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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller - Embracing full and correct rules of divination concerning - dreams and visions, etc, etc - -Author: A. H. Noe - -Release Date: January 3, 2017 [EBook #53879] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WITCHES' DREAM BOOK; FORTUNE TELLER *** - - - - -Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - - Universal Handbook, No. 2. - - THE - Witches’ Dream Book; - AND - FORTUNE TELLER. - - EMBRACING FULL AND CORRECT RULES OF DIVINATION CONCERNING - DREAMS AND VISIONS, FORETELLING OF FUTURE EVENTS, - THEIR SCIENTIFIC APPLICATION TO PHYSIOGNOMY, PALMISTRY, - MOLES, CARDS, &C.; TOGETHER WITH THE - APPLICATION AND OBSERVANCE OF TALISMEN - CHARMS, SPELLS AND INCANTATIONS. - - ILLUSTRATED. - - NEW YORK: - HENRY J. WEHMAN. - 1885. - - COPYRIGHT, 1885, BY HENRY J. WEHMAN. - - - - -PREFACE. - - “To sleep, perchance to dream.”--HAMLET. - - -This introductory page is inserted, not with the purpose of reviewing the -contents of the book--a custom, to our mind, more honored in the breach -than the observance--but merely to inform those who look within the pages, -the seekers after knowledge concerning the laws of Oneirology and the -bases of Fortune Telling, that they will find much to instruct, interest -and amuse. While avoiding undue prolixity, the subjects are -comprehensively and exhaustively treated, proving it to be more valuable -as a book of reference than any other of similar character ever before -given to the public. - - - - -DREAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION. - - -Although much prejudice exists as to the origination of Dreams and the -various interpretations given them, the fact is incontrovertible that they -have, in all ages and among all nations, borne a conspicuous part in -shaping destinies. Both sacred and profane history is replete with dreams -which have had more or less influence upon the lives of the dreamers. -Innumerable are the instances in which have been prefigured in dreams -occurrences that have actually taken place, and many dangers have been -averted by heeding warnings given during sleep. Of course it would be -unwise to place full credence in the prognostications of all dreams, and -equally so to totally disregard them. To both the educated and the -illiterate, dreams, of whatever nature, point a moral; and those who -heedlessly ignore their lessons often experience cause for regret. -Appended will be found a succinct compendium of the scientific and -philosophic researches of many gifted in the art of divination. - -=Acquaintance.=--To dream that you fight with them signifies distraction, -especially if the person so dreaming be sick. =Adversary.=--To dream that -you receive obstruction from him, shows that you will dispatch your -business speedily. =Adultery.=--For a person to dream that they have -committed it, shows they will meet great contentions and disputes. -=Almonds.=--To dream one sees or eats almonds, signifies difficulties and -trouble. =Alms.=--To dream that they are begged of you, and you deny to -give them, shows want and misery to the dreamer; but to dream you give -them freely is a sign of joy and gladness. =Anchor.=--To dream you see -one, signifies great assurance and certain joys. =Altar.=--To dream you -uncover or discover an altar, betokens joy and gladness. =Angel.=--To -dream you see angels is good, but to speak with or call upon them is evil. -=Anger.=--To dream that you have been provoked to anger shows that you -have powerful enemies. =Angling.=--To dream that you are angling, betokens -much affliction and trouble in something which you desire to get. -=Apes.=--To dream you have seen or had anything to do with them, signifies -malicious, weak, strange and secret enemies; also a malefactor and -deceiver. =Apparition.=--To dream you see an apparition, or spirit, -clothed in white, signifies deceit and temptation to sin. =Adam.=--To -dream you see this father of men, this inhabitant of Paradise, who was -betrayed by Eve into sin, is a happy omen. If he looks pleasant, be sure -you will succeed in whatever you undertake. If he looks displeased and -angry, then you must use great caution in all your dealings, for some -mischief is intended you, but you will get the better of it. Be careful, -if he speaks to you, to mind what he says, and observe it as faithfully as -you possibly can. =Absence.=-- - - To dream of any absent friends, - Good news of them, or ill, portends; - But if at thy bedside they seem, - Their deaths, perhaps, may solve thy dream. - -=Abuse.=--To dream that you are abused and insulted, is a certain sign -some dispute will happen between you and some person with whom you have -business; therefore after such a dream you should be particularly careful -of yourself and be as gentle and mild as possible, that you may not give -those with whom you have dealings any advantage over you. =Acorns.=-- - - To dream of acorns do not slight, - It promises both strength and might. - -=Ague.=--To dream you have an ague, denotes that you are in danger of -becoming a drunkard and a glutton. To dream your sweetheart has an ague, -is a lucky omen; it shows you are beloved, and that you will be happy with -the object of your wishes, but never very rich. =Apparel.=--Nothing more -demonstrates the events that are about to happen to you, than dreaming of -wearing apparel; but almost every color has a different interpretation, -and must depend on its being new or old, its fitting you, or being too big -or too little. To dream you are dressed in white, is a sure token of -success in the first object you undertake, and that you will be successful -in love, and that your sweetheart is of good temper and amiable -disposition. To dream that you are dressed in green denotes that you are -about to take a journey to your advantage, and that your sweetheart -prefers you to all other lovers. To dream that you are dressed in black is -an unlucky omen. To dream that you are dressed in blue, denotes happiness. -If you dream you are dressed in scarlet, you are thereby warned of some -very heavy calamity. To dream you are dressed in yellow, is rather lucky -than otherwise. To dream you are dressed in crimson, indicates that you -will live to a good old age, and be neither very fortunate or unfortunate -through life; it denotes a dispute between landlord and tenant, which will -be settled amicably to the advantage of the latter. To dream that you are -dressed in a variety of colors, denotes a variety of fortunes is about to -attend you. To dream you are fashionably dressed and in good company, is -very good for the dreamer; he will rise considerably above his present -condition. To dream your clothes fit you well and are comfortable to the -season of the year, is favorable and denotes success. To dream your -clothes do not fit you, and that they are not suitable to the season, -denotes death of some friend and a loss by fire. To dream you see another -dressed in any of the modes above described, forebodes to the person -dreamt of the same fortunes. To dream you are dressed in new clothes, is a -very favorable omen; it portends honors and success to your undertakings. -=Apparitions.=--To dream you see a ghost, goblin, spectre and such kind of -things, is of a very unfortunate nature; if you are in love, it is a -certain sign of your not being beloved in return; depend upon it some one -is about to deceive you and that you are friendly with one who is your -most inveterate enemy. =Arms.=--To dream your arms are withered is a -certain sign that you will decay in health and fortune. To dream they are -growing strong signifies that some unexpected success will attend you. To -dream that your right arm is cut off, denotes you will lose some male -relation. To dream your left arm is cut off, denotes you will lose some -near female relative. For a married woman to dream her arms have grown -lusty and strong, denotes that she will have many male children, that her -husband will arrive at public honors and will grow rich and make many -friends. =Apples.=--To dream of apples betokens long life and success, a -boy to a woman with child, faithfulness in your sweetheart and riches by -trade. =Apricots.=--To dream of apricots, denotes health and prosperity, a -speedy marriage, dutiful children and success in love. =Asses.=--To dream -you see jackasses, is a good sign. To dream you are riding on an ass, is -the forerunner of some foolish quarrel. To dream that you are driving an -ass, denotes that you will fall into some trouble, of which you will get -the better. To dream an ass runs after you, denotes that some slander will -be raised against you by some foolish persons, who will be themselves the -victims of the scandal raised against you. To dream you see an ass fall -loaded, is a very good import and shows that you will be the founder of -your own fortune. =Attorneys.=--To dream that you are speaking with them, -shows hindrance of business and that a man will have little success in his -affairs. =Armed Men.=--To see them in your dream, is a good sign, and -denotes one void of fear; to dream you see an armed man fly is a sign of -victory; to see men come in arms against you, signifies sadness. -=Action.=--To dream that you are sent of an errand, signifies great loss -to the married; to the lover it denotes success in his pursuit, and that -he will shortly marry a very amiable and accomplished maiden. For a maiden -to dream that she was sent on an errand, denotes that she will shortly -marry the object of her affections and be very happy. To the sick it -denotes a speedy recovery. =Ascend.=--For one to dream they ascend towards -the skies is favorable, particularly so if the clouds appear bright. -=Air.=--To dream of the atmosphere has a variety of interpretations, and -depends entirely on its appearance. If you dream the sky is clear, of a -fine blue, calm and serene, then it is a good omen. To dream that it is -streaked with white, denotes that many severe difficulties will befall -you, over which you will eventually triumph. To dream that it was full of -thick, dark and heavy clouds, is an unfavorable token; disappointments -will attend you. To dream that the sky is streaked with red and looks -fiery, denotes that in love you will be successful; in business not so; it -also forewarns you that sickness and trouble will attend your family. -=Altar.=--To dream you are at the altar and receiving the holy sacrament -is a very unfavorable omen, and denotes many heavy and severe afflictions. -=Adder.=--A person that dreams of the asp and the adder, is thereby -betokened to have stores of money and rich wives. =Assassin.=--To dream of -an assassin is a warning not to be neglected. Shun all pretending friends, -lend no money, be ever on your guard, and you may escape destruction, -which is planned for your ruin. =Ants.=--To dream of these industrious -little insects, hath a variety of interpretations, depending on the manner -in which you dream of them; if you see them running about, it denotes that -you will be a great loser by some plan that you will undertake for gain. -If you dream you see them busily employed laying in their winter stores, -it is a good omen--things will prosper with you. If they appear to be -devoured by other animals, and otherwise injured and trodden upon, then it -is a bad omen. If you dream of these insects when you are sick, you must -expect to recover very slowly. =Auction.=--To dream you attend an auction -is, on the whole, unfavorable. If you purchase, expect loss of property. -If you only attend, you are sure to meet with a heavy deprivation of -friends and property. If you pass by one, then you will attain, in a few -years, all that you moderately desire. - -=Bear.=-- - - To dream a bear thy step pursues, - A cruel foe some mischief brews. - -=Beggars.=--To dream of beggars is rather unfavorable, especially to -lovers and persons in business. To dream they beg alms of you and that you -refuse it, denotes misery, want, and a prison; if you are in love, some -scandalous person will ruin you with your sweetheart. To dream that you -give them alms, indicates success in business, and that you will obtain, -after much difficulty, the object of your affections; your children will -be sickly, and narrowly escape many dangers. =Bleeding.=--To dream you are -bleeding, denotes loss of goods and character, and that your sweetheart -will not marry you. To dream you see another bleeding, indicates that some -person who pretends to be your friend is about to take some great -advantage of you. To dream you draw blood of another, denotes that you -will recover a lawsuit and be successful in love and business. To dream -another draws blood of you, is a certain prognostic that you will be -unsuccessful in love and in business, and in everything you undertake. -=Blind.=--To dream of being blind is a sure sign that you repose your -confidence in some person who is your bitter enemy; it denotes also that -your sweetheart is unfaithful and prefers another; in business it denotes -that you will lose money, and that your servants lack fidelity. -=Boat.=--To dream that you are on the water in a boat, provided you are in -company, denotes prosperity and success in your undertakings. If you dream -you are in a boat alone, it is a bad omen. To dream the boat oversets, is -the most fatal of all omens. =Bridge.=--To dream you are crossing over a -bridge is a good omen--it denotes prosperity through life, and success in -love. To dream you are passing under a bridge, indicates that you will -never be perfectly at ease. If you meet with any obstruction on the -bridge it foretells a fit of sickness; are you a lover, it denotes that -your sweetheart will be afflicted with illness. To dream a bridge breaks -down with you denotes sudden death. =Bread.=--To dream you see a great -quantity of loaves of bread, denotes success in life. To dream you are -eating good bread, denotes that you will be shortly married. To dream the -bread is musty and bad, denotes the loss of friends and that some near -relation will shortly die. =Brother.=--To dream you see your brother, -denotes a speedy marriage in your family and that the dreamer will not be -long-lived; if you are in love it is a favorable omen. =Building.=--To -dream of being amongst buildings, denotes that you will change your -present place of residence and that you will make many new friends in -life; if you are in love it foretells your sweetheart is about to remove -at a distance from you, and that you will be in danger of losing the -affections of your lover by a new face. =Bulls.=--To dream you are pursued -by a bull, denotes that many injurious reports will be spread on your -character. If you dream the bull gores you, or tosses you, then expect -shortly to lose your liberty; it denotes that some person in power will do -you an injury. =Burning.=-- - - To dream of burning doth imply, - A sudden danger, ripe and nigh; - Of all escapes you then beware, - For though fate threatens, it may spare. - -=Butchers.=--To dream of seeing butchers is in general a very unlucky -omen; it always foretells some injury to the dreamer. If you see them -cutting up meat some of your friends will be hanged, and you will -experience much misery and poverty. =Bed.=--To dream you go to the bedside -of your lover, foretells a speedy marriage; if you dream you go between -the sheets, you will have a child within twelve months after marriage, who -will become rich and afford you support in your old age. =Banquets.=--To -dream of banquets denotes poverty and want. =Bat.=--To dream of bats is -very inauspicious. =Belly.=--To dream one’s belly is bigger and fuller -than ordinary, shows his family and estate will increase. If one dreams -his belly is grown lean and shrunk up, he will be joyfully delivered of -some bad accident. If any one dreams that his belly is swelled, and yet -notwithstanding be empty, he will become poor, though he be rich in the -esteem of many people in the world. If any one dreams his belly aches, he -will be afflicted in his family and have many cares upon him. =Blowing the -Fire.=--To dream you are blowing the fire indicates to the lover, that -your sweetheart is very angry with you. =Barn.=--To dream of a barn, and -that you see it well stored with corn, denotes much good; it foretells to -a man that he will marry some rich woman; to a maid, that she will marry a -man who will grow very rich by his industry, and be promoted in the state. -If you dream you see an empty barn, the reverse will happen. -=Bathing.=--To dream of a bath is a very unpropitious omen; expect after -it to experience many mishaps and much sorrow. If you are in love, your -sweetheart will experience many crosses and losses; but to dream you are -bathing yourself in clear water, denotes happiness, prosperity and success -in love--if the water is dirty, then it foretells shame and sorrow, and a -disappointment in love. =Beheading.=--To dream you see any one beheaded, -is a good omen; if you are in love, you will marry the object of your -affections. If you are in prison, you will speedily gain your liberty. -=Bells.=--To dream you hear the bells ringing, denotes a speedy marriage -and that you will receive some very good news. =Bees.=--To dream they -sting you, denotes loss of character, and if you are in love, of your -sweetheart. To dream you see them at work, is a very lucky dream; it -forebodes great success by your own industry. To dream you see them making -their honey under your own roof is the best omen in the world. For the -rich to dream of bees, is rather unlucky, but to the poor, they denote -comfort, affluence and success. =Beard.=--For a man to dream he has a long -beard, denotes good fortune; if he is in trade, he will thrive; if he is -in love, he will marry the present object of his affections, who will -bring him some money; if he is a farmer, it denotes good crops, and an -addition to his farm. If a married woman dreams of a beard, it is unlucky; -it foretells the loss of her husband and that she will fall into great -distress. If a maid dreams of a beard, it denotes that she will be quickly -married and that the fruit of her womb is a boy. For a woman to dream that -she has a beard is a very lucky omen, and denotes that she will speedily -attain her most sanguine desires. =Battle.=--To dream of battle in the -streets, forewarns you against secret enemies who will endeavor to harm -you. If you are in love, your sweetheart is false to you. =Bacon.=--To -dream of bacon denotes the death of some friend or relation and that -enemies will endeavor to do you mischief. In love, it denotes -disappointment and discontent. =Back.=--To dream you see your back, -betokens some uneasiness; for the back to be broken or hurt, shows you -will be scoffed at by your enemies; yet to dream of the backbone, -signifies health and success in love, marriage and business. =Basin.=--To -dream of a basin, signifies a good maid; and to dream you eat or drink -therein, shows you have a love to the servant maid. For a man to see -himself in a basin as in a glass, denotes he shall have children by a -servant maid. =Beech and Myrtle Trees.=--Signifies wanton women and are -good for those who would undertake any such business; to others they are -pain and labor. =Beans.=--To dream you are eating beans always signifies -trouble and dissension. =Beets.=--To dream of eating beets, signifies -freedom from trouble and expedition on business, because they make the -body soluble. =Burial.=-- - - To dream a burial passes by, - News of the living doth imply. - -=Briars and Brambles.=--If you dream you are passing through places -covered with these things, it portends troubles; if they prick you, secret -enemies will do you an injury with your friends and unfavorable tales -will make your sweetheart shy of you; if they draw blood of you, expect -heavy losses in trade. If you dream you pass through them without injury, -then you will at last triumph over all your enemies and become happy. -=Bells.=--To dream one hears ringing of bells, if of a sanguine -complexion, brings them good news; but to others, it shows alarms, -murmurings, disturbances and commotions. =Birding.=--To dream you catch -birds, signifies profit and pleasure. =Bird’s Nest.=--To dream you find -one is a good sign. To dream you find one without eggs or birds, shows you -will meet with great disappointments. =Birth.=--To dream of one’s birth is -good for him that is poor; but to him that is rich, this dream signifies -that others shall rule over him against his will. =Blindman’s Buff.=--To -dream that one plays blindman’s buff, signifies prosperity, joy and -pleasure. =Blossoming of Trees.=--To dream you see all sorts of trees -blossoming, is a sign of joy, comfort and recreation. =Brewing and -Baking.=--To dream of brewing and baking is the sign of an ill housewife, -who lies dreaming in bed, when she should be at work and doing her -business. =Breast.=--To dream that you have hairy breasts and the tap pup -covered with hair, denotes great gain and profit to men; but to a woman, -loss of her husband. If a young married woman dreams that her breasts are -full and spurting out milk, it signifies that she is with child and that -it will be a perfect birth. If a virgin dreams thus, she is near her -marriage. If a woman dreams she has sore breasts she is threatened with -death. =Broth.=--To dream of eating broth is a good sign and signifies -profit and gain. =Buried Alive.=--For a man to dream he is buried alive, -signifies he shall have much wealth. =Burned.=--For a man to dream he is -burned, signifies (according to the interpretations of the Persians and -Egyptians) that he shall be rich, honored and respected; but if he -imagines that he was burned by a fire that did not quite consume him, he -will inevitably perish in the end. =Basket.=--For a man to dream of -baskets is evil; it denotes decay of business to a merchant, want of -employment to a mechanic, and loss of place to a servant; but if a woman -dreams she receives a number of baskets it is a good omen, and especially -so if well filled; to a maiden it denotes that she will have many new -lovers; to a wife, that she will have an increase in her family, and to -the widow, that she will soon marry again. =Bonnet.=--For a maiden to -dream she gets a new bonnet, gives promise of a new lover, but Mother -Shipton says that much depends on the color; if green, he will be -deceitful; if blue, he will prove affectionate; if pink, his love will not -be lasting; if yellow or white, he will quickly improve marriage; but if a -female loses her bonnet, it behooves her to be guarded of her virtue, for -she is in danger of being led astray; if it be blown off, she will have -something she dearly prizes stolen from her. =Buttons.=--To dream of -bright buttons is seldom good; if rusty, it portends misfortune; if -covered, sadness. If a man dreams he has lost all the buttons of his -clothes, it is a sign he will not live long. - -=Cards.=--To dream that you are playing at cards is a sure prognostic that -you will be in love, and speedily married. If you hold a great many -picture cards, your marriage will be the means of making you rich and -happy. If your cards are mostly diamonds, the person you marry will be of -a sour and disagreeable temper. If they are mostly hearts, your marriage -will cement love, and you will be very happy and have many children. If -they are mostly clubs, you will get money by your marriage. If they are -mostly spades, your marriage will turn out very unhappy and your children -will be unfaithful and subject to many hardships. If you are in -expectation of a place, you will get it, and if you are in business you -will be successful. =Cats.=--To dream of these domestic animals is -indicative of much trouble and vexation; it denotes to the lover that your -sweetheart is treacherous. If you keep servants, they are unfaithful, and -will rob you. To dream you kill a cat, denotes that you discover a thief -and prosecute him to conviction; expect also to lose your own liberty -through some pretended friend. =Cattle.=--To dream you see cattle feeding, -denotes great prosperity and unexpected success; to a lover it foretells a -happy marriage, with many children, and to a man it shows that his wife -will receive some unexpected legacy. To dream you are driving cattle -denotes that you will become rich by industry. If you are in love it shows -that you have many rivals, but that you will distance them all. To dream -you see fat cattle also denotes a plentiful year. To dream you see lean -and hungry cattle, denotes scarcity and famine. =Clock.=--To dream you -hear the clock strike, denotes that you will be speedily married, and that -you will be moderately successful in life. To dream you are counting the -hours, if in the forenoon, shows much happiness, and that your sweetheart -is true to you, but if in the afternoon, that misfortune and danger will -attend you, and that your sweetheart is false and loves another. -=Coach.=--To dream you are riding in a coach is a very unlucky omen. It -foretells poverty and disgrace. If you are in love, your sweetheart will -be idle and bad-tempered. If you are in trade, you will become bankrupt, -and if you are a farmer, your goods will be seized for rent. It also -denotes that the dreamer will shortly be in prison. =Coals.