Fortune.—To dream you make a sudden fortune is a very bad omen; to the tradesman it forbodes losses in trade and quarreling with his creditors; to the lover, it denotes that your sweetheart does not return your love. To dream you are acquiring a fortune is favorable, it portends a good legacy and success in love.
Garden.—To dream you are walking in a garden is of a very favorable nature; it portends elevation in fortune and dignity; to the lover it denotes great success and an advantageous marriage; to the tradesman it promises increase of business; to the farmer, plentiful crops.
Gifts.—To dream you have anything given you is a sign that some good is about to happen to you; it also denotes that a speedy marriage will take place betwixt you and your sweetheart. To dream you have given anything away is the forerunner of adversity; and in love denotes sickness and inconstancy in your sweetheart or partner.
Horses.—To dream of these useful animals is good; if you are mounted on a fine horse, you will marry a rich person, who will do well, and make you happy; it shows change in life; if you fall from your horse difficulties will occur, and some unexpected disaster befall you.
Knives.—To dream of knives is a very unpropitious omen; it betokens law-suits, poverty, disgrace, strife, and a general failure in the pursuit of your projects; in love, it shows that your sweetheart is of a bad temper, and unfaithful, and that if you marry, you will live in enmity and misery.
Marriage.—To dream you are married is ominous of death, and very unfavorable to the dreamer; it denotes poverty, a prison, and misfortunes. To dream you assist at a wedding is the forerunner of some pleasing news and great success. To dream of lying with your newly married husband or wife threatens danger and sudden misfortunes, and also that you will lose a part of your property.
Shoes.—To dream you have a new pair of shoes denotes much success in life and triumph over your enemies; in love, a speedy marriage and infidelity. In the married state, an increase of children. To dream your shoes are worn out and bad, shows decay in circumstances and loss of friends; in love, it foretells the infidelity of your lover, who will marry another.
Silk.—To dream you see silk, either in pieces or for sewing, signifies prosperity and success in undertakings; to the lover, it denotes a sweetheart of an industrious disposition, good tempered, and very faithful; in trade, it foretells increase of business, by means of women. To be clothed in silk foretells honors and riches, but you will quarrel with a rich neighbor, who will endeavor to do you mischief. For a married woman to dream of being dressed in a silk gown, shows her husband is fond of some one who will nearly ruin him. If a maiden dreams of it, she will speedily see her lover.
Silver.—To dream of this valuable metal shows that false friends are about you, and will attempt your ruin; in love, it denotes falsehood in your sweetheart. To receive or pick up pieces of silver money, if they are small, denotes want and a prison; if they are quarters, they indicate the receipt of a small sum of money, and the acquisition of some new friends; but if they are half-dollars or dollars, they denote misery, a prison and failure in your undertakings, disappointment in your love, and loss of law-suits, attacks from thieves and bankruptcy in trade. If a woman with child dreams of silver, it shows she will have a girl, but the child will grow poor.
Singing.—To dream you are singing shows that you will hear shortly some very melancholy news; to the lover, your sweetheart is bad tempered and unfaithful; to the tradesman, losses by sharpers. To dream that you only hear singing and merry making shows that you will have some agreeable news from a person long absent; if you are in a prison, it foretells you will speedily regain your liberty.