The Dictionary of Dreams (68 page)

If she is a blonde, you will find that all your engagements will

be pleasant and favorable to your inclinations.

Wooden Shoe
.

To dream of a wooden shoe, is significant of lonely wanderings and

penniless circumstances. Those in love will suffer from unfaithfulness.

Woods
.

To dream of woods, brings a natural change in your affairs.

If the woods appear green, the change will be lucky.

If stripped of verdure, it will prove calamitous.

To see woods on fire, denotes that your plans will reach

satisfactory maturity. Prosperity will beam with favor upon you.

To dream that you deal in firewood, denotes that you will win

fortune by determined struggle.

Wood-pile
.

To dream of a wood-pile, denotes unsatisfactory business

and misunderstandings in love.

Wool
.

To dream of wool, is a pleasing sign of prosperous opportunities

to expand your interests.

To see soiled, or dirty wool, foretells that you will seek employment with those who detest your principles.

Work
.

To dream that you are hard at work, denotes that you will win

merited success by concentration of energy.

To see others at work, denotes that hopeful conditions will surround you.

To look for work, means that you will be benefited by

some unaccountable occurrence.

Work house
.[244]

To dream that you are in a workhouse denotes that some event

will work you harm and loss.

[244] See Prison.

Workshop
.

To see workshops in your dreams, foretells that you will use

extraordinary schemes to undermine your enemies.

Worms
.

To dream of worms, denotes that you will be oppressed by the low intriguing of disreputable persons.

For a young woman to dream they crawl on her, foretel s that her

aspirations will always tend to the material. If she kills or throws them off, she will shake loose from the material lethargy and seek to live in morality and spirituality.

To use them in your dreams as fish bait, foretells that by your ingenuity you will use your enemies to good advantage.

Wound
.

To dream that you are wounded, signals distress and an unfavorable

turn in business.

To see others wounded, denotes that injustice will be accorded

you by your friends.

To relieve or dress a wound, signifies that you will have occasion

to congratulate yourself on your good fortune.

Wreath
.

To dream that you see a wreath of fresh flowers, denotes that

great opportunities for enriching yourself will soon present

themselves before you.

A withered wreath bears sickness and wounded love.

To see a bridal wreath, foretells a happy ending to uncertain engagements.

Wrecks
.[245]

To see a wreck in your dream, foretells that you will be harassed

with fears of destitution or sudden failure in business.

[245] See other like words.

Writing
.[246]

To dream that you are writing, foretells that you will make a mistake which will almost prove your undoing.

To see writing, denotes that you will be upbraided for your careless conduct and a lawsuit may cause you embarrassment.

To try to read strange writing, signifies that you will escape

enemies only by making no new speculation after this dream.

[246] See Letters.

Y.

``_The Prophet that hath a dream let him tell a dream_.''--Jer. XXIII., 28.

Yacht
.

To see a yacht in a dream, denotes happy recreation away

from business and troublesome encumbrances. A stranded one,

represents miscarriage of entertaining engagements.

Yankee
.

To dream of a Yankee, foretells that you will remain loyal

and true to your promise and duty, but if you are not careful

you will be outwitted in some transaction.

Yard Stick
.

To dream of a yard stick, foretells much anxiety will possess you,

though your affairs assume unusual activity.

Yarn
.

To dream of yarn, denotes success in your business and an industrious companion in your home.

For a young woman to dream that she works with yarn, foretel s that she will be proudly recognized by a worthy man as his wife.

Yawning
.

If you yawn in your dreams, you will search in vain for

health and contentment.

To see others yawning, foretells that you will see some of your friends in a miserable state. Sickness will prevent them from their usual labors.

Yearn
.

To feel in a dream that you are yearning for the presence of anyone, denotes that you will soon hear comforting tidings from your absent friends.

For a young woman to think her lover is yearning for her, she will have the pleasure of soon hearing some one making a long-wished-for proposal.

If she lets him know that she is yearning for him, she will be left alone and her longings will grow apace.

Yellow Bird
.

To see a yellow bird flitting about in your dreams, foretells that some great event will cast a sickening fear of the future around you.

To see it sick or dead, foretel s that you will suffer for

another's wild folly.

Yew Tree
.

To dream of a yew tree, is a forerunner of illness and disappointment.

If a young woman sits under one, she will have many fears to rend her over her fortune and the faithfulness of her lover. If she sees her lover standing by one, she may expect to hear of his illness, or misfortune.

To admire one, she will estrange herself from her relatives by a mesalliance.

To visit a yew tree and find it dead and stripped of its foliage,

predicts a sad death in your family. Property will not console

for this loss.

Yield
.

To dream you yield to another's wishes, denotes that you will throw

away by weak indecision a great opportunity to elevate yourself.

If others yield to you, exclusive privileges will be accorded

you and you will be elevated above your associates.

To receive poor yield for your labors, you may expect cares and worries.

Yoke
.

To dream of seeing a yoke, denotes that you will unwillingly

conform to the customs and wishes of others.

To yoke oxen in your dreams, signifies that your judgment and

counsels will be accepted submissively by those dependent upon you.

To fail to yoke them, you will be anxious over some prodigal friend.

Young
.

To dream of seeing young people, is a prognostication of reconciliation of family disagreements and favorable times for planning new enterprises.

To dream that you are young again, foretells that you will make mighty efforts to recall lost opportunities, but will nevertheless fail.

For a mother to see her son an infant or small child again,

foretells that old wounds will be healed and she will take on her

youthful hopes and cheerfulness. If the child seems to be dying,

she will fall into ill fortune and misery will attend her.

To see the young in school, foretells that prosperity and usefulness will envelope you with favors.
Yule Log
.

To dream of a yule log, foretells that your joyous anticipations

will be realized by your attendance at great festivities.

Z.

``_Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifying me through visions; so that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life_.''--

Job xvii.,14-15.

Zebra
.

To dream of a zebra, denotes that you will be interested in varying

and fleeting enterprises.

To see one wild in his native country, foretells that you will

pursue a chimerical fancy which will return you unsatisfactory

pleasure upon possession.

Zenith
.

To dream of the zenith, foretells elaborate prosperity,

and your choice of suitors will be successful.

Zephyr
.

To dream of soft zephyrs, denotes that you will sacrifice fortune

to obtain the object of your affection and will find reciprocal

affection in your wooing.

If a young woman dreams that she is saddened by the whisperings

of the zephyrs, she will have a season of disquietude by the compel ed absence of her lover.

Zinc
.

To work with or to see zinc in your dreams, indicates substantial

and energetic progress. Business will assume a brisk tone

in its varying departments.

To dream of zinc ore promises the approach of eventful success.

Zodiac
.

To dream of the zodiac is a prognostication of unparalleled rise

in material worth, but also indicates alloyed peace and happiness.

To see it appearing weird, denotes that some untoward grief is hovering over you and it will take strenuous efforts to dispell it.

To study the zodiac in your dreams, denotes that you will gain

distinction and favor by your intercourse with strangers.

If you approach it or it approaches you, foretells that you

will succeed in your speculations to the wonderment of others

and beyond your wildest imagination.

To draw a map of it, signifies future gain.

Zoological Garden
.

To dream of visiting zoological gardens, denotes that you will

have a varied fortune. Sometimes it seems that enemies will

overpower you and again you stand in the front rank of success.

You will also gain knowledge by travel and sojourn in foreign countries.