=--To dream of -coals is a very unlucky omen. It denotes much affliction and trouble. To -dream you see coals burning, if they are very clear and bright, is a good -sign. To dream you see the coals extinguished and reduced to cinders, -denotes death, either to yourself or some near relation or friend; it also -indicates great losses, and forewarns you of beggary and prison. -=Comets.=--To dream you see one of these extraordinary ethereal -substances, is ominous of war, plague, famine, and death; to the lover it -forebodes an entire frustration of his hopes; to the farmer, failure of -crops; and to the seaman, storms and shipwrecks. After such a dream -change, if possible, your present place of residence. =Cook.=-- - - Dream you’re busy with a cook, - And for a wedding shortly look. - -=Corn.=--To dream you see fields of corn, or that you are among unthrashed -corn, is a very favorable omen; it denotes success in business; to the -lover it announces that you will marry, have many children, and become -rich and happy. If you are a sailor, it denotes a lucrative voyage and -fine weather, and that you will be near marrying in the next port you -touch at. If you dream you are gathering ripe corn, it is the most -fortunate dream you can have. =Crowns.=--To dream you see these emblems of -royalty, portends success and elevation to dignities, either in the church -or state. For a maid to dream of a crown, shows she will marry a very -industrious man, or one who is rich. =Crutches.=--To dream you are walking -on crutches, is a very unfavorable omen. To dream you see another walking -on crutches, denotes that these things will happen to some friend. If you -are a married man, then that your wife is inconstant; if a married woman, -then that the husband is ruining himself with some harlot. =Currants.=--To -dream of currants prefigures happiness in life, success in undertakings, -constancy in your sweetheart, handsome children to the married, riches to -the farmer and tradesman. =Church.=--To dream of church is portentous of -evil. If you are in a church during divine service, you will be engaged in -a lawsuit, or some other quarrel that will very near ruin you. If you are -in love, your sweetheart is unfaithful, and prefers another. If you expect -a place, it forebodes disappointment. If you are in trade, you will never -thrive in your present situation. =Cage.=--To dream of letting birds out -of a cage denotes a speedy marriage. To a person in business it denotes -success, and to a farmer it denotes good crops. =Cain.=--To dream of the -firstborn son of man, who was Adam’s eldest son, is a very unfavorable -omen; after such a dream let the dreamer travel into another part of the -country and form new connections. =Cakes.=--To dream you are eating cakes, -denotes happiness and prosperity. - - Dream that cakes you knead and make, - You thrive and many profits take. - -=Candles.=--To dream you see candles burning, if they burn clear and -bright, that you will be speedily married. To dream that new candles are -brought in, denotes that by the interference of friends, all your disputes -will be amicably adjusted and that your sweetheart will recover from a fit -of sickness. - - A light that burns both bright and clear, - Denotes some pleasant letter near; - But if dull the candle grows, - It certain disappointment shows. - -=Cheese.=-- - - To dream of cheese is not in vain. - In trade you will profit gain. - -=Chickens.=--To dream of a hen and chickens is the forerunner of ill luck; -your sweetheart will betray you and marry another. If you are a farmer, -you will have a bad crop and lose many of your poultry. If you are in -trade some sharper will defraud you. If you go to sea, you will lose your -goods and narrowly escape shipwreck. =Chess.=--If any one dreams that he -plays at chess with an acquaintance, it is a sign that he will fall out -with somebody he knows, and if he imagines in his dream he wins, he shall -overcome his enemies. And on the contrary, if he dream that he loses, he -will be overcome and worsted in the combat. =Clouds.=--To dream of white -clouds, signifies prosperity; clouds mounting high from the earth, denotes -voyages, the return of the absent, and revealing of secrets; clouds red -and inflamed, show an ill issue of affairs; to dream of dark and obscure -clouds, shows an ill time of anger. =Caterpillars.=--To dream you see -caterpillars, signifies ill luck and misfortune by secret enemies. -=Chains,= pearls, precious stones, earrings, &c., and all adornings of the -hands and necks of women, are good dreams to the fair sex; to widows and -maids they signify marriage; and to those that have husbands and children, -purchases and riches; for as women are provided with these deckings, so -shall they be stored with husbands, children and goods. =Chariot.=--To -dream of driving a chariot drawn by wolves, leopards, dogs, tigers, or -such like beasts, is only good to such as have great enemies. To dream to -be drawn in a chair by men is good. =Cheeks.=--To dream one hath cheeks -plump, fat and of vermilion tincture, is good to all, especially women, -but to dream that you are lean, pale, and full of wrinkles, signifies -grief and heaviness. =Capon.=--To dream that a capon crows, signifies -sadness and trouble. =Carrion.=--To dream of carrion, signifies sadness. -=Carrots.=--To dream of carrots, signifies profit and strength to them -which are at law for inheritance; for we pluck them out of the ground with -our hands, branches, strings and veins. =Cart.=--To dream of being tied to -a cart, to draw like an horse or an ox, denotes servitude and pain to -everybody; but to dream that you are carried in a cart or coach, the -contrary. =Coalpit.=--To dream of being in the bottom of a coalpit, -signifies marrying with a widow; for he that marries her shall never sound -the depth of her policies. =Combing.=--For any person to dream of combing -him or herself, is good, both for man or woman, for it signifies to get -out of evil times or affairs. =Comfort.=--To dream you have comforts of -any one, betokens to the rich and happy, injury and mishap; but to the -poor and afflicted, aid and comfort. =Command.=--To dream you command any -one, signifies trouble; to dream you see one command, signifies anger and -authority. =Complexion.=--To dream you see an unknown person of a brown -complexion, is a sign of glory, honor, success and dispatch of business. -If one dreams he sees a woman of a very brown complexion, it signifies a -very dangerous disease. If you see a woman unknown in your dream, with -long and comely hair, with clear complexion, it is a very good sign. -=Corns.=--For a man to dream his flesh is full of corns, shows he will -grow rich proportionately to his corns. =Crocodile.=--To dream of a -crocodile, signifies pirates or robbers at sea, or wicked periods in any -sort like the crocodile. =Cross.=--To dream you see a cross carried along, -signifies sadness. =Cross Purposes.=--To dream one plays at cross -purposes, signifies prosperity, joy, pleasure, health and concord among -friends and relations. =Crow.=--To dream you see a crow, signifies -expedition of business. To dream you see a crow flying, is ill luck; and -if you hear them croaking unpleasantly, the dream is so much the worse. If -you dream the crow flies on the head of a child, it will be in great -danger of some misfortune. =Cypress Trees.=--To dream you see a cypress -tree denotes affliction in business. =Crowing.=--To dream you are crowing, -or that you hear others crowing, denotes ill luck, especially to lovers; -but to dream that you hear pigeons crowing, is good, especially to the -newly-married, as it denotes happiness. =Crawl.=--To dream that you are -crawling on the floor is bad; but to dream that you are crawling on the -roof of a house is good, particularly to the lovers, as it is a sure sign -they will be married. =Children.=--To dream you see children, denotes -success in your undertakings. To dream you see a child born, denotes a -speedy marriage and that you will be very happy with your family. To dream -you see a child die, imports that you will experience some very heavy -misfortune, and that your sweetheart will marry another. To dream you see -children dirty and ragged, denotes that some friend will endeavor to -prevail upon you to commit an act by which your reputation will be -endangered; it also denotes that you will be in prison and experience -poverty. For a maiden to dream she is with child, denotes that some man -will attempt to rob her of her chastity, and that if she resists she will -marry and be very happy. =Climbing.=--To dream that you are climbing up a -tree, denotes that you will be successful in life. To dream you are -climbing up a very steep hill or place, foretells many difficulties in -life, and much sickness. If you reach the top, you will get over all your -difficulties and recover from your illness; but if you awake before you -have attained the top, you will be disappointed in love and all other -projects and die in your next illness. =Cherries.=--To dream of cherries -is a disappointment in life, vexation in the married state and slight in -love. =Cucumbers.=--To dream of cucumbers, denotes recovery to the sick, -and that you will speedily fall in love, or that if you are in love, you -will marry the object of your affection. It also denotes moderate success -in trade. To the sailor it foretells a pleasant voyage and a sweetheart in -a distant climate. =Coffin.=--To dream of one denotes the death of a -friend or some near relation. - -=Disease.=--To dream you have any disease promises prompt and speedy -employment. =Dragon.=--To dream you see a dragon signifies riches and gain -of great treasure. =Dancing.=--To dream that you are dancing at a ball, -wake, or entertainment, foretells that you will shortly receive some -joyful news from a long absent friend, and that you are about to inherit -some unexpected legacy; for it foretells success and happiness in love; -that your sweetheart is kind. =Deer.=--To dream you see deer in a park, -denotes war and famine; to the lover it foretells some unpleasant dispute -with his sweetheart. =Dice.=--To dream you are playing at dice or -back-gammon, denotes much good to the dreamer, in either love, marriage -or trade. =Dirt.=--To dream of dirt signifies sickness and dishonor. To -dream you fall in the dirt, signifies that you shall be treacherously -dealt with. =Ditches.=--To dream of deep ditches, steep mountains, rocks, -and other eminences, surely foretells danger and misfortune. Expect -thieves to rob your dwelling; that your children will be undutiful and -bring you into trouble. If you are in love, it foretells unhappiness if -you marry your present sweetheart. If you are in trade, it denotes loss of -goods, if not of liberty. =Dogs.=--To dream of these faithful and domestic -animals has very different significations, according to the manner in -which you see them. If they fawn and fondle upon you, then it is a very -lucky omen. If you are in love, your sweetheart will marry you and be very -happy. If they are barking and snarling at you, then depend that enemies -are secretly endeavoring to destroy your reputation and happiness; if you -are in love, be careful of your sweetheart. =Drowning.=--To dream you are -drowning, or that you see another drowned or drowning, portends good to -the dreamer. To the lover it denotes that your sweetheart is good-tempered -and inclined to marry you. =Dead.=--To dream of talking with dead folks is -a good, auspicious dream, and signifies a boldness of courage and a very -clear conscience. To dream a man is dead that is alive and in health, -signifies great trouble and being overthrown at law. =Darkness.=--To dream -you are in a very dark place, or that you are in the dark, is a very -unfavorable omen. To dream you get out of darkness into light, denotes -good to the dreamer. Expect also to hear some glad tidings from a far -distant country. =Death.=--To dream of death, denotes that you will either -be speedily married yourself, or else assist at a wedding. To dream that -you are dead, also denotes a speedy marriage, and that you will be -successful in your undertakings. To dream you see another person dead, -denotes unkind usage from your friends. =Drunkenness.=--To dream you are -drunk, is one of those dreams by which the dreamer is forewarned of that -of which at present he knows nothing. It denotes that some person whom yet -you do not know, will become a very good friend and promote your welfare. -To a woman, it denotes that she will be beloved by an excellent man whom -yet she has not seen; and to a man it denotes that he is tenderly beloved -by a woman whom he does not at present think of, who will make him -extremely happy, and bring him money. =Dairy.=--To dream you are in a -dairy busy at work, is a very favorable omen; to the maid it indicates -that her lover will be of an industrious turn, and that if she marries, -she will have children, and her husband will become rich and rise to -honor. To the farmer it denotes that his crops will be abundant, but that -he will lose some of his live stock by thieves. =Devil.=--To dream of this -enemy to the human race, denotes that many dangers will threaten you, all -of which you will overcome. If you are in love, it forebodes that some one -is endeavoring to alienate the affection of your sweetheart, but will be -unsuccessful. =Dolphin.=--To dream of a dolphin, shows to seafaring men a -wind from the place whence you dream he cometh. But to dream you see the -dolphin out of water, signifies the death of friends. =Drink.=--To dream -you drink cold water, is good, but hot signifies sickness and hindrance of -affairs. To dream you drink wine with moderation, is good; to drink oil, -signifies poison. To dream you are drinking when you are dry from a stream -or fountain, is a sign of sickness. If a man dreams he is drunk with sack, -or some sweet, pleasant drink, it is a sign he will be beloved by some -lady and grow rich thereby. =Dunghill.=--To dream you stand on a dunghill -is a favorable omen. It is a sure forerunner of success in everything -undertaken at this time. For a maiden to dream she is on a dunghill, is a -sign that she will marry the choice of her affections, who will be a man -of some importance. =Daisy.=--It is good to dream of daisies in the spring -or summer, but bad in fall or winter. =Dandelions.=--To dream of gathering -dandelions is ominous to one. To dream you see a large bed of them denotes -that you have many new enemies forming, who will do you much injury in -secret. If one in love dreams of dandelions, be sure their sweetheart is -playing them false. - -=Eagles.=--To dream you see an eagle soaring very high in the air, denotes -prosperity, riches and honor; to the lover it foretells success in love -and a happy marriage. To dream you see an eagle perched on the steeple of -a church, or on any high eminence, is a very good omen; it denotes that in -some arduous undertaking you will be successful and thereby arrive at -riches and honor; it also denotes that the dreamer will make his fortune -beyond the sea. If a woman with child dreams of an eagle, then it denotes -that her offspring will marry well and be very happy. =Eggs.=--To dream -you are buying or selling eggs, is a very favorable omen; whatever you are -then about will succeed, whether it be love, trade, or getting a place. To -dream that you are eating eggs, denotes that you will shortly have a child -and that your affairs will go well. To dream your eggs are broken, denotes -loss of goods, quarrels and poverty; if you are in love, it forebodes a -separation between you and your sweetheart. =Elderberries.=--To dream of -elderberries augurs content and riches; to a maiden they bespeak a speedy -marriage; to a married woman, that she will shortly be with child; to the -tradesman, success in business; to the farmer, good crops. -=Elephants.=--To dream of an elephant is a very fortunate dream; it -denotes acquirement of riches. If you are in love, it denotes a speedy -marriage with your sweetheart, and many children, chiefly boys, who will -distinguish themselves by their learning. =Eclipse.=--To dream you see an -eclipse of the moon, denotes that you will lose some female friend--your -mother, if she be living. You will experience a great uneasiness on -account of a woman. Your sweetheart will prove unfaithful. Poverty will -overtake you and misery end your days. To dream you see an eclipse of the -sun, denotes that you will lose some male friend--your father, if he be -alive; and that you will experience some uneasiness by the means of some -troublesome friends; to a woman with child it foretells a son, who will be -a great man. =Earthquake.=--To dream of an earthquake, warns you that your -affairs are about to take a great change. If you see many houses tumble -into ruins, then it will be much for the better. =Eyes.=--To dream you -lose your eyes, is a very unfortunate omen. It denotes decay of -circumstances, loss of friends, death of relations and miscarriage in -love. If a woman with child dreams of it, it denotes that the child will -be very unhappy and lose its liberty. =Execution.=--To dream of the -execution of offenders, shows that you will be suddenly sought after for -relief by some that are in great want and extremity. =Earthworms.=--To -dream of earthworms, signifies secret enemies that endeavor to ruin and -destroy us. =Ear.=--If a man dreams his ears be fair and well shaped, it -shows he shall come to great renown; but if he dreams his ears are -ill-favored and deformed, it shows the contrary. This dream is ill to a -servant, and those who have a lawsuit, if he be a plaintiff or the -defendant, but it is good to an artificer or one that worketh with his -hands, for he shall have many that will employ him. To dream that one -picks or cleans his ears, betokens that good news shall come forth one -side or other. But to dream that the ears have been beaten or chafed, -signifies we shall hear ill news. If any one dreams his ear is hurt or -split, he will be offended by some one that belongs to him, or by some -friend. If he dream that his ear is quite off, he shall be utterly -deprived of their friendship. =Eve.=--To dream you see the mother of all -men, is a favorable omen. It denotes great happiness to the lover. -=Eyebrows.=--To dream the eyebrows are hairy and of a good grace, is good, -especially to a woman. But if either men or women dream their eyebrows are -more large or comely than they used to be, it is a sign they will succeed -in the matrimonial way. =Evil Spirits.=--To dream evil spirits obstruct -your doing good under a show of devotion, denotes obstruction in your -affairs by a hypocrite; and if you dream that you see hideous -physiognomies, something vulgar will be revealed to you. =Eating.=--To -dream that you are eating, is a very unfavorable omen; it portends -disunion in your family, losses in trade, and disappointment in love, -storms and shipwrecks by sea. =Enemy.=--To dream you talk to an enemy, is -a caution to beware of him. To dream you fight with and are worsted by -him, denotes that you will meet with some misfortune which has threatened -you for some time. =Eels.=--To dream of eels, signifies to beware of -slippery pursuits and uncertain speculations. If the eels escape you, you -will be jilted in love; if you hold them, honor and happiness will be in -store for you. =Elf.=--To dream of an elf signifies a happy return of one -long absent; presents of value may be expected after this dream, which -also signifies marriage, with wealth, position and happiness. -=Elopement.=--To dream of a friend’s elopement, signifies marriage against -the wishes of your friends, and unhappiness. To dream of your own -elopement, betokens entering into ruinous speculations in love or -business. =Epitaph.=--To read or write an epitaph in your dream, -signifies much good to come from a secret friend. To read your own -epitaph, signifies marriage with one now an entire stranger, of great -wealth and position. =Equipage.=--To dream of possessing one, signifies -complete happiness, with the gratification of every wish, however -extravagant. - -=Face.=--To dream your face is swelled shows that you will accumulate -wealth. If you are in love, it denotes that your sweetheart will receive -an unexpected legacy and marry you. =Fall.=--To dream you fall from any -high place, or from a tree, denotes loss of place and goods. If you are in -love, it surely indicates that you will never marry the present object of -your affections. =Feet.=--To dream you are near a river or fountain and -that you wash your feet, signifies molestation and trouble. To dream of -one scratching the soles of your feet, signifies loss by flattery. -=Fan.=--If a maiden dreams she has been fanned by a man, she will soon -make a new conquest, or marry the present object of her affections. For a -man to dream he is fanning a person, signifies that he will soon meet with -many changes in his affairs. =Furniture.=--To dream of getting new -furniture that pleases you, is good. If it seems not to please, the dream -is a bad one. To be pleased with furniture, denotes health, happiness and -prosperity. To display furniture, denotes trouble, perhaps a death or a -funeral. =Faction.=--To dream of being engaged in faction or sedition, -denotes wealth by indirect ways. =Father-in-law.=--To dream one sees his -father-in-law, either dead or alive, is ill, especially if he dreams that -he uses violence or threatening. =Fish-ponds.=--To dream of fishponds, -denotes thriving. =Flageolet.=--To dream that you play or hear playing on -a flageolet, denotes trouble and contention, and being overthrown at law. -=Flesh.=--If anyone dreams he is increased in flesh, he will gain wealth. -On the contrary, if he dreams he is grown lean and thin, if he be rich, he -will grow poor, or at least conceal his wealth, and he will be in a mean -condition. To dream of eating all sorts of meat, whether flesh or fish, -signifies either neglect of business, or anger and sickness. =Flies.=--To -dream of a swarm of flies, denotes that you have many enemies; it also -denotes that your sweetheart is not sincere, and cares but little about -you. To dream you kill them is a very good omen. =Flute.=--To dream you -play or hear playing on a flute, signifies trouble and contention. -=Fool.=--For a man to dream he is a fool, is good for those who would -govern and teach children. =Folly.=--For a woman to dream she is become -foolish, and is publicly guilty of folly, is a sign she will have a boy, -who in time will grow great. If a maid, she will be speedily married, and -that to an honest man. =Forest.=--To dream that you are walking in a -forest, signifies trouble. =Fields.=--To dream you are in green fields, is -a very favorable omen. To dream you are in ploughed fields, forebodes some -severe disputes that will be brought upon you by some person who has no -children. To the lover, it denotes disappointment; to the married, -unhappiness and undutiful children; to the tradesman, loss of business -and a prison. To dream you are in a meadow covered with flowers, is a very -favorable omen. If you are soliciting a place or favor, it portends you -will surely obtain it. =Figs.=--To dream of figs, is the forerunner of -prosperity and happiness. To the lover, they denote the accomplishment of -your wishes. To the tradesman, increase of trade. They are also indicative -of legacy. =Fighting.=--To dream you are fighting, denotes to the lover -that you will lose the object of your affections through a foolish -quarrel. It also forebodes much opposition to your wishes, with loss of -character and property. After such a dream, you are urgently recommended -to quit your present situation, because such a dream indicates that you -will not prosper in it. To the sailor it denotes storm and shipwreck, with -disappointment in love. =Fire.=--To dream of this subtle element, denotes -health and happiness to the lover, marriage to the object of his -affections and many children. It also denotes that you will be very angry -with some one on a trifling occasion. To dream you see burning lights -descending as it were from heaven, is a very bad sign indeed. It portends -some dreadful accident to the dreamer, such as being hanged, losing your -head, having your brains dashed out, breaking your legs, getting into -prison, or other strange accidents. To the lover, it also denotes the loss -of the affections of your sweetheart. To the tradesman, bad success in -business. To dream that you are burnt by fire, denotes great danger, and -that enemies will injure you. To the sailor, storms and shipwreck. -=Fishing.=--To dream you are fishing, is a sure sign of sorrow and -trouble. If you catch any fish, you will be successful in love and -business. If you catch none, you will never marry your present sweetheart, -nor succeed in your present undertakings. If they slip out of your hands -after you have caught them, the person you marry will be of a roving -disposition, and some pretended friend will deceive you. =Filberts.