The Dictionary of Dreams (29 page)

will be attacked, and you will have great worry over the matter.

To dream that you attack a fort and take it, denotes victory

over your worst enemy, and fortunate engagements.

Fortress
.

To dream that you are confined in a fortress, denotes that enemies

will succeed in placing you in an undesirable situation.

To put others in a fortress, denotes your ability to rule in business or over women.

Fortune-telling
.

To dream of telling, or having your fortune told, it dicates that you are deliberating over some vexed affair, and you should use much caution in giving consent to its consummation. For a young woman,

this portends a choice between two rivals. She will be worried

to find out the standing of one in business and social circles.

To dream that she is engaged to a fortune-teller, denotes that she

has gone through the forest and picked the proverbial stick.

She should be self-reliant, or poverty will attend her marriage.

Fountain
.

To dream that you see a clear fountain sparkling in the sunlight,

denotes vast possessions, ecstatic delights and many pleasant journeys.

A clouded fountain, denotes the insincerity of associates and unhappy engagements and love affairs.

A dry and broken fountain, indicates death and cessation of pleasures.

For a young woman to see a sparkling fountain in the moonlight,

signifies ill-advised pleasure which may result in a desertion.

Fowl
.[77]

To dream of seeing fowls, denotes temporary worry or illness.

For a woman to dream of fowls, indicates a short illness

or disagreement with her friends.

[77] See Chickens.

Fox
.

To dream of chasing a fox, denotes that you are en gaging in doubtful speculations and risky love affairs.

If you see a fox slyly coming into your yard, beware of envious friendships; your reputation is being slyly assailed.

To kill a fox, denotes that you will win in every engagement.

Fraud
.

To dream that you are defrauding a person, denotes that you will

deceive your employer for gain, indulge in degrading pleasures,

and fall into disrepute.

If you are defrauded, it signifies the useless attempt of enemies

to defame you and cause you loss.

To accuse some one of defrauding you, you will be offered a place

of high honor.

Freckles
.

For a woman to dream that her face is freckled, denotes that many

displeasing incidents will insinuate themselves into her happiness.

If she sees them in a mirror, she will be in danger of losing her lover to a rival.

Friend
.

To dream of friends being well and happy, denotes pleasant tidings of them, or you will soon see them or some of their relatives.

To see your friend troubled and haggard, sickness or distress

is upon them.

To see your friends dark-colored, denotes unusual sickness or trouble to you or to them. To see them take the form of animals, signifies that enemies will separate you from your closest relations.

To see your friend who dresses in somber colors in flaming red,

foretells that unpleasant things will transpire, causing you

anxiety if not loss, and that friends will be implicated.

To dream you see a friend standing like a statue on a hill, denotes you will advance beyond present pursuits, but will retain former impressions of justice and knowledge, seeking these through every change.

If the figure below be low, you will ignore your friends of former

days in your future advancement. If it is on a plane or level

with you, you will fail in your ambition to reach other spheres.

If you seem to be going from it, you will force yourself to seek

a change in spite of friendly ties or self-admonition.

To dream you see a friend with a white cloth tied over his face,

denotes that you will be injured by some person who will endeavor

to keep up friendly relations with you.

To dream that you are shaking hands with a person who has wronged you, and he is taking his departure and looks sad, foretells you will have differences with a close friend and alienation will perhaps follow.

You are most assuredly nearing loss of some character.

Frightened
.[78]

To dream that you are frightened at anything, denotes temporary

and fleeting worries.

[78] See Affrighted.

Frogs
.

To dream of catching frogs, denotes carelessness in watching

after your health, which may cause no little distress among

those of your family.

To see frogs in the grass, denotes that you will have a pleasant

and even-tempered friend as your confidant and counselor.

To see a bullfrog, denotes, for a woman, marriage with a wealthy widower, but there will be children with him to be cared for.

To see frogs in low marshy places, foretel s trouble, but you

will overcome it by the kindness of others.

To dream of eating frogs, signifies fleeting joys and very little

gain from associating with some people.

To hear frogs, portends that you will go on a visit to friends,

but it will in the end prove fruitless of good.

Frost
.

To dream of seeing frost on a dark gloomy morning, signifies exile

to a strange country, but your wanderings will end in peace.

To see frost on a small sunlit landscape, signifies gilded

pleasures from which you will be glad to turn later in life,

and by your exemplary conduct will succeed in making your circle

forget past escapades.

To dream that you see a friend in a frost, denotes a love affair

in which your rival will be worsted. For a young woman, this dream

signifies the absence of her lover and danger of his affections waning.

This dream is bad for all classes in business and love.

Fruit
.

To dream of seeing fruit ripening among its foliage,

usually foretel s to the dreamer a prosperous future.

Green fruit signifies disappointed efforts or hasty action.

For a young woman to dream of eating green fruit, indicates her degradation and loss of inheritance. Eating fruit is unfavorable usually.

To buy or sell fruit, denotes much business, but not very remunerative.

To see or eat ripe fruit, signifies uncertain fortune and pleasure.

Fruit Seller
.

To dream of a fruit seller, denotes you will endeavor to recover your loss too rapidly and will engage in unfortunate speculations.

Funeral
.

To see a funeral, denotes an unhappy marriage and sickly offspring.

To dream of the funeral of a stranger, denotes unexpected worries.

