To take strychnine or other poisonous medicine under the advice of a physician, denotes that you will undertake some affair fraught with danger.
Poker.
To dream of seeing a red hot poker, or fighting with one, signifies that you will meet trouble with combative energy.
To play at poker, warns you against evil company; and young women, especially, will lose their moral distinctiveness if they find themselves engaged in this game.
Polar Bear.[164]
Polar bears in dreams, are prognostic of deceit,
as misfortune will approach you in a seeming fair aspect.
Your bitterest enemies will wear the garb of friendship.
Rivals will try to supersede you.
To see the skin of one, denotes that you will successfully overcome any opposition.
[164] See Bear.
Pole-cat.
To dream of a pole-cat, signifies salacious scandals.