=--To -dream of filberts, forebodes much trouble and anger from friends. To the -tradesman, they denote a prison, and decay of trade; to the lover, a -complete disappointment; to the married, care and undutiful children. -=Fingers.=--To dream you cut your fingers, if they bleed, is a very good -omen. You will be successful in love, and your sweetheart will prove kind -and true. You will get money from a quarter that you least expect, and be -successful in your enterprises. If you dream that they do not bleed, then -it denotes damage by a variety of accidents. That lawsuits will attend -you, and that you will be unsuccessful in most of your pursuits. In love -you will not succeed with your present sweetheart, who prefers another. To -dream you lose your fingers, denotes the loss of friends, servants, goods, -trade and sweethearts. =Feasting.=--To dream that you are at a feast, -denotes that you will meet with many disappointments, particularly in the -thing which you are most anxious about. In love it forebodes much -uneasiness between sweethearts, and to them which are married it foretells -undutiful children, with many heavy losses. =Fleas.=--To dream you are -tormented with these little insects is unfavorable. =Floods.=--To dream -of a flood, shows that you will meet with great opposition from rich -neighbors, and that a rich rival will attempt to alienate the affections -of your mistress. To the tradesman it denotes lawsuits, loss of business, -and a prison; to the sailor, it denotes much success by sea, but danger on -shore; to the farmer, it indicates loss of cattle and a dispute with the -landlord. To dream you are drowned in a flood, denotes that you will quit -your native land and after many hardships and perils return to it rich and -happy. That you will marry a pretty woman and have fine children. -=Flowers.=--To dream you are gathering flowers, is a very favorable omen. -Expect to thrive in everything you undertake and that you will be -successful in love, marry happily and have beautiful children. Should they -wilt in your hands, then expect heavy losses in trade, that your -sweetheart will die; or, if you are married, that you will lose your -husband or wife and also your favorite child. =Flying.=--To dream you are -flying, is a very excellent omen. It foretells elevation of fortune. That -you will arrive at dignity in the state and be happy. If you are in love, -your sweetheart will be true to you, and if you marry, you will have many -children, who will all do very well and be very happy. It indicates that -you will take a long journey, which will turn out advantageous to you. -=Forge.=--To dream of working a smith’s forge, denotes a brain full of -projects. The blowing with the bellows signifies the getting of a wife and -the hammering on the anvil her scolding tongue. =Fortune.=--If any man -become poor after he hath been rich, dreams he has the same land and -possessions he had before, it signifies that his good fortune will return. -=Fountain.=--To dream that you are at a fountain, is a very favorable -omen. If the waters are clear, it denotes riches and honors; and in love, -it foretells great happiness in the marriage state, and that your -sweetheart is of an amiable disposition and true to you; but if the waters -appear muddy, then it denotes vexation and trouble, disappointment in -business, inconstancy in your sweetheart and misery in the marriage state. -=Fox.=--To dream of this crafty animal is the forerunner of much -difficulty. If you are in love, your sweetheart will turn out of a sour, -disagreeable, ill-natured disposition. If you are in trade, sharpers will -endeavor to defraud you and overreach you in bargains. =Friend.=--To dream -you see a friend dead, betokens hasty news of a joyful nature. If you are -in love, it foretells a speedy marriage with the object of your -affections. =Frogs.=--To dream of frogs, is a very favorable omen. To the -farmer, it foretells good crops and an increase of his live stock; to the -tradesman, it denotes success in business; to the lover, a faithful -sweetheart; to the married, an increase of children, who will be very -happy; to the sailor, pleasant and prosperous voyages, with a wife in a -distant country. =Fruits.=--If you dream of fruits when out of season, or -that you are gathering them when green, denotes sickness. If you dream -they are rotten, it foretells poverty. To dream of gathering ripe fruit, -when there is plenty, betokens happiness and riches, and the speedy -receipt of money. If you gather fruit from an old withered tree, it is a -sign that you will unexpectedly inherit the effects of some aged person. -To dream you have made yourself sick by eating fruit, is a sorrowful omen. -=Funeral.=--To dream of a burial, denotes speedy marriage, and that you -will hear of the death or imprisonment of some near relation or esteemed -friend. It also foretells the acquisition of wealth, and that an estate -will fall to you from a distant relation by your mothers side. If you see -any particular person attending a funeral, either that person, or some -friend of his, will die and leave you something. If there is a hearse with -feathers on it, you will many some rich person yourself, or assist at some -relation’s wedding, who will marry well and be a friend to you. -=Fairy.=--For a maiden to dream she sees a fairy, shows she will soon -change her present state by becoming the wife of a good husband. It is -good for women under any circumstances to dream of fairies, but it denotes -evil to men, and no man should undertake any important matter for several -days after, or it will surely end in his being disappointed. =Files.=--To -dream of dealing in files, prognosticates activity. To purchase files, -shows you will have many applications to attend to business. To sell -files, shows you will have others to work for you, yielding profitably. -=Flambeau.=--To dream of flambeaux, is a sign of trouble, excitement and -distress. To the merchant, losses at sea; to the mechanic, want of -employment; to lovers, deceit and treachery. =Flag.=--To dream of raising -a flag signifies that your name will be widely known; to dream of seeing a -flag floating, signifies good news. =Furnace.=--To dream of seeing a -furnace, indicates a quarrel which will cost you dear friends. If you heat -the furnace, you will be the only sufferer. =Ferry.=--To dream of crossing -a ferry, signifies that indecision in an important matter will make you -the laughing-stock of your friends. =Fortress.=--If you are confined in a -fortress in your dream, your plans in life will suffer from undue -influence of others. If you dream of placing others in confinement, look -for valuable goods, which will enrich you. =Fairs.=--To dream of going to -fairs threatens the person so dreaming with having his pockets picked, or -robbed in some other way. - -=Gloves.=--To dream of receiving a gift of a pair of gloves, signifies an -offer of friendship. If the gloves are light, the connection will be -pleasant; if dark, it is doubtful. To receive a package of gloves, -signifies much good offered to you at one time. To present gloves in a -dream, signifies a gift in charity. To dream of old, ragged gloves, -signifies disappointment and deceit from your dearest friends. -=Ghost.=--To dream of seeing it, signifies a marriage in the family. If -you dream it speaks, prepare to die. =Gallows.=--To dream of the gallows -is a most fortunate omen. It shows that the dreamer will become rich and -arrive at great honors. To the lover, it shows the consummation of his -most sanguine wishes, and that by marriage he will become rich and happy, -have many children, particularly a son, who will become a great man, and -be the founder of his family’s honor. =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, and to the sailor, prosperous voyages. -=Geese.=--To dream of geese is a forerunner of good; expect to see a -long-absent friend. They denote success and riches to the dreamer in the -furtherance of his pursuits. In love, they augur speedy marriage and -fidelity in your sweetheart. =Giants.=--To dream of seeing giants is -ominous of good. =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 between 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. -=Glass.=--To dream of glass, marks inconstancy in your sweetheart, and in -business of bad success in your undertakings in life. To dream you break -glass, shows that your sweetheart will forsake you, and that you will -unexpectedly meet with misfortunes and troubles. To dream you receive a -glassful of water, is indicative of a speedy marriage and that you will -have many children, who will all do well. If the glass appears broken, the -death of your sweetheart, or, if married, of your spouse, is predicted. -For a woman with child, or a married man whilst his wife is with child, to -dream of breaking a glass of wine or water, denotes that the child in the -womb will be preserved after much danger, and perhaps the death of the -mother. If either of them dream that they spill wine or water, it is -indicative that the mother will live but the child will die. =Globe.=--To -dream that you are looking at a globe, foretells much good, and that you -will become a great traveler. =Gold.=--To dream of gold, is a very good -omen. It denotes success in your present undertakings, after experiencing -some little difficulties. If you receive gold in bars, you will inherit an -estate in a far distant country, and have some trouble in getting -possession of it. If you receive eagles or any other gold coin, your -affairs will prosper, your sweetheart will be true and marry you; you will -have many children and be very happy. If you pay gold, it betokens an -increase of friends and business. If you let gold fall, it denotes an -attack from thieves. If you are in trade, some swindler will attempt to -defraud you. If you pick up gold, it denotes that some quarrel will be -settled to your advantage. If you are in prison, it shows you will -speedily be released. It also denotes the death of a husband or wife, if -you are married. If single, of your sweetheart. =Good.=--To dream that we -do good to one, signifies jollity and pleasure, and to dream that others -do us good, is profit and gain. =Gooseberries.=--To dream of gooseberries, -indicates many children, chiefly sons, and an accomplishment of your -present pursuits. To the sailor, they declare dangers in his next voyage. -To the maiden, a proving husband, and to the man, a rakish wife. -=Grapes.=--To dream of grapes, foretells to the maiden that her husband -will be a cheerful companion and a great songster. They denote much -happiness in marriage and success in trade. If you are in love, they augur -a speedy union between you and your sweetheart. =Grave.=--To dream you see -a grave, foretells sickness and disappointment. If you are in love, you -will surely never marry your present sweetheart. If you go into the grave, -it shows you will experience a loss of property and that false friends -will defame you. If you come out of the grave, it denotes success in your -undertakings, that you will rise in the world, become rich, and if you are -in love, that you will speedily marry your sweetheart. If you take another -out of the grave, you will be the means of saving the life of a person who -will be a very great friend to you, and receive some unexpected legacy. -=Grain.=--To dream you see any kind of grain and that one gathers it, -signifies profit and gain. =Games.=--To dream one plays at ball or top, -signifies travail and pains, and to gain wealth by contention and injury. -To leap, run, or dance, signifies prosperity in affairs; but to dance -without music, foretells want of money. =Garlic.=--For a man to dream he -eats garlic, signifies he shall discover hidden secrets and meet with some -domestic jars. Yet to dream he has it in the house, is good. =Gibbet.=--To -dream you see a person hanging on a gibbet, is a sign of damage and great -affliction. =Girdle.=--To dream that you are girt with an old girdle, -signifies labor and pains. A new girdle signifies honor. =Gin.=--To dream -of drinking gin, forebodes short life and many changes will happen very -suddenly, which will be chiefly very pleasant, but that they will end with -dissatisfaction. =Gondola.=--If a female dreams she is sailing in a -gondola, she will speedily marry a person who will make her happy. If a -man dream he is in a gondola, in smooth water, it is an excellent dream; -but if the water be muddy or troubled, it denotes much strife. =Guns.=--To -dream you see people firing off guns or cannon, augurs that the dreamer -will experience much adversity. To dream that they are firing at you, -shows that you will be exposed to many perilous dangers, such as -shipwreck, assassination, or loss of liberty. If you are firing at them -yourself, it foretells that you will be involved in a lawsuit that will -prove prejudicial to you. - -=Hay.=--To dream you cut it, signifies that you will have great influence -in society. To dream of raking it together, denotes that you will stand at -the head of assemblies. =Hills.=--To dream you are traveling over high -hills and wading through great difficulties, having lost your way, shows -you shall meet with assistance and have good counsel in your difficulties. -=Hail.=--To dream you are in a hailstorm, presages great sorrow in life. -If you are in love, it forewarns you against marrying your present -sweetheart, who will prove of very bad temper and make you miserable. -=Hair.=--For a man to dream his hair is long, like a woman’s, signifies -cowardice and effeminacy, and that the person dreaming will be deceived by -a woman. To dream one sees a woman without hair, signifies famine, poverty -and sickness. To see a man bald and without hair, signifies the contrary. -=Hands.=--If any one dreams that his hands are comelier and stronger than -ordinary, he will be employed in some important affairs, which he will -bring to a happy issue. If one dreams that his hand is cut off, or that it -has grown lean and dry, or hath been burnt, he will grow poor. If a woman -dreams thus, she will lose her husband, or her eldest son, or fall into a -decay. If any one dreams that he works with his right hand, it is a sign -of good fortune to him and his family. If with the left hand, that denotes -bad luck. To dream the hand is hairy, signifies trouble and imprisonment. -=Hanged.=--To dream of seeing people hanged, or that you are going to be -hanged yourself, denotes that you will rise above your present condition -by marriage. =Hat.=--To dream your hat is torn or dirty, signifies damage -and dishonor. But to dream you have a hat on that pleases you, signifies -joy, profit, and good success in business. =Hogs’ Bristles.=--To dream -that you have hogs’ bristles, signifies great and violent dangers. -=Horns.=--To dream one hath horns on his head, signifies dominion, -grandeur and royalty. To dream you see a man with horns on his head, -signifies he is in danger both of the loss of his person and estate. -=Horses.=--To dream of horses is a particularly good sign; inasmuch that -if any one dreams that he is mounted on a stately horse, full of mettle, -nimble and well-harnessed, he will have a handsome, noble and rich wife, -provided the horse be his own. To dream one sees a horse running, -signifies prosperity and the accomplishment of one’s desires. To dream of -riding on a tired horse, shows one shall fall desperately in love. To -dream you see a horse dead, is a sign that stagnation will take place in -your business, with some losses; but these may be overcome if the horse be -well in flesh and has not died a natural death. =Hunger.=--To dream one is -unusually hungry, and that his appetite craves sustenance, shows he will -be ingenious, laborious and eager in getting an estate, and will grow -rich. =Husbandmen.=--To see yourself become a husbandman in your dream, -shows you shall meet with great toil, yet after awhile become rich. If you -dream you are ploughing, it denotes success, and, to single persons, -speedy marriage; and if the fields be full of flowers, it is a sign of -much happiness. =Hatred.=--To dream of hatred or being hated, whether of -friends or enemies, is ill. =Heaven.=--To dream of heaven, and that you -are there, signifies grandeur and glory. =Head.=--To dream you have a -great head, or a head bigger than ordinary, and very highly raised, that -signifies dignity, esteem. If a sick person dream thus, it prognosticates -both the headache and violent fever. If one dreams his head is cut off by -robbers and murderers, that signifies loss of children, relations, estate -or wife; and to the wife so dreaming, the loss of her husband. To dream -that one cuts off another’s head, signifies assurance of effecting -business, or revenge upon your enemies. To dream you cut off the head of a -pullet, or a green goose, signifies joy and recreation. To dream one hath -the head of a lion or wolf, or some other cruel beast, it is a good sign -to the dreamer. To dream one hath the head of a dog, horse, or ass, or -such four-footed beast, is servitude, pain and misery to the dreamer. To -dream one hath a bird’s head, argues one shall not stay long in his -country. If one dreams that he is careful to comb and trim his hair, it is -a sign he shall dispose well of his business. To dream you wash your head, -signifies deliverance from danger. =Hen.=--To dream that you hear hens -cackle, or that you catch them, signifies joy, profit and assurance of the -dispatch of business. To dream that you are turned into a hen, signifies -disquiet. To dream that you see a hen lay eggs, signifies gain. To see a -hen with her chickens, signifies loss or damage. To dream that a hen -crows, signifies sadness and trouble. =Hornet.=--To dream of hornets, -shows you will have to do with people who will assault and discredit you. -=House.=--To dream of building a house is a good omen; in love, that your -sweetheart is good-tempered and faithful, and will make you very happy; to -dream you see a house on fire, foretells hasty news. If it be your own -house that is destroyed, the news will be bad. If your enemy’s house, it -will be good. =Hunting.=--To dream you are hunting and that the game is -killed, shows much trouble through the pretensions of false friends, but -that you will discover them and overcome all their machinations. - -=Ice.=--To dream of ice is a favorable omen. To the lover it shows your -sweetheart is of an amiable temper and faithful. To dream you are sliding -or skating on the ice, denotes that you will pursue some unprofitable -concern and be much worried by your engagements. =Invasion.=--For a maiden -to dream of invasion, is a sign that some evil-disposed person will -endeavor to lead her astray; to a man in business, it denotes much -competition; to a mechanic, loss of his situation. =Intrigue.=--To dream -you are connected in an intrigue, is ominous of evil. =Infant.=--If an -unmarried woman dreams of an infant, it prognosticates that she will go -through some trouble, but for a man to dream of infants, is good. -=Inn.=--To dream of being in an inn, is a very unfavorable dream. It -denotes poverty and want of success in undertakings; expect soon to be -yourself, or some of your family, committed to prison. If you are sick, it -denotes you will never recover. To the tradesman it shows loss of trade -and bad servants. =Inquest.=--To dream of being at an inquest, denotes -prosperity; to dream that you are the subject on which the inquest is -held, prognosticates that you will come into prosperity by the death of -some rich person; to dream an inquest is held on the body of a friend is -also good to the dreamer. =Idiot.=--If any one dreams he is turned idiot, -or mad, and is guilty of public extravagancies, he shall be long-lived, a -favorite, and gain pleasure and profit by the people. =Image.=--To dream -of an image or statue, signifies children, and the will and affections of -the dreamer. =Infernal Things.=--If any one dreams that he sees the devil, -or any other infernal spirit or representation, it is a very bad dream, -bringing along with it to those sick, death, and to the healthy, -melancholy, anger and violent sickness. =Iron.=--For one to dream that he -is hurt with iron, signifies that he shall receive some damage. To dream -that one trades with a stranger in iron, signifies losses and misfortune. -=Idol.=--To dream you see persons worshiping at an idol, betokens a change -of affairs and much for the better. To dream you worship an idol, is a -sign of merriment, such as going to balls, parties or excursions, pleasant -journeys and the like. If a sick person has this dream, they will have a -speedy recovery. =Ignominy.=--For any one to dream they suffer ignominy, -shows he will be unjustly accused of having done wrong, and that he will, -after a little, take a sudden rise in the world. =Illumination.=--It is a -certain sign of war when persons dream of seeing a city illuminated. To -dream your own house is illuminated, betokens much quarrelling among -relatives. =Injury.=--To dream you receive an injury, signifies that you -have many friends--no enemies. If you dream of inflicting injury, you will -both receive and dispense blessings. =Ink.=--If you dream of black ink, -you will become involved in some disgraceful scheme. If you dream of red -ink, good news awaits you. - -=Jollity.=--To dream of jollity, feasts and merry-making, is a good and -prosperous dream, and promiseth to the dreamer great preferment. -=Jessamine.=--To dream of this beautiful flower, foretells good luck. To -lovers, it is a sure sign they will be speedily married. =Jeopardy.=--If -you dream that you are in jeopardy, it will be very fortunate for you. If -a person so dreaming be in business, it foretells success and great -profit. =Jubilee.=--To dream that you are at a jubilee, is a sure sign -that you will have a fortune left you by some rich relations. -=Jockey.=--If a female dreams she sees a jockey riding at full speed, she -will have an offer of marriage made her very unexpectedly. For a man to -dream he rides with, or sees a jockey riding at a race, denotes a sudden -good turn in his affairs. =Jug.=--For one to dream of drinking out of a -jug, is a sure sign of going on a journey. If the jug be large, the -journey will be long; if small, the journey will be short; and so, if the -liquid drank be pleasant, so will the journey, and if unpleasant, the -journey will be full of troubles. =Juniper.=--It is unlucky to dream of -the juniper, especially if the person who so dreams be sick. But to dream -of gathering juniper berries, if it be in winter, denotes prosperity. -=Joy.=--To dream of joy and festivity, is a token of good for such as -would marry, or it betokens enjoyment for those fond of society. To the -sad and fearful it announces absence of heaviness and fear. =Juniper -Berries.=--To dream of these, signifies that the person so dreaming will -shortly arrive at great honors and become a great person. To the married -it foretells the birth of a male child. =Jail.=--If you dream of seeing -others in jail, you will be deprived of your own liberty. If you dream of -being imprisoned, you will be elevated to a high station in life and -increase your number of friends. =Jewels.=--To dream of possessing jewels, -signifies that you are on the road to happiness. =Jury.=--If you dream of -being tried by a jury, you will lose your sweetheart, and gain the -affections of another on a voyage. If you dream of being acquitted by a -jury, you will shortly meet with interesting and romantic adventures. - -=Kill.=--To dream you kill a man, signifies assuredness of business. To -dream you kill your father, is a bad sign. To dream you are killed, -denotes loss to him whom you dreamed has killed you. =Keys.=--To dream of -keys is favorable to a person in trade, and to a sailor, they denote some -gift, and that the dreamer will become rich. To dream of finding a key, -denotes an addition to your estate. If you are married, it foretells the -birth of a child. If you give another a key, you will be speedily married. -In love, keys betoken faithfulness and a good tempered sweetheart. - - To dream your keys are gone or lost - Denotes that you’ll be vexed or crossed. - -=Knives.=--To dream of knives is a very unpropitious omen. It betokens -lawsuits, poverty, disgrace, strife and a general failure in 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. -=Kissing.=--For a man to dream of kissing a young maid, and that she -vanishes away before he can accomplish his desire, denotes that the next -day he shall see great store of good cheer. To dream you kiss a person -deceased, signifies long life. =Kite.=--To dream of your seeing a kite, -showeth you shall be in danger of thieves and robbers. - -=Ladder.=--To dream you ascend a ladder, signifies honor. But to dream you -descend a ladder, betokens damage. =Lamb.=--To dream that you feed or -bring a lamb to the slaughter signifies torment. To dream that you see a -lamb, or young kids, signifies extraordinary comfort. =Leaping.=--To dream -you are leaping over walls, doors or gates, is a sign that you will -encounter many difficulties in your present pursuits, and that your -sweetheart will not marry you. =Legs.