The Dictionary of Dreams (39 page)

If she blows it out, by her own imprudence she will lose a chance

of getting married.

Lap
.

To dream of sitting on some person's lap, denotes pleasant security

from vexing engagements. If a young woman dreams that she is holding a person on her lap, she will be exposed to unfavorable criticism.

To see a serpent in her lap, foretel s she is threatened with

humiliation at the hands of enemies. If she sees a cat in her lap,

she will be endangered by a seductive enemy.

Lap-dog
.

To dream of a lap-dog, foretells you will be succored by friends

in some approaching dilemma If it be thin and ill-looking, there

will be distressing occurrences to detract from your prospects.

Lap-robe
.

To dream of a lap-robe, indicates suspicious engagements will place

you under the surveillance of enemies or friends.

To lose one, your actions will be condemned by enemies to injure your affairs.

Lard
.

To dream of lard, signifies a rise in fortune will soon gratify you.

For a woman to find her hand in melted lard, foretells her disappointment in attempting to rise in social circles.

Lark
.

To see larks flying, denotes high aims and purposes through the attainment of which you will throw off selfishness and cultivate kindly graces of mind.

To hear them singing as they fly, you will be very happy in a new change of abode, and business will flourish.

To see them fall to the earth and singing as they fall, despairing gloom will overtake you in pleasure's bewildering delights.

A wounded or dead lark, portends sadness or death.

To kill a lark, portends injury to innocence through wantonness.

If they fly around and light on you, Fortune will turn her promising countenance towards you.

To catch them in traps, you will win honor and love easily.

To see them eating, denotes a plentiful harvest.

Latch
.

To dream of a latch, denotes you will meet urgent appeals for aid,

to which you will respond unkindly. To see a broken latch,

foretells disagreements with your dearest friend.

Sickness is also foretold in this dream.

Latin
.

To dream of studying this language, denotes victory and distinction

in your efforts to sustain your opinion on subjects of grave interest to the public welfare.

Laudanum
.

To dream that you take laudanum, signifies weakness of your own;

and that you will have a tendency to be unduly influenced by others.

You should cultivate determination.

To prevent others from taking this drug, indicates that you

will be the means of conveying great joy and good to people.

To see your lover taking laudanum through disappointment,

signifies unhappy affairs and the loss of a friend.

To give it, slight ailments will attack some member of your domestic circle.

Laughing
.

To dream that you laugh and feel cheerful, means success in your undertakings, and bright companions socially.

Laughing immoderately at some weird object, denotes disappointment and lack of harmony in your surroundings.

To hear the happy laughter of children, means joy and health

to the dreamer.

To laugh at the discomfiture of others, denotes that you will wilfully injure your friends to gratify your own selfish desires.

To hear mocking laughter, denotes illness and disappointing affairs.

Laundry
.

To dream of laundering clothes, denotes struggles, but a final victory in winning fortune. If the clothes are done satisfactorily, then your endeavors will bring complete happiness. If they come out the reverse, your fortune will fail to procure pleasure.

To see pretty girls at this work, you will seek pleasure out of your rank.

If a laundryman calls at your house, you are in danger of sickness,

or of losing something very valuable.

To see laundry wagons, portends rivalry and contention.

Laurel
.

Dreaming of the laurel, brings success and fame. You will acquire

new possessions in love. Enterprises will be laden with gain.

For a young woman to wreath laurel about her lover's head,

denotes that she will have a faithful man, and one of fame

to woo her.

Law and Lawsuits
.[111]

To dream of engaging in a lawsuit, warns you of enemies who are

poisoning public opinion against you. If you know that the suit

is dishonest on your part, you will seek to dispossess true owners

for your own advancement.

If a young man is studying law, he will make rapid rise

in any chosen profession.

For a woman to dream that she engages in a law suit, means she

will be calumniated, and find enemies among friends.

[111] See Judge and Jury.

Lawns
.

To dream of walking upon well-kept lawns, denotes occasions for joy

and great prosperity.

To join a merry party upon a lawn, denotes many secular amusements,

and business engagements will be successfully carried on.

For a young woman to wait upon a green lawn for the coming of a friend or lover, denotes that her most ardent wishes concerning wealth and marriage will be gratified. If the grass be dead and the lawn marshy, quarrels and separation may be expected.

To see serpents crawling in the grass before you, betrayal and cruel insinuations will fill you with despair.

Lawyer
.[112]

For a young woman to dream that she is connected in any way with a lawyer, foretel s that she will unwittingly commit indiscretions, which will subject her to unfavorable and mortifying criticism.

[112] See Attorney.

Lazy
.

To dream of feeling lazy, or acting so, denotes you will make a mistake in the formation of enterprises, and will suffer keen disappointment.

For a young woman to think her lover is lazy, foretells she will have bad luck in securing admiration. Her actions will discourage men who mean marriage.

Lead
.

To dream of lead, foretells poor success in any engagement.

A lead mine, indicates that your friends will look with suspicion

on your money making. Your sweetheart will surprise you with her

deceit and ill temper.

To dream of lead ore, foretells distress and accidents.

Business will assume a gloomy cast.

To hunt for lead, denotes discontentment, and a constant

changing of employment.

To melt lead, foretells that by impatience you will bring failure

upon yourself and others.

Leaking
.

To dream of seeing a leak in anything, is usually significant

of loss and vexations.

