APPARITION. To dream you see an apparition or spirit, clothed in white, signifies deceit, temptation to sin, and disappointment in love. 57.
The following is an old prediction in verse:
To dream of seeing strange apparitions,
As devils, hobgoblins, and such visions,
Does show thy love, or thy sweetheart,
Hath a fair face, but devil’s heart.
APPAREL. (See [Silks] and Satins.) To dream that your clothes are good, denotes prosperity and happiness; of white apparel, is good only for clergymen; to others it is a sign of trouble; to mechanics, decline of business; to the sick, death. If of black, however, it is of their recovery; of rich scarlet apparel, is good for rich men, signifying honor; but is death to the sick, and loss or captivity to the poor; to dream of women’s apparel, is good for the unmarried; but to a married man loss of his wife or sickness. 17, 20.
APPLES, or APPLE-TREES. (See [Orchard].) If sweet, denote joy and pleasure, especially to women and maids. Sour apples signify contention and sedition. 4, 11, 44.
APRICOTS. Content, health, and pleasure, if in season; if otherwise, vain hopes, bad fortune. 22, 5, 64.
ARMS. To dream your arms are withered or lean, denotes affliction, sickness and poverty; and if a woman, she is in danger of being a widow. If any person dream his arms are hairy it denotes increase of riches. 7.