=--To dream that your legs are scabby -or itchy, signifies fruitless perplexity and care. To dream one hath a -wooden leg, signifies the alteration of condition, from good to bad, and -from bad to worse. =Letters.=--To dream you receive letters, is -demonstrative of your being beloved by a person of the opposite sex, who -is very much your friend. To dream of writing letters, shows success in -enterprises. =Leopards.=--Dreaming of leopards, foretells honor. -=Lettuce.=--To dream that one eats salads made of lettuce, and other herbs -that may be eaten raw, signifies trouble and difficulty in the management -of affairs. =Lemons.=--To dream of lemons denotes contentions in your -family and uneasiness on account of children. They announce the death of -some relation and disappointment in love. =Lion.=--To dream of seeing this -king of beasts, denotes that you will appear before your betters, and that -you will be promoted to some lucrative office, accumulate riches, and -marry a woman of great spirit. It argues success in trade and prosperity -from a voyage by sea. =Lookingglass.=--To dream of looking in a glass, -denotes children to the married and to the unmarried it promises a lover -speedily. =Lechery.=--To dream of lechery, denotes to the dreamer a spell -of sickness. =Leapfrog.=--For a man to dream he plays at leapfrog is bad. -For many causes, troubles and vexations will soon overtake him. If a -maiden has this dream, it signifies that her lover is inconstant. =Leap -Year.=--To dream of a leap year is one of the best and most lucky dreams. -Everything you undertake about this time will prosper and your efforts -will be fourfold successful. It is like good to male and female. -=Leeward.=--For a captain or seafaring man to dream his vessel drifts -leeward, is ominous of a storm. =Land.=--If a man dreams he hath good -lands well enclosed with pleasant pastures, bestowed upon him, he will -have a handsome wife. But if the land seems spacious and not enclosed, -that denotes pleasure, joy and riches. If he dreams that the said -unenclosed lands have fair gardens and fountains, fields, pleasant groves -and orchards adjoining thereto, that signifies that he will marry a -discreet, chaste and beautiful wife, and that she will bear him handsome -children. If he dreams the land is sown with wheat, that signifies money -and profit, with care and industry. But if he dreams it is sown with any -kind of pulse, that denotes affliction and trouble. =Lantern.=--He that -dreams he sees a lantern with a light in it, extinguished, that signifies -unto him sadness, sickness and poverty. =Laurel.=--To dream you see a -laurel tree is a token of victory and pleasure, and if you be married, it -denotes the inheritance of possession by your wife. To dream one sees or -smells laurel, if it be a woman, she shall bear children. If a maid, she -will be suddenly married. =Law.=--As to matters of law, to dream of -places, of pleading, judges, attorneys, &c., signifies trouble, expense -and revealing of secrets. If a sick man dreameth he obtains a suit, he -shall come to a better estate. =Lizard.=--To dream that one sees a lizard, -signifies ill-luck and misfortune by secret enemies. =Logs.=--To dream -that one is cleaving a log is a sign that strangers shall come to the -party dreaming. =Light.=--To dream you see a great light is a happy -presage. It denotes that you will attain great honors and become very -rich. In love, it shows a sweetheart of an amiable disposition, that you -will marry well, have children and be very happy. =Lightning.=--To dream -of lightning without tempest, and falling near, without touching the body, -signifies change of place. If a man dreams he saw lightning fall below -him, it will hinder his traveling. But if you dream that you are all -burned and consumed with lightning, it is death to the dreamer. -=Lilies.=--To dream that one sees, holds, smells lilies out of their -season, it signifies that the hope of the thing desired will be -frustrated. But the same dream of lilies in their season is good. -=Linen.=--To dream you are dressed in clean linen, denotes that you will -shortly receive some glad tidings. That your sweetheart is faithful, and -will marry. If it is dirty, then it denotes poverty, and disappointment in -love. =Lioness.=--Dreaming of seeing a lioness is good to the rich or -poor. Marriage is also hereby signified. Those that have children upon -this dream shall lose them. But if you dream that she destroys you it is -death to the dreamer. For persons at sea to dream of this animal is a sign -of storm. =Lean.=--If one dreams he is grown lean and wasted, he will be -disturbed and have suits at law, or some other ill business that will -occasion the loss of his estate, or else he is in danger of falling sick. -Nevertheless, if a woman dreams the tongue grows less, it signifies unto -her honors, wisdom, prudence and discretion. =Lice.=--To dream that you -are lousy and that you are killing a great number of them, is a very good -omen. It denotes great riches to the dreamer. They also portend -deliverance from enemies, and that you will overcome much slander and -malice. =Lips.=--To dream that one hath red, handsome lips, is a sign that -your friends enjoy their health. And to have them dry and chapped, the -contrary. =Lying.=--To tell a lie in a dream is not good, except by -players and jesters, who practise it, and deceive people. =Lake.=--To -dream of a peaceful lake, denotes content. To dream of gazing into a lake, -denotes an access of fortune from an unexpected source. To dream of -floating on a lake, signifies to glide through life without trouble and -with many friends. =Legacy.=--To dream of receiving one, denotes losing -whatever you own that is in the hands of another, involving you in -litigation, debt, unhappiness and trouble. =Laughing.=--To dream of -laughing violently, betokens sorrow and weeping. It also denotes change of -circumstances and friends. =Love.=--To dream of being in love, denotes -that you are not susceptible. If you dream of another loving you, you will -pass through life alone and unsought. =Lamp.=--To dream of a burning lamp, -signifies prosperity. To dream of a lamp suddenly extinguished, signifies -the death of a near friend. =Losses.=--To dream you lose something on -which you set great value, denotes that you will hear of something which -will give you great pleasure. If you dream of losing money, you will -receive a gift from some one which will astonish and please you. To dream -that you have lost some part of your dress, foretells you that there is -some one intending to confer some favor on you. - -=Malice.=--To dream that some one bears you malice, foretells a pleasant -prospect in your worldly affairs; and that you will be advanced to some -important station either by marriage, if you are not married, or if so, -through the influence of friends. =Mansion.=--To dream that you inhabit a -mansion, is not good; expect some calamity happening either to yourself, -or some relative, or lover. =Maid.=--To dream you obtain a young maid, -signifies joy. To dream you take away a maid by force, signifies sorrow. -=Markets.=--To dream of markets filled with goods and folks, is a good -dream to those that traffic. But riding to market signifies a short -voyage. If in a storm, the voyage will be difficult and the success of -your voyage doubtful. If in fair weather, the result will be the contrary. -=Marriage.=--To dream you are married, is ominous of death, and very -unfavorable to the dreamer. It denotes poverty, a prison, and misfortune. -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 -part of your property. To the sailor, it argues storm and shipwrecks with -a narrow escape from death. =Milk.=--To dream you drink milk, is an -extraordinary good sign. And to dream you see breasts of milk, signifies -profit. To dream you are carrying milk is a good sign, but if you fall and -spill it, misfortune will befall you, from which it would be difficult to -extricate yourself. =Mad.=--To dream you are mad, and that you are in -company with mad people, is very good to the dreamer. It promises long -life, riches, happy marriage, success in trade and good children. If you -are a farmer, some accident will happen to a part of your live stock, but -you will have plentiful crops. If you are in lawsuit, it will determine -greatly in your favor. =Mice.=--To dream of mice, denotes prosperity, -success in love, and a happy marriage. For a married woman to dream of -mice, it is a token that she will be with child shortly and that the fruit -of her womb will become very rich and powerful. =Midwife.=--To dream you -see a midwife, is a revealing of secrets, and signifies hurt. To those who -are kept by force, to dream of a midwife, signifies liberty. If a woman -that is not with child dreameth often of seeing her, it forebodeth she -shall have a fit of sickness, which shall be long and continuous. -=Martyr.=--If one dreams he dies for religion, that man will arrive at -great honor. It signifies also that his soul will be happy hereafter. -=Meat.=--To dream that you see the meat you have eaten, signifies loss and -damage. =Measles.=--If any one dreams he hath the measles, it denotes he -shall gain profit and wealth, but it shall be with infamy. =Mire.=-- - - To dream you wade in mire and stubble, - Foretelleth surely toil and trouble, - Yet perseverance will not fail - O’er toil and trouble to prevail. - -=Monkeys.=--To dream of these mischievous creatures, is ominous of evil. -They announce deceit in love, unfaithfulness in the married state, -undutiful children, malicious enemies, and an attack by thieves. -=Mountains.=--To dream you see steep and craggy mountains, presages -difficulties in accomplishing your designs. If you ascend them and gain -the top, you will be successful in whatever you undertake, become very -rich, and arrive at great honors in the state. To a maid, they denote that -she will marry a man who will become rich and powerful, and that her -children will be people of consequence. =Mulberries.=--To dream of -mulberries is of good import. To the maiden, they foretell a speedy and -happy marriage. To the lover, constancy and affection in his mistress. -They also denote wealth, honors and many children. They are particularly -favoring to sailors and farmers. =Music.=--To dream you hear delicious -music is a very favorable omen, promising joyful news from a long absent -friend. To married people it denotes sweet tempered children. In love it -shows that your sweetheart is very fond of you, is good tempered, sincere -and constant. Rough and discordant music foretells trouble, vexation and -disappointment. =Monster.=--To see a monster in the sea is not good; but -out of the sea every fish and great monster is good. =Money.=--To dream of -receiving money, is a good omen. In love, it foretells a speedy marriage -and many children. If you dream you lose money, it is a proof you will be -deceived in love, and be unsuccessful in some favorite pursuit. To dream -you are paying money, foretells the birth of a son destined to cut a great -figure in life. =Moon.=--To dream of the moon is a very favorable omen; it -denotes sudden joy, great success in love; but unfaithfulness in the -married state, undutiful children, and malicious enemies. =Mother.=--To -dream you see your own mother living, signifies joy. To see your mother -dead, signifies misfortune. =Melons.=--To dream of melons, to sick persons -is a prognostic of recovery, by reason of their humidity or juicy -substance. =Monuments.=--If a sick person dreams of seeing monuments, he -or she is dreaming will quickly recover. For the healthy to dream of -monuments is a sign of good luck. =Misery.=--Dreaming that you are in -great misery on account of some calamity that has befallen either your -sweetheart, partner in life, or a relation, denotes that you may expect -some important event occurring, which will be deeply interesting to you. -=Mad Dog.=--To dream that you meet a mad dog denotes that you will be -fortunate in any undertaking in which you are engaged, and that success -will crown your efforts. =Murder.=--To dream that you see a murder -committed, indicates that you will shortly have the pleasure of welcoming -one whom you had not expected to see again in this world. =Murderer.=--If -any one dreams of being a murderer be sure you will be slandered and -calumniated by one who has been a professed friend and admirer previously. -=Musician.=--For one to dream of being a musician, who understands nothing -of the art of music, is an indication that the dreamer will have peace and -comfort in the domestic state. - -=Nakedness.=--To dream you see a man naked, signifies fear and terror. To -dream you see a woman naked, signifies honor and joy, provided she be fair -skinned and handsome. But if she is crooked, old, wrinkled or otherwise -ill made, and black withal, it signifies shame, repentance and ill luck. -=Nightmare.=--To dream of being ridden by the nightmare is a sign that a -woman so dreaming, shall be domineered over by a fool. =Night-walks.=--To -dream of walking in the night, signifies trouble and melancholy. -=Nutmegs.=--To dream of nutmegs is a sign that many changes will overtake -you. =Navigation.=--If one dreams that he is sailing in a boat and -recreating himself without fear, he will have comfort and success in his -affairs, but if the water be tempestuous, it falleth out contrarily. To -dream of being in a ship or boat, and in danger of oversetting or -shipwreck, it is a sign of danger unless the party be a prisoner or -captive, and in that case it denotes liberty and freedom. -=Night-birds.=--To dream of any kind of night-birds, as the owl, bittern -and bat, is ominous, and those who have such dreams should undertake no -business on the day following. He that travels by sea or land, and sees in -his dream any of these birds, will fall into a great tempest or into the -hands of thieves. =Nightingale.=--To dream of the nightingale signifieth -good work, and principally wedding. =Nine-pins.=--To dream of playing at -nine-pins is a sign of quarreling; if successful, you will get the better -of your adversary; if the reverse, you will be worsted. =Night-hag.=--For -a woman to dream of a night-hag, denotes that she will be much slandered -by some one whom she deems her friend. For a man to dream of this -nonentity, is a sign that some woman is endeavoring to do him an injury. -=Neigh.=--To dream you hear horses neigh, augurs that you will have new -and powerful friends, who will do you much service. =Negroes.=--It is not -good to dream of negroes, unless they be singing or dancing, or otherwise -making merry. To dream of seeing negroes in a church is ominous of evil. -=Nose.=--To dream one has a fair and great nose is a good to all, for it -denotes prosperity in affairs, and acquaintance with rich persons. -=Nosegays.=--To dream of gathering and making nosegays is unlucky, showing -that our hope shall wither as flowers do in a nosegay. =Nut -Tree.=--Dreaming that you see nut trees, signifies riches and content -gained with labor and pain. Dreaming that you find nuts that have been -hid, signifies that you will find treasure. =Nails.=--To dream your nails -are growing long is very good, and denotes riches, prosperity and -happiness; great success in love, a good, industrious husband or wife, -with dutiful children; it also foretells that you will suddenly receive a -sum of money that will be of great use to you. =Nectarines.=--To dream of -nectarines is ominous of strife between friends, of riches to the farmer -and tradesman, of infidelity to lovers, of children to the married, of bad -weather to the sailor, and to the poor they announce plenty and increase -of wages. =Nuts.=--To dream you see clusters of them denotes riches and -happiness. To the lover, success and a good-tempered sweetheart. If you -are gathering them, it is not a good omen, for you will pursue some matter -that will not turn out to your advantage. If you crack them, the person -who courts you, or to whom you pay your addresses, will treat you with -indifference, or be very unfaithful. =Needle.=--For a female to dream she -is busy with the needle, indicates that she is about to take a journey -either of pleasure or necessity. For one of the male sex to dream he is -using the needle (except he is a tailor), forebodes a series of -distressing and unpleasant matters are about to harass and perplex him. - -=Olives.=--To dream you see olives, denotes happiness, and that you will -be successful in all your present undertakings. To the lover, they -foretell a speedy marriage with the object of your affections. If you are -gathering them off the trees, they announce much trouble and vexation -through friends and children; to the lover, they show your sweetheart is -unfaithful. =Onions.=-- - - To dream of eating onions means - Much strife in thy domestic scenes; - Secrets found out or else betrayed, - And many falsehoods made and said. - -=Oysters.=--To dream you are eating oysters, is a very favorable omen. -=Ocean.=--To dream you are on the ocean with a woman, is a sign some -female friend is deceitful, or that you are deceitful in some friends. It -is unlucky to dream you swim, walk on, or catch fish in the season. But it -is nevertheless lucky to dream of the ocean to any person about to go on a -journey, unless, indeed, it be very tempestuous. =Overturned.=--If a woman -dreams she be overturned while riding, it is ominous that she shall be -greatly distressed for a short time. For a man to have this dream, denotes -that some animal to which he is attached will sicken and perhaps die. -=Orphans.=--Whoever dreams of orphans will receive profits or riches by -the hand of a stranger. For a man to dream of a female orphan, denotes -that his wife will be rich. To dream about orphans in any way is an -excellent dream to both sexes. =Office.=--To dream you are turned out of -your office, foretells death and loss of property. If you are in love, it -foretells want of affection in your sweetheart and misery if you marry the -present object of your affection. =Oil.=--Dreaming that you are anointed -with oil, is good for women, but for men, denotes shame. =Olive -Trees.=--Dreaming that you see an olive tree with olives, denotes peace, -delight, concord, liberty, dignity, and fruition of your desires. To dream -that you beat the olives down, is good for all but servants. =Oven.=--If -you dream that you see an oven hot, it signifies change of place. -=Owl.=--To dream of this bird at night is a bad omen. It foretells -sickness, poverty and imprisonment. It also forewarns you some male friend -is perfidious. =Oxen.=--Dreaming of oxen denotes a year of plenty and -fruitfulness. But if they appear poor and lean it threatens a year of -scarcity and famine. To dream you feed oxen is a good sign, but to see -oxen go to water is a bad sign. =Old Man.=--For a woman to dream she is -courted by an old man, is a sure prognostic that she will receive a sum of -money and be successful in her undertakings. For a maid to dream of it, -shows that she will marry a rich young fellow, and have many children by -him, who will all become rich. =Old Woman.=--For a man to dream he is -courting an old woman, and that she returns his love, is a very fortunate -omen. It prefigures success in worldly concerns, that he will many a -beautiful young woman, have lovely children, and be very happy. -=Oranges.=--Dreaming that you see and cut oranges, signifies wounds, grief -and vexation, whether they be ripe or not. =Organ.=--Dreaming that you -hear the sound of an organ, signifies joy. =Orchard.=--To dream that you -are in an orchard, denotes that you will become rich, that you will marry -much to your advantage. For a married person to dream of being in an -orchard, shows an increase of children, who will become rich and live -happy. In love, it denotes affection and constancy in your sweetheart. -=Offend.=--To dream that some one has greatly offended you, is an -indication that you are going a long journey to some one you greatly -esteem. If you dream that you have offended some one you love, it -signifies that you are about to be visited by a friend whom you have not -seen for a long time. =Offer.=--For a female to dream that she has -received an offer of love from one of the male sex, portends troubles and -sorrows await her. For one to dream that she has rejected an offer of -marriage, betokens that she will be surprised with the news that a near -relative is dead and left her a large some of money. - -=Pain.=--To dream you are suffering great pain from toothache, headache, -rheumatism, or in any part or your body, denotes that you are about to -receive some glad tidings from one who has been long absent from you. -=Passion.=--To dream that you are very passionate with some one, denotes -that you are likely to be afflicted with some dangerous sickness, probably -unto death. If you dream that some one is in a passion with you, it -betokens some good fortune is about to attend you. =Pedestrian.=--To dream -of making a long journey on foot, betokens great hardships, false friends, -loss of money, unhappy marriage connections and final retirement from the -world. =Peddler.=--To dream of a peddler, signifies that you have a false -estimate of your friends’ value, and that time will show them to be -hypocrites. =Physician.=--To dream of a physician, signifies good in many -forms; if he is relieving you, you have made a favorable impression where -you most desire it; if, as a friend, you meet him in society, look for -true, happy love. =Pleasure.=--If you dream you are enjoying great -pleasure, you may expect serious disappointment and difficulty in some -project that engages your mind. =Puzzle.=--If you dream that you are -puzzled with some intricate matter, and cannot unravel the mystery, be -sure that some one is about to confer a great favor on you. -=Ploughing.=--To dream of ploughing is good; but if the horse seems to -sink into the ground, it portends loss of labor, dearth of corn, and ill -harvest weather. =Pail.=--To dream of milking in a dirty pail, is not a -good sign. =Paper.=--To dream of paper is a good omen, but if it appears -rumpled, it will give you much pain. =Peaches.=--Dreaming of peaches in -season, denotes content, health and pleasure. =Pears.=--Dreaming of pears -well baked, denotes great success and expedition in business. -=Pies.=--Dreaming of making pies is joy and profit. =Pigeons.=--Dreaming -you see pigeons is good. =Pine Trees.=--Dreaming that you see a pine tree, -denotes idleness and remissness. =Pile.=--Dreaming that you pile anything -against the wall, denotes assistance in business. =Poverty.=--To dream of -being in poverty, signifies good to some, but cross fortune to those that -make commodity of their tongue and fair speech. =Prayers.=--To dream you -offer up prayers and supplications to God, signifies happiness. -=Predecessors.=--Dreaming of your predecessors, as grandfathers and other -ancestors, signifies care. =Pit.=--To dream of falling into a pit, shows -that in some way heavy misfortune is about to attend you; that your -sweetheart is false, and prefers another. To a sailor, it forebodes some -sad disaster at the next port you touch at. To dream you are in a pit, and -that you climb out of it, foreshows that you will have many enemies and -experience much trouble, but that you will overcome them, marry well, and -become rich; to sailors, it denotes that they will experience shipwreck, -and be cast on a foreign shore, where they will be hospitably received, -and marry rich and handsome wives and live at ease. =Plays.=--To dream -you are at play, is the forerunner of good luck. It betokens great -happiness in the marriage state, and success in business. To a maid, it -shows speedy marriage with a young man, who will be very successful in -life, and acquire riches and honors and make her happy. =Purse.=--To dream -of finding a purse, is a very favorable omen. It denotes great happiness, -and unlooked for prosperity. In love, it is the sure token of a speedy -marriage, and of being dearly beloved by the object of your affection. To -dream you lose your purse, shows the loss of a friend. In other respects, -it denotes that some pleasant adventure is about to happen to you, by -which you will be the gainer; to the sailor, it denotes the loss of his -sweetheart whilst at sea. =Plums.=--To dream of plums, augurs but little -good to the dreamer; they are the forerunners of ill luck, and show loss -of goods and reputation. They are indicative of infidelity in lovers and -much vexation in the married state. =Palm.=--If one dreams that he sees or -smells the palm, it signifies prosperity. If it be a woman that dreams so, -she shall bear children. If it be a maid, she will be suddenly married. -=Partridges.=--Dreaming of partridges, is a sign that a man shall have to -do with women that are malicious, ungrateful, and void of conscience. -=Plague.=--If any one dreams he hath the plague, it signifies his hidden -store will be discovered, and he will run the risk of losing it. -=Plant.=--Dreaming that you see a plant come out of your body, is death. -To dream of plants quick of growth, as the vine and the peach tree, -denotes that the good and evil portended shall quickly happen. But trees -that are slow of growing, as the oak, olive, &c., show that the good or -evil that shall happen to us shall be long in coming. =Polecat.