Leaping
.[113]

For a young woman to dream of leaping over an obstruction, denotes that she will gain her desires after much struggling and opposition.

[113] See Jumping.

Learning
.

To dream of learning, denotes that you will take great interest

in acquiring knowledge, and if you are economical of your time,

you will advance far into the literary world.

To enter halls, or places of learning, denotes rise from obscurity,

and finance will be a congenial adherent.

To see learned men, foretells that your companions will be

interesting and prominent.

For a woman to dream that she is associated in any way with learned people, she will be ambitious and excel in her endeavors to rise into prominence.

Leather
.

To dream of leather, denotes successful business and favorable

engagements with women. You will go into lucky speculations

if you dream that you are dressed in leather.

Ornaments of leather, denotes faithfulness in love and to the home.

Piles of leather, denotes fortune and happiness.

To deal in leather, signifies no change in the disposition of your engagements is necessary for successful accumulation of wealth.

Leaves
.

To dream of leaves, denotes happiness and wonderful improvement

in your business.

Withered leaves, indicate false hopes and gloomy forebodings will harass your spirit into a whirlpool of despondency and loss.

If a young woman dreams of withered leaves, she will be left lonely

on the road to conjugality. Death is sometimes implied.

If the leaves are green and fresh, she will come into a legacy

and marry a wealthy and prepossessing husband.

Ledger
.

To dream of keeping a ledger, you will have perplexities and disappointing conditions to combat.

To dream that you make wrong entries on your ledger, you will have smal disputes and a slight loss will befall you.

To put a ledger into a safe, you will be able to protect your rights under adverse circumstances.

To get your ledger misplaced, your interests will go awry through

neglect of duty.

To dream that your ledger gets destroyed by fire, you will suffer

through the carelessness of friends.

To dream that you have a woman to keep your ledger, you will lose

money trying to combine pleasure with business.

For a young woman to dream of ledgers, denotes she will have a solid business man to make her a proposal of marriage.

To dream that your ledger has worthless accounts, denotes bad

management and losses; but if the accounts are good, then your

business will assume improved conditions.

Leeches
.

To dream of leeches, foretells that enemies will run over your interests.

If they are applied to you for medicinal purposes, you will have a serious illness tn your family (if you escape yourself).

To see them applied to others, denotes sickness or trouble to friends.

If they should bite you, there is danger for you in unexpected places, and you should heed well this warning.

Leeward
.

To dream of sailing leeward, denotes to the sailor a prosperous

and merry voyage. To others, a pleasant journey.

Legerdemain
.

To dream of practising legerdemain, or seeing others doing so,

signifies you will be placed in a position where your energy

and power of planning will be called into strenuous play

to extricate yourself.

Legislature
.

To dream that you are a member of a legislature, foretells you will be vain of your possessions and will treat members of your family unkindly.

You will have no real advancement.

Legs
.

If you dream of admiring well-shaped feminine legs, you will lose

your judgment, and act very silly over some fair charmer.

To see misshapen legs, denotes unprofitable occupations

and ill-tempered comrades.

A wounded leg, foretells losses and agonizing attacks of malaria.

To dream that you have a wooden leg, denotes that you will bemean

yourself in a false way to your friends.

If ulcers are on your legs, it signifies a drain on your income

to aid others.

To dream that you have three, or more, legs, indicates that more enterprises are planned in your imagination than will ever benefit you.

If you can't use your legs, it portends poverty.

To have a leg amputated, you will lose valued friends, and the home

influence will render life unbearable.

For a young woman to admire her own legs, denotes vanity, and she

will be repulsed by the man she admires. If she has hairy legs,

she will dominate her husband.

If your own legs are clean and well shaped, it denotes a happy future and devoted friends.

Lemonade
.

If you drink lemonade in a dream, you will concur with others

in signifying some entertainment as a niggardly device to raise

funds for the personal enjoyment of others at your expense.

Lemons
.

To dream of seeing lemons on their native trees among rich foliage,

denotes jealousy toward some beloved object, but demonstrations

will convince you of the absurdity of the charge.

To eat lemons, foretells humiliation and disappointments.

Green lemons, denotes sickness and contagion.

To see shriveled lemons, denotes divorce, if married,

and separation, to lovers.

Lending
.

To dream that you are lending money, foretells difficulties in meeting payments of debts and unpleasant influence in private.

To lend other articles, denotes impoverishment through generosity.

To refuse to lend things, you will be awake to your interests

and keep the respect of friends.

For others to offer to lend you articles, or money, denotes prosperity and close friendships.

Lentil
.

If you dream of lentils, it denotes quarrels and unhealthy surroundings.

For a young woman, this dream portends dissatisfaction with her lover, but parental advice will cause her to accept the inevitable.

Leopard
.

To dream of a leopard attacking you, denotes that while the future seemingly promises fair, success holds many difficulties through misplaced confidence.

To kill one, intimates victory in your affairs.

To see one caged, denotes that enemies will surround but fail

to injure you.

To see leopards in their native place trying to escape from you,

denotes that you will be embarrassed in business or love,

but by persistent efforts you will overcome difficulties.

To dream of a leopard's skin, denotes that your interests will be endangered by a dishonest person who will win your esteem.

Leprosy
.

To dream that you are infected with this dread disease, foretel s sickness, by which you will lose money and incur the displeasure of others.