.

It denotes you are drawing closer together in taste.

For a woman to dream of weaving on an oldtime loom, signifies that she will have a thrifty husband and beautiful children will fill her life with happy solicitations.

To see an idle loom, denotes a sulky and stubborn person,

who will cause you much anxious care.

Lord's Prayer
.

To dream of repeating the Lord's Prayer, foretells that you are threatened with secret foes and will need the alliance and the support of friends to tide you over difficulties.

To hear others repeat it, denotes the danger of some friend.

Lottery
.

To dream of a lottery, and that you are taking great interest

in the drawing, you will engage in some worthless enterprise,

which will cause you to make an unpropitious journey.

If you hold the lucky number, you will gain in a speculation

which will perplex and give you much anxiety.

To see others winning in a lottery, denotes convivialities and amusements, bringing many friends together.

If you lose in a lottery, you will be the victim of designing persons.

Gloomy depressions in your affairs will result.

For a young woman to dream of a lottery in any way, denotes that

her careless way of doing things will bring her disappointment,

and a husband who will not be altogether reliable or constant.

To dream of a lottery, denotes you will have unfavorable friendships in business. Your love affairs will produce temporary pleasure.

Louse
.[116]

To dream of a louse, foretells that you will have uneasy feelings regarding your health, and an enemy will give you exasperating vexation.

[116] See Lice.

Love
.

To dream of loving any object, denotes satisfaction with

your present environments.

To dream that the love of others fills you with happy forebodings,

successful affairs will give you contentment and freedom from the anxious cares of life. If you find that your love fails, or is not reciprocated, you will become despondent over some conflicting question arising in your mind as to whether it is best to change your mode of living or to marry and trust fortune for the future advancement of your state.

For a husband or wife to dream that their companion is loving,

foretells great happiness around the hearthstone, and bright

children will contribute to the sunshine of the home.

To dream of the love of parents, foretells uprightness in character

and a continual progress toward fortune and elevation.

The love of animals, indicates contentment with what you possess,

though you may not think so. For a time, fortune will crown you.

Lovely
.

Dreaming of lovely things, brings favor to all persons connected with you.

For a lover to dream that his sweetheart is lovely of person and character, foretells for him a speedy and favorable marriage.

If through the vista of dreams you see your own fair loveliness,

fate bids you, with a gleaming light, awake to happiness.

Lozenges
.

To dream of lozenges, foretells success in small matters.

For a woman to eat or throw them away, foretells her life

will be harassed by little spites from the envious.

Lucky
.

To dream of being lucky, is highly favorable to the dreamer.

Fulfilment of wishes may be expected and pleasant duties will

devolve upon you.

To the despondent, this dream forebodes an uplifting and a

renewal of prosperity.

Luggage
.

To dream of luggage, denotes unpleasant cares. You will be encumbered with people who will prove distasteful to you.

If you are carrying your own luggage, you will be so full of your own distresses that you will be blinded to the sorrows of others.

To lose your luggage, denotes some unfortunate speculation or family dissensions To the unmarried, it foretells broken engagements.

Lumber
.

To dream of lumber, denotes many difficult tasks and but little

remuneration or pleasure.

To see piles of lumber burning, indicates profit from an unexpected source.

To dream of sawing lumber, denotes unwise transactions and unhappiness.

Lute
.

To dream of playing on one, is auspicious of joyful news from absent friends.

Pleasant occupations follow the dreaming of hearing the music

of a lute.

Luxury
.

To dream that you are surrounded by luxury, indicates much wealth,

but dissipation and love of self will reduce your income.

For a poor woman to dream that she enjoys much luxury, denotes an early change in her circumstances.

Lying
.

To dream that you are lying to escape punishment, denotes that you will act dishonorably towards some innocent person.

Lying to protect a friend from undeserved chastisement, denotes that you will have many unjust criticisms passed upon your conduct, but you will rise above them and enjoy prominence.

To hear others lying, denotes that they are seeking to entrap you. Lynx.

To dream of seeing a lynx, enemies are undermining your business

and disrupting your home affairs. For a woman, this dream indicates that she has a wary woman rivaling her in the affections of her lover.

If she kills the lynx, she will overcome her rival.

Lyre
.

To dream of listening to the music of a lyre, foretells chaste pleasures and congenial companionship. Business will run smoothly.

For a young woman to dream of playing on one, denotes that she will enjoy the undivided affection of a worthy man.

M.

``_And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to his interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the King of Egypt, which were bound in the prison_.''--

Gen. xl., 5.

Macadamize
.

To dream that you see or travel on a macadamized road, is significant of pleasant journeys, from which you will derive much benefit.

For young people, this dream foretells noble aspirations.

Macaroni
.

To dream of eating macaroni, denotes small losses. To see it in large quantities, denotes that you will save money by the strictest economy.

For a young woman, this dream means that a stranger will enter her life.

Machinery
.

To dream of machinery, denotes you will undertake some project

which will give great anxiety, but which will finally result

in good for you.

To see old machinery, foretells enemies will overcome in your strivings to build up your fortune. To become entangled in machinery, foretells loss in your business, and much unhappiness will follow.

Loss from bad deals generally follows this dream.

Mad Dog
.[117]

To dream of seeing a mad dog, denotes that enemies will make scurrilous attacks upon you and your friends, but if you succeed in killing the dog, you will overcome adverse opinions and prosper greatly in a financial way.

[117] See Dog.

Madness
.

To dream of being mad, shows trouble ahead for the dreamer.

Sickness, by which you will lose property, is threatened.

To see others suffering under this malady, denotes inconstancy of friends and gloomy ending of bright expectations.

For a young woman to dream of madness, foretel s disappointment

in marriage and wealth.

Madstone
.

To see a madstone applied to a wound from the fangs of some mad animal, denotes that you will endeavor, to the limits of your energy, to shield self from the machinations of enemies, which will soon

envelop you with the pall of dishonorable defeat.

Magic
.

To dream of accomplishing any design by magic, indicates pleasant surprises.