=--If a man -dreams he has a polecat, he shall have some ill natured woman. -=Pond.=--Dreaming that you see a little pond, signifies the love of a -beautiful woman. If a woman have that dream, she shall have her design -accomplished. To dream that your pond is dried up, signifies poverty or -death. To dream that you are in a boat, upon a pond of clear water, is -very good, and signifies joy and success in affairs. =Pot Herbs.=--To -dream that you see pot herbs, especially such as have a strong smell, -signifies a discovery of hidden secrets and domestic concerns. -=Precipices.=--Dreaming that you see great precipices, signifies much -injury to person and goods. =Prisoners.=--To dream of seeing prisoners -executed, is a good dream, signifies a boldness of courage and a very -clear conscience. =Paths.=-- - - To dream in path both straight and fair, - Your work doth happiness declare; - But crooked ways denote much ill - To those who have a headstrong will. - -=Peacock.=--To dream of seeing this beautiful bird, is a very good omen. -It denotes great success in trade. To a man, a very beautiful wife, much -riches, and a good place. To a maid, a good and rich husband. To a widow, -that she will be courted by one who will tell her very fine tales without -being sincere. It also denotes prosperity by sea and a handsome wife in a -distant port. =Pictures.=--To dream you are looking at beautiful -pictures, foreshows that you will be allured by false appearances into -some unprofitable concern, that you will waste your time on some idle -project, and that you will always be in pursuit of happiness without -attaining it. In love, it denotes great pleasure in the enjoyment of the -beloved object. It promises a handsome wife, a good husband, and beautiful -children. =Pomegranates.=--To dream of pomegranates, foretells some very -unexpected legacy, by which you will be enabled to make a fortune. They -denote that your sweetheart is of good temper, sings well, and is very -faithful. To the married, they show an increase of riches and children, -and great success in trade. - -=Quagmire.=--To dream one is falling into a quagmire, shows obstructions -and difficulty in business. =Quails.=--Dreaming of quails signifies bad -news. =Quicksilver.=--To dream of this mineral is a sign of trouble, -discontent and unhappiness in the married state. To the lover, it is a -sure sign of quarrel; to the sick, a slow recovery. =Quartan.=--To dream -of having this complaint is good, particularly to a married person. -=Quack.=--To dream that you are under the care of quacks, is unfortunate, -and foretells to the person dreaming that he beware of these nuisances in -society. =Quinces.=--To dream of quinces, is favorable to the dreamer. If -you are in prison, you will be shortly liberated; if you are in trouble, a -change will take place that will relieve you from it; if you are sick, you -will soon recover; if you are in love, you will marry and become rich and -happy. =Quilting.=--To dream you are quilting, foretells to an unmarried -female that she will soon be wedded. It is also a good and lucky dream to -a man. To be at a quilting party is good. =Quiver.=--For either sex, if -unmarried, to dream of a quiver, is prognostic of success in love; but to -the married, it is a token of uneasiness to the dreamer. =Quoits.=--If -woman dreams she is playing at quoits, it denotes that she will have some -disagreeable and laborious undertaking to go through. To a man, it is a -sign of quarreling. Quoits were always considered a harbinger of ill luck -by the gipsies. =Quarreling.=--To dream you are quarreling, denotes that -some unexpected news will reach you, and that your sweetheart is about to -be married to another. - -=Radishes.=--To dream of radishes signifies a discovery of secrets or -domestic jars. To lovers they foretell misfortune. =Rain.=--To dream of -being in a shower of rain, is particularly favorable to lovers. It denotes -constancy, affection and sweet temper. If it be very heavy rain, -accompanied by thunder and lightning, then expect to be assailed by -thieves. =Rats.=--To dream of seeing rats is a sign of having many -enemies. If you are attacked by rats, and get the better, it betokens you -will overcome your difficulties. If they should tear you, and make you run -away, then expect some heavy misfortune. =Riding.=--To dream you are -riding, if it be with a woman, is very fortunate. If you are in trade, -business will decay. =Ring.=--To dream of a ring is favorable, if it be on -your finger. If you are in love, expect to be speedily united to the -person on whom you have placed your affections. To dream your ring falls -off your finger, betokens evil, also the death of some near friend. To a -woman with child, it shows that the child with which she is pregnant will -encounter many difficulties, and be far from being happy. To a maiden, it -is a warning to beware of her present lover. =Roses.=--To the married, -foretell the loss of their children. To the lover, infidelity in the -sweetheart. =Reading.=--To dream you are reading an agreeable book, shows -you will be successful in love, and that you will become rich. In trade, -it is propitious. =Ribs.=--If one dreams he hath his upper ribs broken or -sunk, he will have some dissensions with his wife. If he dreams his lower -ribs are broken, he will be afflicted by his female relations and kindred. -If one dreams his limbs are grown longer and stronger than ordinary, he -will take delight in his wife. =Rice.=--To dream of eating rice, denotes -abundance of instruction. =Rasp.=--Dreaming that you see a rasp, is -unfortunate to the married. To a virgin, it is a caution for her to beware -of her lover. To the lover, it denotes that he will travel by sea. -=Rub.=--To dream that you are rubbing anything, denotes to the lover that -he will marry a very industrious girl, and be successful in business. -=Rusk.=--To dream that you are baking them, is good; but to dream that you -see others bake them, is bad. =Racing.=--To dream you are running a race, -is a token of good; presages much success in life, and that you will -speedily hear some joyful news. In love, it denotes that you will conquer -all your rivals, and be happy in the union with the object of your -affections. To dream you are riding a race, shows disappointment and -anger, bad success in trade and in love. To a married woman, it denotes -the loss of her husband’s affections, and that her children will be in -trouble. =Rouse.=--To dream you rouse a person from sleep, is good. -=Rainbow.=--To dream you see a rainbow, denotes great traveling and change -of fortune; it also foretells sudden news of a very agreeable nature; it -announces that your sweetheart is of good temper and very constant, and -that you will be very happy in marriage; great success in business, -through the means of trading with foreign ports. =Raspberries.=--To dream -of raspberries, foretells you of success in marriage, fidelity in your -sweetheart, and some news from beyond the sea to your advantage. -=Ravens.=--To dream you see a raven, is a very unfavorable omen. It -denotes mischief and adversity. In love, it shows falsehood; to the -married, they forebode much mischief, through the adultery of your -conjugal partner. To the sailor, they betoken shipwreck and much distress -on a foreign shore. =River.=--To dream you see a flowing river, and that -the waters are smooth and clear, presages happiness and success in life. -If the water appears disturbed and muddy, or has a yellow tinge, then it -denotes that you will acquire considerable riches. =Rhinoceros.=--To dream -of this East India animal, denotes success to the man of business, but -disappointment in love matters. But to dream they injure you, is -unfavorable to the dreamer. If you dream you see one dead, you will soon -lose a relative. =Rhubarb.=--If a person dreams that he handles good -rhubarb, he will be taken into favor with those he was not on good terms -with before; but to dream of the dried Turkey rhubarb, denotes sickness. -=Rabbits.=--To dream that you are among rabbits, denotes that, if you are -a married person, you will have a numerous family of healthy children. For -a single person to dream of being among rabbits, indicates a speedy -marriage. To dream you are shooting rabbits, foretells sorrow and distress -to the dreamer. =Ragged.=--To dream you are in a ragged dress, and that -you are suffering from privations, indicates that you will shortly be -raised to a higher position in society. =Rowing.=--To dream that you are -rowing in a boat, signifies that you will be successful in love and -business. =Run.=--For a man to dream that he would run, and yet cannot -lift up his feet, shows he hath an earnest desire to accomplish somewhat, -which he will find very difficult. When a sick person dreams he runs, it -is a good sign. - -=Scorpions.=--To dream you see scorpions, signifies ill luck and -misfortunes. =Saviour.=--To dream that you behold the Saviour of mankind -suffering on the cross, denotes that you will be annoyed by some vile -aspersions on your character, but will eventually vindicate yourself -successfully, and be honored and respected by all whose opinion you value. -=Scandal.=--To dream that you are scandalized by one from whom you -expected different treatment, is an indication that you will be the -recipient of a legacy from a distant relative from whom you did not expect -anything of the kind. =Scared.=--To dream that you are scared by some -frightful spectacle, denotes that you will be shortly overjoyed by hearing -some pleasing intelligence from one whom you dearly love. -=Separation.=--To dream of being separated from one whom you highly esteem -and value, betokens much enjoyment to the dreamer from an unexpected -source. =Sickness.=--To dream one is sick, signifies idleness and want of -work. To dream one comforts the sick, and prescribes them medicine, -denotes profit and felicity. =Sparrows.=--To dream you see sparrows -jumping about your door step, is a sign of good fortune attending any -project you may set your mind on accomplishing. =Spirit.=--To dream that -you see a spirit before you of a comely aspect, and attired in white, -denotes joy and consolation; but if it be deformed and black, it signifies -deceit and temptation to sin. =Seat.=--To dream that one has fallen from -his seat, and would fain get into it again signifies that whatever office -or employment he is in, he shall be displaced from it, and not be able to -recover it again. =Serpent.=--To dream you see a serpent turning and -winding himself, signifies danger and imprisonment. It denotes also -sickness and hatred. To dream you kill a serpent, is a sign that you will -overcome your enemies. To dream of beating serpents is very good, and if a -serpent approaching near to do you harm, but does it not, it is a sign -that some ill woman shall be disappointed in her designs. =Strange -Place.=--To dream of being in a strange place, denotes a good legacy from -a relation while in prison. To the lover, they show inconstancy and want -of affection in the object of your love. To the sailor, sickness on the -next voyage. =Starching.=--To dream you are starching linen, shows you -will be married to an industrious person, and you will be successful in -life and save money. It also shows that you are about to receive a letter -containing some pleasant news. =Squirrel.=--To dream of a squirrel, shows -that enemies are endeavoring to slander your reputation. To the lover, it -shows your sweetheart is of a bad temper, and much given to drinking. If -you have a lawsuit, it will surely be decided against you. If you are in -trade, sharpers will endeavor to defraud you, and you will quarrel with -your principal creditor. =Sleep.=--To dream you sleep or slumber, is evil -to all, except to those who are in doubt or expectation of some danger, -for this delivers them from pain and care. To dream you sleep in a -churchyard, is death to the sick and hindrance to others. =Sold.=--To -dream of being sold, or set up for sale, is fair to those who wish to -change their condition and to those who are in poverty and servitude. But -to the rich, and the sick, and those who are placed in honor and -authority, it is ill. =Soldiers.=--To see soldiers in your dream, shows -troubles, persecution and lawsuits. To the lover, they denote that the -object of your affections will be obliged to quit the present place of -residence by command of a father, on your account. To the tradesman, they -presage loss of goods and quarrels with creditors. To dream they are -pursuing you, shows that you will be imprisoned and meet with heavy -losses, and be much disliked by your rich neighbors; this is one of those -dreams after which the dreamer is advised to change quarters. -=Spinning.=--To dream of spinning is good, and shows a person to be -diligent and industrious. =Son.=--To dream that a man talks with his son, -signifies some damage that will suddenly accrue to him. =Statues.=--To -dream of seeing brazen statues moving, signifies riches. But to dream you -see great statues moving, like monsters, denotes terror and perils. -=Stings.=--To dream of stings, signifies grief and care. To many, they -have signified love and injuries by wicked persons. =Shipwreck.=--To dream -you suffer shipwreck, the ship being overwhelmed, is dangerous to all, -except to those detained by force. To them it signifies liberty. =Single -Combat.=--To dream of a single combat, signifies lawsuits and marriages. -=Scratched.=--To dream of being scratched, betokens to him that is in -debt, that he shall acquit himself. To others it foretells hurt. -=Sisters.=--To dream you see your deceased brothers and sisters, signifies -long life. =Shaving.=--To dream you are being shaved, or that your head -has been shaved, is a very unfavorable omen; in love, it denotes treachery -and disappointment; and in the married state, infidelity and discord. To -the tradesman, it denotes loss of goods and business; to the sailor, an -unpleasant and stormy voyage; to the farmer, it prefigures bad crops and -diseases amongst his live stock. =Sheep.=--To dream you see a flock of -sheep feeding, is a very favorable omen; it denotes success. To dream you -see them dispersing, and running away from you, shows that pretended -friends are endeavoring to do you an injury, and that your children will -meet with persecution and great troubles. In love, such a dream shows your -sweetheart to be fickle and little calculated to make you happy. To dream -you see sheep shearing, is indicative of loss of property and the -affections of the person you love; also of your liberty. To dream you are -shearing them yourself, shows that you will gain an advantage over some -person who meant to harm you, and that you will get the better of -difficulties and marry the object of your affection. =Supreme.=--To dream -you have supreme command over any place, is unfortunate, particularly if -the person is sick and helpless. =Surprise.=--To dream that you surprise -any one, denotes good luck to the dreamer and great success in trade. -=Sycamore.=--To dream you see this tree, denotes jealousy to the married; -and to the virgin, she shall shortly be married. =Strawberries.=--To dream -of strawberries, denotes to a woman with child a good time and a boy. To a -maiden, speedy marriage with a man who will become rich and make her -happy. To a youth, they denote that his wife will be sweet tempered, and -bring him many children, all boys. They foretell riches to the tradesman -and to the sailor. They are a very fortunate dream to the farmer. -=Sun.=--To dream you see the sun shine, shows acquisition of riches, and -enjoyment of honorable posts in the state; also success to the lover. To -dream you see the sun rise, promises fidelity in your sweetheart and good -news from friends. To dream you see the sun set, shows infidelity in your -sweetheart, and disgraceful news. To the tradesman, loss of business. To -dream you see the sun under a cloud, foretells many hardships and troubles -about to befall you, and that you will encounter some great danger. -=Swallows.=--To dream of these harbingers of summer is a very favorable -omen. They denote success in trade and riches to the dreamer. In love, -they denote a speedy marriage with the object of your affections. -=Swimming.=--To dream you are swimming, with your head above the water, -denotes great success in your undertakings, whether they be in love, -trade, sea or farming. To dream you are swimming with your head under -water, shows that you will experience some great trouble and hear some -very unpleasant news from a person you thought dead. In trade, it shows -loss of business. =Shooting.=--To dream you are out shooting, is very -favorable, if you kill much game. To the lover, it shows a mistress kind -and good humored, who will make him an excellent and notable wife. To the -tradesman and farmer, success and riches. To the sailor, wealth acquired -in a distant country. But if you dream you kill little or no game, then it -presages bad luck, and disappointment in love. To dream you are shooting -with a bow and arrow, is a very favorable dream, particularly to the lover -and tradesman. =Silk.=--To dream you see silk, either in pieces or for -sewing, signifies prosperity and success in undertakings. To dream you are -clothed in silk, foretells that you will do honors in the state, and -become rich, but that 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 a harlot, who will go near to -ruin him. If a maiden dreams of it, she will speedily see her lover. -=Snakes.=--To dream you see snakes and serpents, shows that you will be -imprisoned, and encounter many dangers. If you are in love, your -sweetheart will be false; to dream you kill a snake, shows you will -overcome difficulties and enemies and be successful in love, trade or -farming, but unsuccessful at sea. =Swoon.=--To dream you see a person -swoon is unfortunate to the maid. To the married, it is a sign they will -become rich and prosperous. To those who are nervous it is bad. -=Scabs.=--To dream you are covered with scabs, is the sure forerunner of -great success and riches. =School.=--To dream you begin again to go to -school, and yet cannot say your lessons right, shows you are about to -undertake something you do not understand. =Sea.=--To dream of walking -upon the sea, is good to him that would travel; as also to a servant, and -to him that would take a wife, or who hath a lawsuit. To a young man, this -dream is love of a beautiful young woman. To a woman, it signifies she -leads a desolate life; for the sea is like a harlot, because it hath a -fair appearance and show, but in the end brings many to evil. To dream you -walk in the sea, or on the shore, or catch fish, is a bad dream. -=Ship.=--To dream of seeing ships freighted with goods, denotes -prosperity. If you dream of seeing ships endangered by a tempest, it -signifies fear. =Shoes.=--To dream of losing one’s shoes and walking -barefooted, signifies pain in the feet and sickness. It also denotes loss -of reproaches to those of a sanguine complexion, and more especially if -this dream comes to you in the first days of the moon. =Silver.=--If one -dreams he gathers up silver, it signifies deceit and loss; to see silver -eaten, denotes great advantage; to eat silver, signifies wrath and anger. -=Spectre.=--Few dreams are more certain of good luck to the dreamer, than -to dream of spectres. It prognosticates business to the merchant, work for -the artist and mechanic, and marriage to the maiden. =Sepulchre.=--To -dream of a sepulchre is a sign of great good to the dreamer. -=Singing.=--If any one dreams he sings, it signifies he will be affected -and weep. To dream you hear singing or playing upon instruments, signifies -consolation in adversity, recovery of health to those that are sick. To -dream you hear birds sing, signifies love, joy and delight. -=Small-pox.=--To dream one is full of the small-pox, denotes profit and -wealth without infamy. =Snow.=--To dream you see the ground covered with -snow is a good omen. =Stars.=--To dream you see stars clear and fair, is -good for a traveler, for it shows prosperity and advantage to a voyage or -journey, also good news; but, on the contrary, to see them dusky and -pale-colored, signifies all sorts of mischief. Seeing the stars vanish and -disappear, signifies poverty, vexation and disturbing cares to those that -are rich, and death to those that are poor. =Splendor.=--To dream that you -are surrounded with great splendor, and living luxuriously, is an -indication that you will soon be laid on a bed of affliction and perhaps -death. =Stealing.=--To dream that you are accused of stealing something, -is an indication that you will have a handsome present given you. -=Storm.=--To dream that you are exposed to a violent storm, denotes that a -reconciliation is about to take place between you and one with whom you -have been at variance. =Stockings.=--For a female to dream that she is -darning stockings, denotes that she will be gladdened by hearing of -something to her advantage. For a person to dream of having lost his or -her stockings, is an indication that trouble and distress will assail the -dreamer. =Success.=--To dream that you have been successful in some -enterprise in which you have been engaged, denotes that you will hear of -some person’s death whom you highly esteemed. =Swan.=--To see a swan in -your dream, signifies joy, revealing of secrets and health to the dreamer; -but if it sings, it foretells death. =Sweethearts.=--If a man dreams of -his sweetheart that is absent, and she seems to be more fair than usual, -it is a sign she is chaste or constant; but if she looks black or sickly, -you may be assured she hath broken her faith and has become altogether -inconstant. =Swine.=--In dreams, swine denote lazy persons, who think of -nothing but how to prey on other people’s goods; they signify also -covetous persons. To dream you trade in swine, signifies sickness. To -dream you see a sow with a litter of pigs, denotes distress. - -=Talking.=--To dream that you are talking loudly of some matter or person -with whom you are not on the most friendly terms, signifies that troubles -are about to visit you. To dream that some person is talking about you, is -an indication that you will be gladdened by having a proposal made to you -that will be to your interest to agree to. =Tandem.=--To dream that you -are driving tandem, denotes that you will be prosperous in business and in -the marriage state. =Tears.=--To dream that you are shedding tears from -some heavy trouble, denotes that you will be speedily removed to a -situation in which you will enjoy much happiness. =Tradesmen.=--To dream -you see those you employ at work, signifies that they are honest in their -dealings with you. To dream you work yourself, betokens a happy contented -life. =Thorns.=--To dream you walk upon thorns, signifies destruction to -your enemies. =Throat.=--If any one dreams his throat is cut, he will be -injured by some person or other. If he dreams he cuts the throat of -another, he will do himself some great injury. =Torch.=--To dream of -holding a burning torch in the hand, is a good sign to those that are -young, for it signifies they shall enjoy their loves, accomplish their -designs, overcome their enemies, and gain honor and good from all persons. -To dream you see a torch extinguished or darkened, signifies sadness, -sickness and poverty. =Torture.=--To dream that you are undergoing some -torture from false accusation, denotes that you will be blessed with much -happiness and contentment in your future life. =Telescope.=--For a person -to dream of looking through a telescope at some distant object, is an -indication that the dreamer will shortly receive a letter from a friend -in a far-distant country. =Thirst.=--If any one dreams his thirst is -quenched, and that he has drank his fill of water, if the water appeared -clear and acceptable to him, he will live joyfully and become very -wealthy; if the water be troubled, lukewarm, stinking or dirty, he will -end his days in affliction. =Tamarinds.=--To dream of tamarinds denotes -vexation and uneasiness through a woman, bad success in trade, a rainy -season and news from beyond the sea that is disagreeable. In love, it -denotes disappointment. =Teeth.=--To dream you lose a tooth, denotes the -loss of some friend by death, and that troubles and misfortunes are about -to attend you. To dream you cut new teeth, denotes the birth of a child, -who will make a great figure in the world. =Thunder.=--To dream of -thunder, signifies affliction to the rich, but to the poor repose. -=Traveling.=--If one dreams that he is traveling through a wood and that -he sticketh in the briars and bushes, it betokens many troubles and -hindrances. To travel over high hills and mountains and rocky places, -signifies advancement, but with much difficulty obtained. =Trees.=--To -dream that you fell trees, signifies loss; to dream you are climbing them, -signifies future honor. To see withered trees, deceit; to see trees bear -fruit, gain. =Tempests.