To see the funeral of your child, may denote the health of your family, but very grave disappointments may follow from a friendly source.

To attend a funeral in black, foretells an early widowhood.

To dream of the funeral of any relative, denotes nervous troubles

and family worries.

Furnace
.

To dream of a furnace, foretells good luck if it is running.

If out of repair, you will have trouble with children or hired help.

To fall into one, portends some enemy will overpower you in

a business struggle.

Furs
.

To dream of dealing in furs, denotes prosperity and an interest

in many concerns.

To be dressed in fur, signifies your safety from want and poverty.

To see fine fur, denotes honor and riches. For a young woman to dream that she is wearing costly furs, denotes that she will marry a wise man.

Future
.

To dream of the future, is a prognostic of careful reckoning and avoiding of detrimental extravagance.

G.

``They answered again and said, `Let the King tell his servants

the dream and we will show the interpretation of it.'

''--Dan. ii, 7.

Gaiter
.

To dream of gaiters, foretells pleasant amusements and rivalries.
Gale
.

To dream of being caught in a gale, signifies business losses

and troubles for working people.

Gallows
.

To dream of seeing a friend on the gallows of execution,

foretells that desperate emergencies must be met with decision,

or a great calamity will befall you.

To dream that you are on a gallows, denotes that you will suffer

from the maliciousness of false friends.

For a young woman to dream that she sees her lover executed by this means, denotes that she will marry an unscrupulous and designing man.

If you rescue any one from the gallows, it portends desirable acquisitions.

To dream that you hang an enemy, denotes victory in all spheres.

Gambling-house
.

To dream that you are gambling and win, signifies low

associations and pleasure at the expense of others.

If you lose, it foretells that your disgraceful conduct will

be the undoing of one near to you.

Game
.

To dream of game, either shooting or killing or by other means,

denotes fortunate undertakings; but selfish motions; if you fail

to take game on a hunt, it denotes bad management and loss.

Gangrene
.

To dream that you see any one afflicted with gangrene, foretells the death of a parent or near relative.

Gaol
.[79]

If you dream of being confined in a gaol, you will be prevented

from carrying forward some profitable work by the intervention

of envious people; but if you escape from the gaol, you will enjoy

a season of favorable business.

[79] See Jail.

Garbage
.

To see heaps of garbage in your dreams, indicates thoughts

of social scandal and unfavorable business of every character.

For females this dream is ominous of disparagement and

desertion by lovers.

Garden
.

To see a garden in your dreams, filled with evergreen and flowers,

denotes great peace of mind and comfort.

To see vegetables, denotes misery or loss of fortune and calumny.

To females, this dream foretells that they will be famous,

or exceedingly happy in domestic circles.

To dream of walking with one's lover through a garden where flowering shrubs and plants abound, indicates unalloyed happiness and independent means.

Garlic
.

To dream of passing through a garlic patch, denotes a rise

from penury to prominence and wealth. To a young woman,

this denotes that she will marry from a sense of business,

and love will not be considered.

To eat garlic in your dreams, denotes that you will take a sensible

view of life and leave its ideals to take care of themselves.

Garret
.

To dream of climbing to a garret, denotes your inclination

to run after theories while leaving the cold realities

of life to others less able to bear them than yourself.

To the poor, this dream is an omen of easier circumstances.

To a woman, it denotes that her vanity and sefishness{sic}

should be curbed.

Garter
.

For a lover to find his lady's garter, foretells that he will lose

caste with her. He will find rivals.

For a woman to dream that she loses her garter, signifies that her lover will be jealous and suspicious of a handsomer person.

For a married man to dream of a garter, foretells that his wife will hear of his clandestine attachments, and he will have a stormy scene.

For a woman to dream that she is admiring beautiful jeweled garters on her limbs, denotes that she will be betrayed in her private movements, and her reputation will hang in the balance of public opinion.

If she dreams that her lover fastens them on her, she will hold his

affections and faith through all adverse criticisms.

Gas
.

To dream of gas, denotes you will entertain harmful opinions

of others, which will cause you to deal with them unjustly, and you

will suffer consequent remorse. To think you are asphyxiated,

denotes you will have trouble which you will needlessly incur

through your own wastefulness and negligence. To try to blow

gas out, signifies you will entertain enemies unconsciously,

who will destroy you if you are not wary.

To extinguish gas, denotes you will ruthlessly destroy your own happiness.

To light it, you will easily find a way out of oppressive ill fortune.

Gas Lamps
.

To see a gas lamp, denotes progress and pleasant surroundings.

To see one explode, or out of order other wise, foretells you

are threatened with unseasonable distress.

Gasoline
.

To dream of gasoline, denotes you have a competency coming to you

through a struggling source.

Gate
.

To dream of seeing or passing through a gate, foretells that

alarming tidings will reach you soon of the absent.

Business affairs will not be encouraging.

To see a closed gate, inability to overcome present difficulties

is predicted. To lock one, denotes successful enterprises and well

chosen friends. A broken one, signifies failure and discordant surroundings.

To be troubled to get through one, or open it, denotes your most

engrossing labors will fail to be remunerative or satisfactory.

To swing on one, foretells you will engage in idle and dissolute pleasures.

Gauze
.

To dream of being dressed in gauze, denotes uncertain fortune.