Dream meanings change from decade to decade and from generation to generation. The dream meanings below are from a newspaper article published in 1908 and were relevant to the times.
Dream Meanings
Angels
To dream of angels means joy.
Ants
Ants denote good trade.
Apples
Apples mean a wedding – sour ones denoting bad luck, sweet ones prosperity and good luck.
Bells
To dream you hear bells is a sign of enmity.
Bird Nest
To dream of birds’ nest or eggs shows good luck will come to you; but if you dream you are eating eggs, then sorrow is in store for you.
Bridge
If you dream you are crossing a bridge, an elevation in life is in store for you; or if the bridge be broken, then difficulty and strife lie before you.
Cats
Cats denote bad luck, except if it be a black one you dream of, then this is lucky.
Cattle
To dream of cattle denotes riches to come.
Clocks
Clocks are good to dream about, but if they strike, then bad luck is the result.
Clothes
Old clothes predict a fire. Clean clothes denote prosperity, unclean linen, sickness and trouble.
Corpse
To dream of a corpse denotes fortune to you.
Dogs
To dream you hear dogs barking and howling is a bad sign.
Donkey
To dream of a donkey means bad luck, and it is said to ride one is scorn; to hold one is much toil; and to dream you are beating one, you’ll mourn.
Flowers
Good omen.
Fowl
To dream of fowls is good news; and if they crow, better luck still.
Horse
To dream of horses, horse shoes, horsemen and such things, means riches and good luck. Dead horses indicate much adversity.
Lamb
To dream of lambs indicates pleasure, riches, etc.
Morning
To dream of a cloudy morning shows ill luck and grief; but to see a bright, sunny morn in your dream will bring you good news.
Rats and Ravens
Rats and ravens denote ill will, death and disgrace.
Ring
To lose a ring indicates sickness.
Sheep
To dream of sheep shows good luck will come to you.
Tears
Tears denotes you’ll be lucky in your situation.
Teeth
Teeth falling out is a good sign; but to break them off, ill luck.
Water
Clear water seen in a dream denotes good news, just as dirty water denotes ill luck to the dreamer.
Wind
If you hear the wind blowing means hatred and quarreling.
Wine
To dream you are drinking wine denotes news, or if you dream you are in a wine cellar, it denotes an illness.
Writing
To be writing shows misery.
Source: The Seattle Republican. (Seattle, Wash.), 21 Feb. 1908.