=--To dream you are in a storm or tempest, shows -that you will after many difficulties arrive at great happiness; that you -will become rich and marry well. For a lover to dream of being in a -tempest, denotes that he will have rivals, over whom, after a great deal -of vexation, he will triumph. It also foretells that you will receive some -good news from a long absent friend, who will overcome many difficulties. -=Thunder and Lightning.=--To dream you hear thunder and see lightning is a -very good dream. It denotes success in trade, good crops to the farmer and -a speedy and happy marriage to the lover. If you are soliciting a place, -you will obtain it; if you have a lawsuit, you will gain it. It also -indicates speedy news from a far distant country. =Toads.=--To dream you -see these venomous reptiles, argues ill to the dreamer. It shows enemies -and disappointment among friends. To the lover, it denotes infidelity in -your sweetheart. In trade, loss by swindlers and spoiling of goods. To -dream you kill a toad, denotes that you will overcome an enemy and -discover a person who is robbing you and in whom you place great -confidence. =Tombs.=--To dream of being amongst the tombs denotes a speedy -marriage, great success in business and the gaining of a lawsuit, also the -birth of children and unexpected news. =Trumpet.=--To dream you hear the -sound of a trumpet is a bad omen, and denotes troubles and misfortunes. To -the tradesman, it presages loss of business; to the farmer, bad crops; to -the lover, insincerity in the object of his affections. =Tarts.=--To dream -one makes tarts, signifies joy and delight. =Treasure.=--To dream you find -a treasure in the earth, is very ominous. It shows that you will be -betrayed by some one whom you make your bosom friend; that your sweetheart -is unfaithful and grossly deceives you; and should you not be able to -carry it away, then it denotes that you will have some very heavy loss, -and that you will be waylaid by robbers, who will ill-treat you. -=Turnips.=--To dream of being in a turnip field, or that you see this -wholesome vegetable, denotes acquisition of riches, and high employments -in the state. To the lover, they augur great fidelity and an exceedingly -good temper in your sweetheart, and that if you marry you will be very -happy, have fine children and thrive in the world. =Turkey.=--To dream you -see a turkey strutting about, is a sign you will overcome your enemies. To -dream you see or are amongst a drove of turkeys, betokens success in your -undertakings about this time. To dream of dead turkeys denotes that you -will encounter trouble that you will soon surmount. =Tumbler.=--To dream -you break a tumbler, is prognostic of secrets being discovered that have -long remained a mystery. To drink from a clear tumbler, denotes health and -activity; to drink from a dirty one, the reverse. =Tops.=--To dream you -are spinning tops is ill. =Teapots.=--If a person dream of teapots they -will soon form new friendships. - -=Urn.=--To dream of this vessel has a happy signification, for it -foretells the marriage either of yourself, a near relative or a dear -companion. =Ugly.=--For a person to dream of being ugly or deformed, -indicates that the dreamer will be surprised by hearing from a long absent -friend a communication of a pleasing and gratifying nature. -=Undertaker.=--For a single person to dream of seeing an undertaker enter -the house, and attend to the mournful obsequies of a funeral, denotes that -the dreamer will be married in a short time. For a married person to dream -of seeing an undertaker attending to his duties, is an indication that his -family will be increased in a short time. - -=Vermin.=--To dream that you are surrounded and attacked by vermin, some -creeping over your body, and others assailing you in various parts of your -frame, signifies that you will be gladdened and rejoiced to learn that you -have become entitled to the possession of considerable property through -the death of a relative. =Villainy.=--To dream that you are exposed to -some villainy by one from whom you expected different conduct, denotes -that you will be astonished to learn that you have had a fortune left to -you by one who was no relation. =Virgin.=--A virgin dreaming that she has -lost her virginity, signifies great danger. =Vow.=--To dream that you have -made a vow and broken it, is bad to all. =Velvet.=--To dream you trade -with a stranger in velvet and other silks, is a sign of profit and joy. -=Vote.=--To dream you are voting is bad, particularly to sick persons. For -a newly-married woman to dream of voting, is a sure sign her first child -will be a boy, who will come to great honors. =Vulture.=--To dream of the -vulture is unfortunate to all except sick persons, to whom it foretells a -speedy recovery. =Victuals.=--To dream of victuals and that you eat a -variety of them, signifies loss. =Vines.=--To dream of vines denotes -health and wealth to the dreamer. To dream you are a vine, foretells -abundance and fertility; for which we have the example of Astyages, King -of the Medes, who dreamed that his daughter brought forth a vine, which -was a prognostic of the grandeur, riches and felicity of Cyrus, who was -born of her body after this dream. =Vinegar.=--To dream you drink vinegar, -signifies sickness. =Violin.=--To dream one plays or sees another play -upon the violin or other musical instrument, signifies good news and -concord between man and wife, master and apprentice, brother and sister, -&c. =Vomit.=--To dream of vomiting, whether of blood, meat or phlegm, -signifies to the poor, profit, to the rich, hurt. =Venison.=--To dream -about venison, denotes change in affairs. To dream you eat of it, -signifies misfortune. =Volcano.=--To dream about volcanos forbodes liberty -to a person in prison, and peace and happiness to those out of it. - -=Walking.=--To dream one is walking in the dirt, or among thorns, -signifies sickness. To dream one is walking in the water, or some torrent, -signifies adversity and grief. =War.=--To dream of war and affairs of war, -signifies trouble and danger. =Washing.=--For a man to dream he washes or -bathes himself in baths or hot-houses, signifies riches, prosperity and -health to the sick. But to dream he washes or bathes himself contrary to -the common custom, or in his clothes, is evil and betokeneth sickness and -great danger. To dream that you were in fountains, ponds or current water, -and in fair and clear floods, is good, but not that you swim, for that is -a sign of danger and sickness. Washing is a sure sign of removal. -=Wedding.=--For a man that is sick to dream that he is wedded to a maid, -shows he shall die quickly. If any one dream he is wedded to a deformed -woman, it signifies discontent. If to a handsome woman, joy. =Wife.=--If a -man dreams he sees his wife married to another, it denotes change of -affairs or condition. If a woman dreams she is married to another man, it -is the same. =Want.=--For a person to dream that he or she comes to sudden -want in temporal things, denotes that an unexpected good fortune awaits -them by the death of a wealthy relative or the success of some speculation -or business bargain. =Water.=--To dream you are drinking water, denotes -great trouble and adversity. In trade loss of business and being arrested; -to the lover, it shows your sweetheart is false, prefers another, and will -never marry you. =Watermill.=--To dream of being in a water-mill is a -favorable omen. To the tradesman it denotes great increase of business; to -the farmer, abundant crops; in love, success, a rich sweetheart and a -happy marriage. =Wasps.=--To dream that you are stung by wasps, signifies -vexation and trouble by envious persons. =Weasel.=--To dream of weasels, -shows a man in love with some ill-natured woman, by whom he will be -ensnared, or some domestic who will cajole his master by subtlety. -=Whales.=--If you dream you are sitting on a whale’s back, it is good. As -the whale is the greatest of the water animals, so the one so dreaming -will become a great person and live in peace many years. =Wild Boar.=--The -wild boar, in dreams, signifies a furious enemy, well furnished with all -things necessary. And thus, if any one dreams he has hunted or taken a -wild boar, he will chase or take some enemy that hath the same qualities -as the wild boar. =Wrist.=--To dream that your wrists are broken, is very -good. It foretells that you will marry your present lover and be very -happy. =Walls.=--To dream you are walking on a crazy, old and narrow wall, -denotes that you will engage in some very dangerous enterprise that will -cause you much trouble and vexation. If you get down without hurting -yourself, or the wall’s falling, then you will succeed. If the wall should -fall whilst you are upon it, you will be disappointed. If you are walking -between walls and the passage is very narrow and difficult, you will be -engaged in some quarrel, or disagreeable affair, from which it will -require great circumspection and caution on your part to disengage -yourself. But if you get from between them safe, you will settle well in -life, marry an agreeable partner, have children and become rich and happy. -=Weeping.=--To dream one weeps or grieves, whether it be for a friend -departed or any other cause, is joy and mirth. =Wheat.=--To dream you see -or are walking in a field of wheat, is a very favorable omen, and denotes -great prosperity and riches. In love, it argues a completion of your most -sanguine wishes and foretells much happiness, with fine children, when you -marry. If you have a lawsuit, you will gain it and you will be successful -in all your undertakings. =Wood.=--To dream you are cutting or chopping -wood, clearly shows that you will be happy in your family, and become rich -and respectable in life. To dream you are carrying wood upon your back, -shows that you will rise to affluence by your industry, but that your -partner will be of a bad temper and your children undutiful. If you dream -you are walking or sitting alone in an extensive wood by a running stream, -it denotes that you will quickly fall in love, and also that you will be -often married. To dream that you are walking or sitting there with a -worthy object of your affections, betokens your speedy union, which will -prove so felicitous that you will be called “the happy couple.” -=Wool.=--To dream you are buying or selling wool, denotes prosperity and -great affluence, by means or industry and trade. To the lover, it is a -favorable omen. Your sweetheart is thereby shown to be of an amiable -disposition, very constant and deeply in love with you. =Will.=--Dreaming -of making your will signifies that you will live a long time in -uninterrupted happiness and joy. For a woman with child to dream that she -has made her will, is unfortunate, as it denotes an unfortunate trial of -labor. =Wren.=--To dream of this little bird is good, as the wren is noted -for its innocence; the person so dreaming is certain of having a noble -friend. But to dream you kill it, is bad. =Walnuts.=--To dream of walnuts, -portends difficulties and misfortunes in life. If you have children, your -eldest son will marry a woman who will make him very unhappy. In love, it -foretells infidelity and disappointment. To the seaman, storms and -shipwreck. To the tradesman, loss of goods and reputation through a -confidential servant. =Well.=--If a young man dreams that he draws water -out of a well, it signifies a speedy marriage to a fair maid, who will -bring him a portion. If the water be troubled, he will be disturbed by -her, and suddenly fall sick. If he seems to give to others clear well -water to drink, it denotes that he will enrich them. But if the water be -troubled, he will afflict them. If he dreams that he sees a person fall -into a well, it signifies that the person dreamed of shall die quickly. -=Wounds.=--To dream you are wounded, is a very favorable omen, especially -if it be with a sword. To the lover, it denotes success in your amours, -and with an agreeable partner, who will be faithful and affectionate. To -the tradesman, profit; and to the farmer, increase in his cattle and -plentiful crops. To the sailor, a profitable voyage, with success in love. -=Wager.=--To dream you have laid a wager on some matter in dispute, or on -some event that has to come off, denotes that you are in danger of being -subjected to a serious accident, and that through the interposition and -courage of a friend you are permitted to escape with only a slight injury. -=Wages.=--For a workingman to dream that he has had his wages reduced, -signifies that he is about to be removed to a more lucrative situation. To -dream that he has had his wages advanced, denotes that he will shortly be -without employment. =Waves.=--To dream that you are on the sea-shore, and -surrounded by the waves, is an indication that you will be shortly placed -in very difficult and distressing circumstances, out of which it will -require all your energy and perseverance to escape. =Waltzing.=--To dream -you are waltzing with some agreeable partner, is an indication that you -will be subjected to some unpleasant treatment from one from whom you -expected nothing but kindness. =Widow.=--For a newly married woman to -dream that she is a widow, signifies that she will be blessed with comfort -and happiness in domestic life and be the mother of dutiful and obedient -children. =Wig.=--For one who has no lack of hair to dream that he wears a -wig, signifies that he will be compelled to stand before a judge in a -court of law, either as a criminal or as a witness. =Witchcraft.=--For a -person to dream that he has been to visit a supposed fortune-teller, -denotes that misfortune shall befall him, unpleasantness in his family, -treachery in his place of business and deception in those he supposed his -best friends. =Worms.=--To dream that you see a great number of worms in -your path, is an indication that the death of either yourself or of some -one dear to you may shortly be expected. For a young woman to dream that -she has trod upon a worm that was crawling in her path, signifies that the -engagement between her and her lover will be in danger of being broken off -through the machinations of a jealous rival, but eventually a -reconciliation will be accomplished. =Wreath.=--For a young woman to dream -that her head is adorned with the bridal wreath, is an indication that -death will shortly visit either herself or some one dear to her. -=Wreck.=--To dream that you are witnessing the wreck of some vessel at a -short distance from the sea-shore, is an indication that one in whom you -reposed great confidence will deceive you. =Writing.=-- - - Dreaming of writing ever means nerve; - ’Twill grant or deny, will give or refuse. - -=Yew Tree.=--To dream of a yew tree, is an indication of the funeral of a -very aged person, by whose death the dreamer will derive some benefit or -protecting hand among the relations of the deceased person. =Yeast.=--If a -young housewife dreams that she is kneading bread with yeast, she may -conclude that she will be the mother of a large family of children. - -=Zodiac.=--To dream of the twelve signs of the zodiac, shows to a man that -he will be a great traveler, and sail once around the world. To a woman, -that she will wed a foreigner who is deeply skilled in astronomy. - - - - -PHYSIOGNOMY. - - -The principles of philosophy demonstrate that the human features are a -reflex of the mental and physical workings of the system, as it is from -time to time operated upon by surrounding circumstances, and they -therefore act an important part in depicting the lights and shades of -temperament and disposition. So, also, the color and nature of the hair -are indicative of character. In the pages immediately following will be -found fully presented prognostics to be drawn from the latter, as also -from the forehead, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, chin, and the whole -assemblage of features. - -The gentleman whose hair is very black and smooth, hanging far over his -shoulders, and in large quantity, is mild, but resolute; cool until -greatly provoked; not much inclined to excesses; constant in his -attachments; not liable to many misfortunes. - -A lady with the same kind of hair is moderate in her desires of every -kind; addicted to reflection; not violent in love, but steady in her -attachments. - -If the hair is very black, short and curling, the gentleman will be very -much given to liquor; somewhat quarrelsome and of unsettled temper; -desirous of riches, but will often be disappointed in his wishes therein. - -A gentleman with dark brown, long and smooth hair, is generally of a -robust constitution; obstinate in his temper, eager in his pursuits, a -lover of the fair sex, fond of variety in his ordinary pursuits, -exceedingly curious, and of a flexible disposition. He will live long, -unless guilty of early intemperance. - -A lady with the same kind of hair will be nearly the same as the -gentleman, but more steady in her conduct and attachments, especially in -love. She will be of a good constitution, have many children, enjoy good -health and a reasonable share of happiness. - -If the hair is short and bushy it will make very little alteration in the -gentleman or lady, but that the gentleman will be more forward to strike -when provoked and the lady will be more of a scold. - -A gentleman with light brown, long, smooth hair, is of a peaceable, even, -and rather generous temper; will prevent mischief if in his power, but -when very much provoked will strike furiously; but is afterwards sorry for -his passion and soon appeased; strongly attached to the company of ladies -and will protect them from insult. Upon the whole, he is in general of an -amiable character, affable and kind. - -A lady with the same kind of hair is tender-hearted, but hasty in temper; -neither obstinate nor haughty; her inclination to love never unreasonable; -her constitution will be good, but she will be seldom very fortunate. - -A gentleman with fair hair will be of a weak constitution; his mind given -much to reflection, especially on religious matters. He will be assiduous -in his occupation, but not given to rambling; very moderate in his amorous -wishes; but he will not live to an old age. - -A lady with this colored hair is on the contrary of a good constitution; -never to be diverted from her purpose; passionate in love affairs, never -easy unless in company, and delights in hearing herself praised, -especially for beauty; delights in dancing and strong exercises and -commonly lives to a great age. - -A gentleman with long red hair is cunning, artful and deceitful; he is -much addicted to traffic of some kind, restless in his disposition, -constantly roving and desirous of enjoying the pleasures of love. He is -covetous of getting money and spends it foolishly; he is indefatigable and -no obstacle will induce him to forsake his enterprise until he has seen -the issue of it. He is inclined to timidity, but by reflection may correct -it and pass for a man of courage. - -A lady with the same kind of hair, is glib of tongue, talkative and vain; -her temper is impatient and fiery and will not submit to contradiction; -she has a constant flow of spirits and is much given to the pleasures of -love. However delicate her person may seem, her constitution is generally -vigorous; but she seldom lives to see old age, for obvious reasons. Her -promises are seldom to be depended upon, because the next object that -engrosses her attention makes her forgetful of everything that preceded -it, and she will always resent any disappointment she may meet with. - -If the hair falls off at the fore part of the head, the person will be -easily led, though otherwise rational, and will often be duped when he -thinks he is acting right; he will likewise frequently meet with -disappointments in money matters, which will either hurt his credit, or -force him to shorten his expenses. - -If the hair falls off behind, he will be obstinate, peevish, passionate -and fond of commanding others, though he has no right, and will grow angry -if his advice is not followed. However preposterous, he will be fond of -hearing and telling old stories and tales of ghosts and fairies, but will -be a good domestic man and provide for his family to the utmost of his -power. - -If the hair forms an arch around the forehead, without being much -indented at the temples, both the lady and the gentleman will be innocent, -credulous, moderate in all their desires, and though not ardent in their -pursuits, will still be persevering. They will be modest, good-natured, -prosperous and happy. - -If the hair is indented at the temples, the person will be affable, -steady, good-natured, prudent and attentive to business, of a good -constitution and long-lived. - -If the hair descends low upon the forehead, the person will be selfish and -designing; of a surly disposition, unsociable and given to drinking. He -will be addicted to avarice and his mind will be always intent upon the -means of carrying on his schemes. - -The forehead that is large, round and smooth, announces the lady or -gentleman to be frank, open, generous and free, good-natured and a safe -companion; of a good understanding and scorns to be guilty of any mean -action; faithful to his promises, just in his dealings, steadfast in his -engagements and sincere in his affections; he will enjoy a moderate state -of health. - -If the forehead is flat in the middle, the gentleman or lady will be found -to be vainglorious and but little disposed to generosity; very tenacious -of his honor, but brave; he will be fond of prying into the secrets of -others, though not with the intention of betraying them; he will be fond -of reading newspapers, history, novels, and plays; ardent, and very -cautious of his own reputation. - -If there be a hollow across the forehead, in the middle, with a ridge as -of flesh, above, and another below, the gentleman will be a good scholar, -and the lady a great manufacturer, or attentive to whatever occupation she -may be engaged in. They will be warm in argument or debate; they will be -firm and steady in any point they fix their minds upon and by their -perseverance will generally carry their object; yet they will meet with -many crosses, but will bear them with patience. - -If the forehead juts out immediately at and over the eyebrows, running -flat up to the hair, the gentleman or lady will be sullen, proud, -insolent, imperious and treacherous; they will be impatient when -contradicted, apt to give great abuse, and to strike if they think they -can do it with advantage. They will also impose upon any person, never -forgive any injury and by their misconduct make themselves many enemies. - -If the temples are hollow, with the bones advancing towards the forehead -on either side, so that the space between must be necessarily flat, with a -small channel or indentation rising from the upper part of the nose to the -hair, the gentleman or lady will be of a daring and intrepid temper, -introducing themselves into matters where they have no business, desirous -of passing for wits, and of a subtle and enterprising nature; greedy of -praise, quick in quarrel, and of a wandering disposition; very lewd, and -full of resentment when they feel their pride hurt. In short, they delight -in mischief, riots, &c. - -If the eyebrows are very hairy, and that hair long and curled, with -several of the hairs starting out, the gentleman or lady is of a gloomy -disposition, litigious and quarrelsome, although a coward; greedy after -the affairs of this world, perpetually brooding over some melancholy -subject and not an agreeable companion. He will be diffident, penurious, -and weak in his understanding; never addicted to any kind of learning. He -will pretend much friendship, but will make his affected passion -subservient to his pecuniary designs, and given to drinking, &c. - -If a gentleman or lady has long eyebrows, with some long hairs, they will -be of a fickle disposition, weak-minded, credulous and vain, always -seeking after novelties and neglecting their own business; they will be -talkative, pert, and disagreeable in company; very fond of contradiction, -and will not bear disappointment patiently; and also much addicted to -drinking, &c. - -If the eyebrows are thick and even, that is, without any or few starting -hairs, the lady or gentleman will be of an agreeable temper, sound -understanding and tolerable wit; moderately addicted to pleasure, fearful -of giving offence, but intrepid and persevering in support of right; -charitable and generous, sincere in their professions of love and -friendship and enjoy a good constitution. - -If the eyebrow is small, thin of hair, and even, the lady or gentleman -will be weak-minded, timorous, superficial and not to be depended on; they -will be desirous of knowledge, but will not have patience and assiduity to -give it the necessary attention; they will be desirous of praise for -worthy actions, but will not have the spirit or perseverance to perform -them in that degree of excellence that is requisite to attract the notice -of wise men. They will be of a delicate constitution. - -If the eyebrow is thick of hair towards the nose and goes off suddenly -very thin, ending in a point, the lady or gentleman will be surly, -capricious, jealous, fretful and easily provoked to rage; in their love -they will be intemperate. - -The eye that is large, full, prominent and clear, denotes a lady or -gentleman to be of an ingenious and candid disposition, void of deceit and -of an even, agreeable and affable disposition; modest and bashful in love, -though by no means an enemy to its gratification; firm, though not -obstinate; of a good understanding, of an agreeable but not brilliant wit; -but clear and just in argument; inclined to extravagance and easily -imposed upon. - -The eye that is small, but advanced in the head, shows the lady or -gentleman to be of a quick wit, sound constitution, lively genius, -agreeable company and conversation, good morals, but rather inclined to -jealousy; attentive to business, fond of frequently changing his place, -punctual in fulfilling his engagements, warm in love, prosperous in his -undertakings and generally fortunate in most things. - -The lady or gentleman whose eyes are sunk in the head is of a jealous, -distrustful, malicious and envious nature; deceitful in their words and -actions, never to be depended upon; cunning in overreaching others, -vainglorious and associates with lewd and bad company. - -The gentleman or lady who squints, or have their eyes turned awry, will be -of a penurious disposition, but punctual in their dealings. - -A black eye is lively, brisk and penetrating, and proves the person who -possesses it to be of a sprightly wit, lively conversation, not easily -imposed upon, of a sound understanding, but if taken on the weak side, may -be led astray for a while. - -A hazel eye shows the person to be of a subtle, piercing and frolicsome -turn, rather inclined to be arch, and sometimes mischievous, but -good-natured at the bottom. He will be strongly inclined to love and not -over delicate in the means of gratifying that propensity. - -A blue eye shows the person to be of a meek and gentle temper, affable and -good-natured, credulous and incapable of violent attachment; over-modest, -cool and undisturbed by turbulent passions, of a strong memory, in -constitution neither robust nor delicate, subject to no violent impression -from the vicissitudes of life, whether good or bad. - -A gray eye denotes the person to be of weak intellect, devoid of wit, but -a plain, plodding, downright drudge, that will act as he is spirited by -others. He will be slow in learning anything that requires attention; he, -however, will be just to the best of his understanding. - -A wall eye denotes the person to be of a hasty, passionate and -ungovernable temper, subject to sudden and violent anger; haughty to his -equals and superiors, but mild and affable to his inferiors. - -A red, or as it is vulgarly called, a saucer eye, denotes the person to be -selfish, deceitful and proud; furious in anger, fertile in the invention -of plots and indefatigable in his resolution to bring them to bear. - -A nose that comes even on the ridge, flat on the sides, with little or no -hollow between the eyes, declares the man to be sulky, insolent, -disdainful, treacherous and self-sufficient; if it has a point descending -over the nostrils, he is avaricious and unfeeling, vainglorious and -ignorant; peevish, jealous, quick in resentment, yet a coward at the -bottom. - -A nose that rises with a sudden bulge a little below the eyes, and then -falls again into a kind of hollow below, is petulant and noisy, void of -science and of a very light understanding. - -The nose that is small, slender and peaked, shows the person to be of a -fearful disposition, jealous, fretful and insidious, ever suspicious of -those about him, catching at every word that he can interpret to his own -advantage to ground his dispute upon and also very curious to know what is -said and done. - -The nose that is small, tapering round in the nostrils and cocked up, -shows the person to be ingenious, smart, of a quick apprehension, giddy -and seldom looking into consequences; but generous, agreeable, so as to -carefully avoid giving offence; but resolute in doing himself justice when -he receives an injury. - -The lips that are thick, soft and long, announce the person to be of weak -intellect, credulous and slightly peevish, but by a little soothing easily -brought back to a good humor. He is much addicted to the pleasures of -love, and scarcely moderate in his enjoyment of them; yet he is upright in -his conduct and of a timorous temper. - -If the under lip is much thicker than the upper, and more prominent, the -person is of a weak understanding, but artful, knavish and given to -chicanery to the full extent of his ability. - -The lips that are moderately plump and even, declare the person to be -good-humored, humane, sensible, judicious and just, neither giddy nor -torpid, but pursuing in every particular a just medium. - -The lips that are thin, show the person to be of a quick and lively -imagination, ardent in the pursuit of knowledge, indefatigable in labor, -not too much attached to money, eager in the pursuit of love, more brave -than otherwise and tolerably happy in life. - -The lips that are thin and sunk inwards, denote the person to be of a -subtle and persevering disposition, everlasting in hatred and never -sparing any pains to compass his revenge; in love or friendship much more -moderate and uncertain. - -The chin that is round, with a hollow between it and the lip, shows the -person to be of a good-humored disposition, kind and honest; he is sincere -in his friendship and ardent in his love; his understanding is good and -his genius capacious. If he has a dimple it makes him better. - -The chin that comes down flat from the edge of the lips and ends in a kind -of a chisel form, shows the person to be silly, credulous, ill-tempered -and greedy of unmerited honors; captious, wavering and unsteady; he will -affect great modesty in the presence of others, though he will not scruple -to do the vilest actions when he thinks himself secure from discovery. - -The chin that is pointed upwards shows the person to be much given to -contrivances. However fair he may speak to you, you can never depend on -his friendship, as his purpose is only to make you subservient to his own -designs. In love his generosity will be of the same stamp. - -Of the face in general, the person whose features are strong, coarse and -unpleasant to the eye, is of a selfish, brutal, rough and unsocial -disposition; greedy of money, harsh in expressions, but will sometimes -fawn with a bad grace to gain his ends. - -The face that is plump, round and ruddy, denotes the person to be of an -agreeable temper, a safe companion, hearty, jovial, fond of company, of -sound principles and a clear understanding, faithful in love, &c. - -The face that is thin, smooth and even, with well-proportioned features, -shows the person to be of a good disposition, but penetrative and active; -somewhat inclined to suspicion, yet of an agreeable conversation; -assiduous in the pursuits of love and strongly addicted to the delights of -love. - -A face whose cheek bones jut out with thin jaws, is of a restless and -thinking disposition; fretful, &c. - -A face that is pale by nature, denotes a timorous disposition, but greatly -desirous of carnal pleasures. - -A face that is unequally red, whether streaked or appearing in spots, -shows the person to be weak both in body and mind, yielding easily to -affliction and sickness. - -A face blotched shows the person to be addicted to drinking and vice, -though frequently possessing the art to conceal the inclination therefor. - -The head that is large and round shows that the person has a tolerable -understanding, but not near so good as he imagines. - -The head that is small and round, or if the face comes tapering, shows the -person of an acute, penetrating disposition, much given to bantering -humor, but of great sensibility. - -The head that is flat on either side, and deep from the face to the back, -shows the person to be of a good understanding, deep penetration, great -memory and of an agreeable temper; of slow belief and not easily imposed -upon. - -Big and broad ears signify a simple man, of no understanding; sluggish, -slothful and of an ill memory. Small ears denote a good understanding; but -very small ears signify nothing but mischief and malice. Those that have -them well proportioned, and neither too small nor too large, are persons -of good understanding, wise, discreet, honest, shamefaced and courageous. -Those that have them somewhat long and thin, are bold, impudent, -unlearned, gluttons and very proud and scornful. - -A thin, soft beard denotes a person lustful and effeminate, of a tender -body, fearful, delicate and inconstant. - -A red beard denotes first, a placid forehead, and the person is courteous -and friendly, but not without some craft; is a very great flatterer, very -soon angry and affects consequence. - -A dark beard is good, but the possessor is usually of a melancholy -disposition; yet it denotes a person to be ingenious, sincere, thoughtful, -constant, cordial, bold and fit to make a warrior. - -A pale beard denotes a phlegmatic person, who is temperate enough and -tolerably prudent. - -He that hath a decent beard, handsome and thick of hair, is good-natured -and reasonable in all things. - -Those who have little or no beard, but a small mustache, are of an ill -humor, but very luxurious. - - - - -CHIROMANCY, OR PALMISTRY. - - -[Illustration] - -The practical part of chiromancy is that which gathers probable -predictions from lines, the places of the planets in the hand, and from -the notes and characters everywhere posted and marked out in the hands and -fingers. These lines and their planetary relevancy are thus defined: - - 1. _Cardiaca_, or the line of life. - 2. _Hepatica_, or the love’s line; also called the natural mean. - 3. _Cephalica_, or the line of the head and brain. - 4. _Thoralis_, or the table line. - 5. _Restricta_, or the dragon’s tail. - 6. _Via Solis_, or the sun’s way. - 7. _Via Lactea_, or the milky way. - 8. _Via Saturnia_, or Saturn’s way. - 9. _Cingulum Veneris_, or the girdle of Venus. - 10. _Via Martis_, or the way of Mars. - 11. _Mons Veneris_, or the mound of Venus. - 12. _Cavea Martis_, or the cave of Mars. - 13. _Mons Jovis_, or Jupiter’s mount. - 14. _Mons Saturn_, or Saturn’s mount. - 15. _Mons Solis_, or the sun’s mount. - 16. _Locus Luna_, or the moon’s place. - 17. _Mons Mercurii_, or the mount of Mercury. - 18. _Mensa_, or the table containing the part of fortune. - 19. _Pollex_, or the thumb. - 20. _Index_, or the forefinger. - 21. _Medius_, or the middle finger. - 22. _Annularis_, or the ring finger. - 23. _Auricularis_, or the little finger. - -The question often arises as to whether judgment should be given by the -right hand or the left. It is certain that in one hand the lines and other -signatures are very often more manifest, and are thus more plain to be -seen than the other, as well in the hands of gentlemen as ladies. That -hand is the proper one (in both sexes) which shows and exhibits the lines -thereof most clearly, and abounds with a series of characters and signs, -yet so as that the other, whose lines are more obscure, may pay its -contribution. If in both hands they consent, and appear to be fair and -comely, they declare a constancy of fortune and health. The cause of -diversity is that he who is born in the daytime, and has a masculine -planet (the Sun, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars) lord of his geniture, bears the -more remarkable signs in his right hand, especially when the sign -ascending is also masculine. The contrary happens to those born at night, -as often as a feminine planet predominates. If both hands agree, it must -be that in a diurnal nativity the feminine planets rule, or that there -falls out a mixture of masculine and feminine; so in the nights by the -contrary reason. - - -I.--OF THE LINE OF LIFE. THIS IS CALLED CARDIACA, OR THE HEART LINE. - -This being broad, of a lively color, and decently drawn in its bounds, -without intersections and points, shows the party long lived and subject -to few diseases. - -If slender, short and dissected with obverse little lines, and deformed -either by a pale or black color, it presages weakness of the body, -sickness and a short life. - -If orderly joined to the natural mean, and beautified in the angle with -parallels, or a little across, it argues good wit, or an evenness of -nature. - -If the same have branches in the upper parts thereof, extending themselves -towards the natural mean, it signifies riches and honor. - -If these branches be extended towards the restricta, it threatens poverty, -deceits, and unfaithfulness of servants. - -If in this line there be found some confused lines, like hairs, be assured -of diseases, and they happen in the first age. When they appear below, if -towards the cavea, in the middle; if towards the patica, in the declining -age. - -If this line be anywhere broken, it threatens extreme danger of life in -that part of the age which the pace of the breach shows. For you may find -out the dangerous or diseased years of your age; this line being divided -into seventy parts, you must begin your number and account from the lower -part thereof, near the restricta, for the number falling where the branch -is determines the year. - -If the character of the sun (as commonly it is made by astrologers) be -ever found in this line, it presages the loss of an eye; but, if two such -characters, the loss of both eyes. - -A line descending from the vital, beneath the congress of it and the -hepatica, to the tuberculum of Saturn, shows an envious man, who rejoices -at another’s calamity, the sight of others concurring. This also -frequently shows a most perilous Saturnine disease in that wherein it -touches the vital, and it is much worse if it cut the same. - -But such a line passing from the vital to the annular, to the ring finger, -promises honors to ensue, from or by the means of some famous lady. - -The vital lines being thicker than ordinary at the end under the fore -finger, denotes a laborious old age. - -A line passing through the vitals to the cavea of Mars, foretells of -wounds and fevers, and also of misfortunes in journeys. - - -II.--OF THE HEPATICA, OR NATURAL MEAN. - -This line being straight, continued, and not dissected by obverse little -lines, denotes a healthful body. - -If it be short or broken, and reach not beyond the concave of the hand, it -shows diseases and shortness of life. - -By how much more the same is produced, by so much longer the life may be -warranted. - -If cut at the end thereof by a small intervening line, it threatens -poverty in old age. - -If in the upper part it be distant from the vital by a great space, it -shows distemperatures of the heart, as palpitations, syncope, &c. - -This also shows prodigality, especially if the table be broad. - -If tortuous (that is, if it wind and turn several ways), unequal, of a -different color and dissected, it argues an evil constitution of the -liver, and thence diseases, proceeding from the weakness thereof. -Covetousness also, and a depravity both of nature and wit, especially if -it be under the region of the middle finger, and near the cardiaca, -thereby making a short or narrow triangle. - -If decently drawn and well colored, it is a sign of a cheerful and -ingenious disposition. - -If it has a sister, it promises inheritances. - -If continued with some little hard knots, it denotes manslaughters, either -perpetrated, or to be committed, according to the number of these said -knots. - -If therein a cross be found under the region of the middle finger, it -announces death to be at hand. - -If it terminates with a fork towards the ferient, it is a sign of depraved -wit, of hypocrisy, and of evil manners. - -When it tends to the mensa, it is a token of a slanderous tongue and of -envy. - -When it projects a remarkable cleft through the vital to the mons veneris, -and the sister of Mars, especially if the same be of a ruddy color, it -warns you to beware of thieves, and also intimates fraud and deceit of -enemies. - -This cleft likewise insinuates a most vehement heat of the liver, -proceeding from the rays of Mars; so that the life becomes in danger, -seeing that the line of life is dissected. - -This line having some branch, yet such a one as nevertheless seems to be -continued, shows that the manner of life will be, or is already changed; -and this in a declining age if the breach be under the ring finger; but, -if under the middle finger, in strength of years. - - -III.--OF THE CEPHALICA. - -This is called the line of the head and brain, which, if (arising from its -place in a due proportion) it connects the lines of the liver and heart in -a triangular form, have a lively color, and no intersection falling out -between, declares a man of admirable prudence, and one of no vulgar wit -and fortune. - -By how much more decent the triangle is, so much the better shall the -temperature, wit and courage be; but if it be obtuse, it argues an evil -disposed nature, and a man that is rude; if no triangle, far worse. - -The superior being a right angle, or not very acute, foretells the best -temperature of the heart; but when it is too acute, especially if it touch -the line of life, upon the region of the middle finger, it argues -covetousness. - -The left angle, if it be made upon the natural mean in the ferient, and be -a right angle, confirms the goodness of intellect. - -But when the cephalica projects unequal clefts to the mons lunæ, thereby -making unusual characters, in the gentleman it denotes weakness of the -brain, and dangerous sea voyages. But in the lady’s hand it shows frequent -sorrows of mind, and difficulties in child bearing. - -Equal lines (thus projected) presage the contrary in both sexes, viz., in -gentlemen, a good composure of the brain, and fortunate voyages by sea; in -ladies, cheerfulness and felicity in child bearing. - -This one thing is peculiar to the cephalica: if it project a cleft or a -manifest star, upwards to the cavea martis, it signifies boldness, &c. But -if it let fall the same downwards, thefts, &c. - -The cephalica, jointed to the dragon’s tail by a remarkable concourse, -promises a prudent and a joyful age. - -The same drawn upwards in the shape of a fork, towards the part of -fortune, signifies subtlety in managing affairs, and also craftiness -either to do good or evil. - -If in this said fork a mark appears resembling the part of fortune, as it -is noticed by astrologers, that gives an assurance of riches and honor to -succeed by ingenuity and art. - - -IV.--OF THE THORAL LINE. - -This is also called the line of fortune; it is termed likewise the mensa, -because it makes up the table of the hand. Which said line, when it is -long enough, and without incisures, argues a due strength in the principal -members of man, and also constancy; the contrary if it be short, crooked, -cut or parted. - -If it terminate under the mount of Saturn, it shows a vain fellow. - -If projecting small branches to the mount of Jupiter, it promises honors. - -If there it be naked and simple, it is a sign of poverty and want. - -If cutting the mouth of Jupiter, cruelty of mind and disposition, with -excessive wrath. - -If it projects a branch between the fore and middle finger in a gentleman, -it threatens a wound in his head; in a lady, danger in child bearing. - -Three lines ascending upwards from this line, viz., one to the space -between the middle and fore finger, a second to the space between the -middle and ring finger, and a third to the space between the ring and the -little finger, argues a contentious person in many respects. - -A little line only thus drawn to the interval or space between the middle -finger and the ring finger, sorrow or labor. - -If annexed to the natural mean, so that it makes an acute angle, it brings -sorrow and labor. - -If the natural mean be wanting, and the thoral annexed to the vital, it -threatens decollation or a deadly wound. - -If no mensa at all, it shows a man malevolent, contentious, faithless, -inconstant and of base condition. - -Confused little lines in the mensa, denote sickness; if under Mercury, in -the former part of the age; under the sun in the prime thereof; under the -middle finger, in old age. - -When in this line there are certain points observed, they argue strength -of the genitals and burning lust. - - -V.--OF THE CAUDA DRACONIS, OR THE RESTRICTA, AND THE LINES ARISING -THEREFROM. - -If this be double or treble, and drawn by a right and continued track, it -promises a good composure of the body. - -That line which is nearest the hand continued, and of a good color, -assures great riches. - -But if the same line be cut in the middle, crooked and very pale, it -announces debility of body and want of all things. - -A cross or star upon the restricta, foreshadows tranquility of life in old -age. - -If there be a star, simple or double, or any lines near the tuberculum of -the thumb, in ladies, they denote misfortune or infamy. - -A line running from the restricta through the mons veneris, presages -adversities, either by the means of some kindred or a wife. - -A line extending from the restricta to the mons lunæ, denotes adversities -and private enemies; if it be crooked, it doubles the evil, and betokens -perpetual servitude. - -Such a line also being clear and straight, and reaching as far as the -region of the moon, foretells many journeys by sea and land. - -If it extend to the tuberculum of the fore finger, it informs the -gentleman that he shall live in a foreign country in great estimation. - -If to the hepatica, it argues honest behavior, and prolongs life. - -If to the mons solis (be it simple or double), it argues exceeding -goodness, and enables to govern or rule in great affairs. - -By the same reason, if it pass to the mons Mercurii, it betokens the -gentleman is of a sufficient capacity for any employment; but if it reach -not the mons Mercurii, but is broken about the middle and end beneath the -mons Mercurii, that makes out a prating fellow, &c. - -If directly ascending to the mons Saturni, it signifies a good position of -Saturn in the geniture, whose decree shall shortly follow; but, if -crookedly towards the restricta and the hepatica especially, it shows man -laborious, &c. - - -VI.--OF THE VIA SOLIS, OR THE SUN’S WAY. - -This being whole, equally drawn and well colored, promises the favor of -great men and great honor; but, if dissected and unequal, the contrary, -and exposes to divers impediments, and envy in attaining the same. - - -VII.--OF THE VIA LACTEA, OR THE MILKY WAY. - -This well proportioned and continued, presages that journeys will be -fortunate both by sea and land, as ready wit and the favor of the ladies -(Venus assenting), and of a composed and graceful speech; but if it be -distorted, it argues infelicity and lies; but whole and ascending to the -little finger, it is a sign of happiness. - - -VIII.--OF THE SATURNIA, OR LINE OF SATURN. - -This being wholly and fully protracted to the middle finger, is an -argument both of profound cogitations and likewise of fortunate events in -counsels and actions. - -Combust or deficient, an evil sign, portending many misfortunes, unless -other positions favor it. - -Bending backwards in the cavea of the hand, towards the ferient, in the -form of a semi-circle, threatens imprisonment. - -A line drawn from the vital, through the hepatica, to the tuberculum of -Saturn (if it touch the Saturnia), the same. - - -IX.--OF THE CINGULUM VENERIS, OR THE GIRDLE OF VENUS. - -If this line have a sister, it argues intemperance and lust in both sexes, -and baseness in the gratification of lewd desires; and if dissected and -carefully examined, it shows losses and infamy by reason of this vice. - - -X.--OF THE VIA MARTIS, THE WAY OR LINE OF MARS, OR THE VITAL SISTER. - -This line (as often as it appears), augments and strengthens the things -signified by the cardiaca; but particularly it promises good success in -war, provided it be clear and red. - - -SOME OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING LINES. - -The quantity of lines must be wisely observed, that is, the length and -depth, so likewise their quality, that is, their complexion and shape, -whether they are crooked or straight; next their action, which is to touch -or cut other lines. Their passion to be touched or cut of others; and -lastly, their place and position. - -We must know that the lines are sometimes prolonged until certain years of -our age, otherwise shortened; now they wax pale, then they become plain -and strong, and as it were luxuriate with a kind of redness, and this as -well in the principal as less principal lines. Again, as touching the less -principal, and such as are found in the tubercula of the planets, it is -most certain that some do at one time quite vanish, and that at another -time others arise of a different shape and complexion; the cause of which -is supposed to be no other than the various progressions of the -alphabetical places in their nativities; that is, fortunate and -unfortunate to the influence whereof man himself is wonderfully subject. -The signs of his hands are presented at different times with different -faces. _Such a virtue, such a love resideth in the imagination of the -greater world towards the lesser._ And, therefore, the most studious in -chiromancy cannot attain the knowledge of particulars by one inspection -only, made to a certain year of the person’s age; things that worthily -merit our observations, yet known or approved of by a few. - - -OF THE PLANETS. - -The planets also administer not a little judgment from their respective -places, for if they are happy and benevolent, good things are portended, -but being unhappy and froward, judge the contrary. Here we must also note -that these planets are termed benevolent, in whose tubercula and places -the accustomed lines are found equal, their characters fair and -proportionable, as a cross, stars, three or four parallel lines, ladders, -little branches, a quadrangular, the character of Jupiter. But the froward -and unfortunate are those planets whose tubercula and places are deformed -with troubled lines and uncouth figures; as a lame and interrupted -semi-circle gridirons the character of Saturn. This is to be duly observed -in the lines of the hand. Now, as touching the planets, let us proceed -according to the general rules of art. - - -XI.--OF VENUS. - -VENUS shining well and happily (that is) when in her tuberculum, she -presents a clear star, or furrows that are red and transversely parallel, -and so often as her tuberculum is much elevated, makes such men to be -merry, cheerful and luxurious; yet amorous, comely and libidinous, very -honest and just, with whom an uninterrupted tie of friendship once made is -permanent. - -She renders the body somewhat tall, the eyes pleasant and sparkling with -the splendor of beauty, full of allurement and temptation, the hair thick -and curling; she instills a spotless and noble mind, yet oftentimes gives -men that are full of boasting and inconsistency. She inclines the mind to -music, &c.; sometimes according to the strength of the geniture, she -produces priests, apothecaries, &c. - -But being unfortunate, she causes lasciviousness, incontinency and -boasting, and if you find a cross also, near the first joint of the thumb, -it denotes an adulterer, or such a person on whom a misfortune has -happened in some luxurious matter. If the place of Venus be untilled, it -points out an effeminate, rude and sorrowful person, foolishly and -ridiculously addicted to be merry and jesting. - - -XII.--MARS. - -MARS is fortunate, so often as his sister appears red, clear and decently -drawn, and when either star or cross is found in his cavea. Thus, -therefore, he denotes such as are bold and full of courage, stout, -warlike, contentious, strong and lusty; imperious; the hair for the most -part yellow; the eyes from black waxing red and terrible. If Jupiter -participate, he possesses the gall, the reins, the back, the liver, &c. If -with Venus, those parts of the body under her dominion. But if he be -froward and unfortunate, he describes men to be litigious, violent, -deceitful, passionate, &c. - - -XIII.--JUPITER. - -JUPITER is happy or fortunate when in his region he exhibits signs that -are auspicious--that is, if there be a star or double cross, parallel -lines, or a line decently drawn from the vital to his tuberculum, &c. For -thus he signifies men that are noble, honest, benevolent, affable, -honorable, merry, just, equitable, beautiful, formidable and happy, such -as have comely eyes, thick hairs and a grave gesture; likewise such as are -bashful, and likewise such as will keep their promises, &c. These men are -preferred to great dignities, and solicited by many great men, and do -highly favor and esteem their wives, sons, honest and good men. In men, -Jupiter rules the liver, blood, ribs, lungs and gristles. But, if he is -unfortunate, he oftentimes throws a man headlong from a great estate to -great calamities; if there be half a gridiron in his tuberculum, it -betokens losses, especially by means of the more potent sort of women; -otherwise thus constituted, he causes grief of the heart, cramps, -inflammations of the lungs and other diseases proceeding from wind; if a -line transversely cut his tuberculum, and afterwards tend to the place of -Saturn, making those little hairs, it threatens apoplexy. But, if you find -a cross especially, or a clear and red star in his tuberculum, he gives -splendid honors, confers riches and public rewards from great personages -or princes. - - -XIV.--SATURN. - -SATURN is happily placed when we find his line wholly running to his -region, but less happy when he presents some inauspicious characters; -unhappily, if he shows confused and unfortunate signs; he governs the -spleen, bones and bladder. When he is fortunate he makes men silent, -provident, of good and profound counsels, such as think and study much and -are somewhat sorrowful; men that are puffed up with an ambitious spirit, -and whose aim is honors. And these are slender of body, somewhat tall, -pale and feeble, their hair blackish, eyes hollow; they are fortunate in -tilling of ground, and in metals of all sorts, yet more careless of their -wives, and less addicted to the pleasures of love; foolishly laughing and -jesting, also tenacious and worldly minded, unjust, &c. But, if Saturn be -unfortunate or froward, he makes men sorrowful, laborious, sordid, humble, -covetous, liars, malicious, envious, &c., and encumbered with perpetual -griefs and anxieties. - -A gross line running from the interval of the middle and fore finger to -the mensa, and breaking or interrupting it, denotes diseases or wounds in -the lower part of the body. - - -XV.--SOL. - -If the SUN fortunately rules, he makes men faithful, ingenious, honored, -high minded, wise, humane, religious, just, moderate, aged, and such as -always manage their affairs honestly. He gives a body well composed, and -adorns it with yellow hair; he governs the heart, midriff, nerves, &c. - -But, if unfortunate, he gives men that are proud and highly elated, -manifesting their access to dignities by unjust means, boasters and -immodest. He brings fluxes of rheum upon the eyes, and thereby hurts both -them and the mouth, trembling of the heart, syncope, &c. - - -XVI.--LUNA. - -The MOON happy and fortunate, makes men famous, honest and honorable and -of a large body; yet well proportioned, pleasant also, and sometimes -voyages by sea and walking by the sides of rivers; but, if any way -dissenting in the other, unconstant both in life and action, yet tending -for the most part to the best. She rules the brain, stomach and belly, but -if unfortunate she portends a various and inconstant kind of line, -weakness, and increase of griefs and anxieties, she thus causes paralysis, -&c. A commotion of the members, oftentimes an epilepsy and canker, spots -in the body, severe colic, and whatever else proceeds from abundance of -cold and moisture, and more especially when the lines found in the -tuberculum of the moon do appear very pale; if there be fair and comely -signatures near the ferient, they denote happiness to the man in his -journeys and messages, and in foreign countries. To the woman, felicity -and fertility in bearing of children, ominous signs do show the contrary. - - -XVII.--MERCURY. - -MERCURY, happy and fortunate, makes men ingenious, desirous of science, -and seeking diligently after secrets, such as are apt for any thing, -orators, poets, philosophers, astrologicians, fortune-tellers, eloquent, -variable, mathematicians, and men addicted to merchandise, &c. He governs -the tongue and memory. - - -XVIII.--THE MENSA, OR PART OF FORTUNE. - -This space being great and broad, and the figure decent, declares a -liberal man, magnanimous and of long life. - -But if small and narrow, it indicates a slender fortune and fearfulness. - -A cross or star within it, clear and well proportioned, especially under -the region of the ring finger, betokens honors and dignities to ensue -from, or by means of great and noble personages. If the character of -Jupiter, it then promises great ecclesiastical dignities, &c. - -The same star or cross tripled, portends good fortune; but if it be cut by -confused little lines, the good fortune is thereby diverted, and anxieties -and labors threatened in defending his honors, especially if they are -under the region of the ring finger. - -A cross or star in the uppermost part of the mensa, is a sign of fortunate -journeys. - -The mensa sharpened by the concourse of the thoral and cardiac lines, -points out deceit and danger of life. - -If no mensa be shown in the hand, it shows obscurity both of life and -fortune. - -Good and equal lines in this space do declare the fortune to be good, but -if evil and decomposed they quite overthrow it. - -A little circle shows perfection of wit, and the obtaining of science, the -others assenting thereunto. - - -XIX.--THE POLLEX, OR THUMB. - -Overthwart lines, that are clear and long underneath the nail and joint of -the thumb, confer riches and honor. A line passing from the upper joint of -the thumb to the cardiaca, threatens a violent death or danger by means of -some married lady. Lines much dispersed in the lower joint of the thumb, -describe men that are contentious, and such as rejoice in scolding, &c. A -line surrounding the thumb, in the middle joint, portends the man shall be -hanged. Equal furrows drawn under the lower joint thereof, argue riches -and possessions. If the first or second joint want incisures, it shows -drowsiness and idleness. - - -XX.--THE INDEX, OR FORE FINGER. - -Many lines in the uppermost joint, and they proceeding overthwartly, -denote inheritances; by running so in the middle joint, an envious and -evil disposed person. - -Right lines running between these joints, declare (in the ladies) a -numerous issue; in gentlemen, bitterness of tongue. If they are in the -first joint, near unto Jupiter’s mouth, they manifest a jovial -disposition, that is, they point to the man whom Jupiter favored well in -his nativity. That who hath a star in the same place, may certainly be -pronounced unchaste and lascivious. - - -XXI.--MEDIUS, OR THE MIDDLE FINGER. - -This finger presenting little gridirons in the joints thereof, plainly -declares an unhappy and melancholy wit, but if equal lines, it manifests -fortune by metals, &c. A star there presages a violent death by drowning, -&c. If a gross line be extended from the root thereof, upwards, through -the whole finger into the end of the last joint, it argues folly and -madness. - - -XXII.--ANNULARIS, OR THE RING FINGER. - -A line arising from mons solis, and ascending by a right track through the -joints thereof, it shows a noble frame. Equal lines in the first joint -demonstrate honors and riches; overthwart lines, the enmity of great men. -Howbeit, if these lines be intersected, it is better, because they argue -impediments. - - -XXIII.--AURICULARIS, OR LITTLE FINGER. - -From the joint thereof, as from the mouth itself, are judgments and -decrees passed concerning merchandise, favors, and a star in its first -joint near the tuberculum, argues ingenuity and eloquence. - -Other obtuse signs the contrary, but when there appear unfortunate signs -in the first and second joints, they mark out a thief and a very deceitful -person. If adverse lines in the last joint, perpetual inconstancy. - -Some there are who predict the number of wives from the little lines in -the mons Mercurii at the outermost part of the hand, and have often -observed them come at the truth. - -If the end of this finger reach not so far as to touch the last joint of -the ring finger, it signifies a wife most imperious in all things, the -truth thereof is often proved. - - -CONSIDERATIONS ON THE MOUNTS AND FINGERS. - -As the mounts being adorned with good figures and characters indicate a -good and happy issue, so likewise being vitiated with confused lines, they -threaten the contrary, and this as well on the fingers as mounts, except -they are restrained by the confederacy of other lines which are of -themselves good and fortunate. - -There are likewise the twelve signs of the Zodiac upon the fingers. The -signification of the lines proceeding from the mounts of the different -planets upon the fingers, show their effect chiefly when the sun, or their -principal significator, as lord of the ascendant, &c., is in these signs, -ruling the parts where they terminate, as a line passing from the mount of -Saturn to the first point of the middle finger would give improvement when -the sun was in Pisces; if to the second, in Aquarius. Observe also that -the first joint near the mount of the finger must be attributed to the -first part of the age, the second to the prime of life, and the last unto -old age. - -Lastly. The structure of the hand itself is really admirable in respect to -the proportion it bears to the face, and certain parts thereof, which is -this: - -The whole hand is of equal length with the face. - -The greater joint of the forefinger (which adjoins upon the tuberculum of -Jupiter) equals the height of the forehead. - -The other two (to the extremity of the nail) are just the length of the -nose, viz.: from the intercelia, or place between the eyebrows, to the tip -of the nostrils. - -The first and greater joint of the middle finger is just as long as it is -between the bottom of the chin and the top of the under lip. - -But the third joint of the same finger is of equal length with the -distance that is between the mouth and the lower part of the nostrils. - -The largest joint of the thumb gives the width of the mouth. - -The distance between the bottom of the chin and the top of the lower lip, -the same. - -The lesser joint of the thumb is equal to the distance between the top of -the lower lip and the lower part of the nostrils. The nails obtain just -the half of their respective uppermost joints, which they call omychios. - - -OF THE NAILS OF THE FINGERS. - -Broad nails show the person to be bashful and fearful, but of a gentle -nature. When there is a certain white mark at the extremity of them, it -shows that the person has more honesty than subtilty, and that his worldly -substance will be impaired through negligence. White nails and long, -denote much sickness and infirmity, especially fevers, and are an -indication of strength, and deceit in women. If upon the white anything -appears at the extremity that is pale, it denotes short life by sudden -death, and the person to be given to melancholy. When there appear a -sudden mixed redness of divers colors at the beginning of the nail, it -shows the person to be choleric, and very quarrelsome. When the extremity -is black, it is a sign of husbandry. Narrow nails denote the person to be -inclined to mischief and to do injury to his neighbor. Long nails show the -person to be good natured, but mistrustful, and loves reconciliation -rather than differences. Oblique nails signify deceit and want of courage. -Little and round nails denote obstinate anger and hatred; if they be -crooked at the extremity, they show pride and fierceness. Round nails show -a choleric person, yet soon reconciled and a lover of secret sciences. -Fleshy nails denote the person to be mild in temper, idle and lazy. Pale -and black nails show the person to be very deceitful to his neighbor, and -subject to many diseases. Red and marked nails signify a choleric and -martial nature, given to cruelty: and as many little marks as there are, -they speak of so many evil desires. - - - - -CELESTIAL PALMISTRY. - - -The Moon exercises an influence over the children of men, which varies -with her monthly age, in like manner as that of the sun is varied -according to his progress through the signs of the zodiac. Her term is -completed in thirty days and recurs twelve times annually. The probable -fate of each individual through life is to be gathered from the aspect of -the day on which he was born; and the issue of any particular event or -undertaking from the day of its occurrence or transaction or commencement; -counting in both cases from the _new moon_, as is shown in the following -calendar. She has power over dreams and visions; and exercises it more -particularly on certain days. - -A child born within twenty-four hours after the new moon will be fortunate -and live to a good old age. Whatever is dreamed on that day will be -pleasing to the dreamer. - -The second day is very lucky for discovering things lost, or hidden -treasure; the child born on this day will thrive. - -The child born on the third day will be fortunate through persons in -power, and whatever is dreamed will prove true. - -The fourth day is evil; persons falling sick on this day rarely recover. - -The fifth day is favorable to begin a good work and dreams will be -tolerably successful; the child born on this day will be vain and -deceitful. - -The child born on the sixth day will not live long, and his dreams will -not immediately come to pass. - -On the seventh day do not tell your dreams, for much depends on concealing -them; if sickness befalls you on this day you will soon recover; the child -born on this day will live long, but have many troubles. - -On the eighth day whatever is dreamed will come to pass; whatever business -a person undertakes on this day will prosper. - -The ninth day differs very little from the former; the child born on this -day will arrive at great riches and honor. - -The tenth day is likely to be fatal to those who fall sick; but the child -born on this day will live long and be a great traveler. - -The child that is born on the eleventh day will be much devoted to -religion, and of an engaging form and manners. - -On the twelfth day dreams are rather fortunate and the child born then -shall live long. - -On the thirteenth day the dreams will prove true in a very short time. - -If you ask a favor of any one on the fourteenth day, it will be granted. - -The sickness that befalls a person on the fifteenth day is likely to prove -mortal. - -The child that is born on the sixteenth day will be of very ungraceful -manners and unfortunate; it is nevertheless a good day for buying and -selling merchandise. - -The child born on the seventeenth day will be very foolish; it is a very -unfortunate day to transact any kind of business or contract marriage. - -The child born on the eighteenth day will be valiant, but will suffer -considerable hardships; if a female, she will be chaste and industrious -and live respected to a great age. - -The nineteenth day is dangerous; the child born during it will be very -ill-disposed and malicious. - -On the twentieth day the dreams are true, but the child born during it -will be dishonest. - -The child born on the twenty-first day will grow up healthy and strong, -but selfishly inclined and of low habits. - -The child born on the twenty-second day will be fortunate; he or she will -be of cheerful countenance, religious, and much beloved. - -The child that is born on the twenty-third day will be of an ungovernable -temper, will forsake his friends and wander about in a foreign country, -unhappy through life. - -The child born on the twenty-fourth day will achieve many heroic actions -and be much admired for his extraordinary abilities. - -The child born on the twenty-fifth day will be very wicked; he will meet -with many dangers and will probably come to an ill end. - -On the twenty-sixth day the dreams are certain; the child then born will -be rich and greatly esteemed. - -The twenty-seventh day is very favorable for dreams, and the child then -born will be of a sweet and amiable disposition. - -The child born on the twenty-eighth day will be the delight of his -parents, but will not live to a great age. - -The child born on the twenty-ninth day will experience many hardships, -though in the end they may turn out happily. It is good to marry on this -day, and business begun on this day will be prosperous. - -And, finally, the child that is born on the thirtieth day will be -fortunate and happy and well skilled in arts and sciences. - - -CHILDREN BORN ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. - -_Sunday._--The child shall be of long life and obtain riches. - -_Monday._--Weak and of an effeminate temper, which seldom brings a man to -honor. - -_Tuesday._--Worse; though he may, with extraordinary vigilance, conquer -the inordinate desires to which he will be subject; still he will be in -danger of dying by violence, if he has not great procreation. - -_Wednesday._--He shall be given to the study of learning and shall profit -thereby. - -_Thursday._--He shall arrive at great honor and dignity. - -_Friday._--He shall be of a strong constitution, yet perhaps remarkably -lecherous. - -_Saturday._--Is another bad day; but, notwithstanding, the child may come -to good, though it be seldom; but most children born on this day are of a -heavy, dull and very dogged disposition. - - -SICKNESS--LUCKY AND UNLUCKY DAYS. - -Whoever, in the first day of any month, fall sick, or is attacked with any -infirmity, the third day ensuing is to be feared, which, if he pass, he -shall escape. - -Those falling ill on the second day of any month, though they be long -confined, yet shall recover. - -Any illness commencing on the third day will certainly terminate -favorably. - -Those falling sick on the fourth day will probably linger until the -twenty-eighth, which, if they pass, may possibly recover. - -Those taken ill on the fifth day may become very low, but will recover. - -Persons falling sick on the sixth day may recover, if they pass the fifth -day of the ensuing month, but they will stand a poor chance of recovery. - -The seventh is a lucky day, and one falling sick on this day may recover, -even though having to endure great suffering. - -The eighth day is an unfortunate one, and those falling ill on it will not -be likely to survive. - -Illness commencing on the ninth day will not usually prove fatal, though -sometimes so. - -On the tenth day, the contrary. - -The eleventh day is remarkably fortunate for those falling sick; they will -recover speedily. - -It is a bad omen to be taken sick on the twelfth of any month; for unless -you recover within two or three days, you will most certainly die within -the year. - -Those falling sick on the thirteenth day, if they pass five days, they -will quite likely recover. - -The fourteenth is a lucky day, and those taken sick on it will recover in -forty-eight hours. - -On the contrary, those falling ill on the fifteenth day may experience -long and lingering illness, which will probably prove fatal. - -Those taken on the sixteenth day, may escape, after some weeks of illness. - -Persons falling ill on the seventeenth day are almost sure to die within -three weeks. - -The eighteenth is a lucky day and those falling sick on that day will -undoubtedly recover. - -The nineteenth, the same--though the sickness may last much longer. - -The twentieth is an uncertain day, and sickness commencing on this day -frequently terminates fatally, if it continue more than five days. - -The twenty-first day perils one’s life for ten days--that time passed, you -will recover. - -Those falling sick on the twenty-second, will die within forty-eight -hours, or after that time will certainly recover. - -Those taken sick on the twenty-third will stand a chance of lingering -illness, which will probably terminate favorably. - -The twenty-fourth is another unlucky day, and those falling ill on that -day, though they be partially restored, will probably die within three -months. - -On the contrary, the twenty-fifth is a very favorable day, and those -falling sick will get well speedily. - -The twenty-sixth portends a protracted illness, which will terminate -favorably. - -The twenty-seventh threatens death, though the chances of recovery are -fair. - -Those falling ill on the twenty-eighth, menace death. - -Persons who are taken sick on the twenty-ninth day will have a very -protracted illness and recover slowly. - -The thirtieth and thirty-first are uncertain days, and persons falling -sick on either of these days, it cannot be known whether they will recover -or not. - - - - -ASTROLOGICAL MISCELLANY. - - -DAYS OF THE MONTH. - - -I.--FORTUNATE. - -In January, six days: the 1st, 2d, 15th, 26th, 27th and 28th. - -In February, four days: the 11th, 21st, 25th and 26th. - -In March, two days: the 10th and 24th. - -In April, five days: the 6th, 15th, 16th, 20th and 28th. - -In May, three days: the 3d, 18th and 31st. - -In June, five days: the 10th, 11th, 15th, 22d and 25th. - -In July, three days: the 9th, 15th and 28th. - -In August, six days: the 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th, 19th and 25th. - -In September, five days: the 4th, 8th, 17th, 18th and 23d. - -In October, five days: the 3d, 7th, 16th, 21st and 22d. - -In November, three days: the 5th, 14th and 20th. - -In December, six days: the 15th, 19th, 20th, 22d, 23d and 25th. - - -II.--UNFORTUNATE. - -In January, seven days: the 3d, 4th, 6th, 13th, 14th, 20th and 21st. - -In February, seven days: the 3d, 7th, 9th, 12th, 16th, 17th and 23d. - -In March, eight days: the 1st, 2d, 5th, 8th, 12th, 16th, 28th and 29th. - -In April, two days: the 24th and 25th. - -In May, five days: the 17th, 20th, 27th, 29th and 30th. - -In June, eight days: the 1st, 5th, 6th, 9th, 12th, 16th, 18th and 24th. - -In July, four days: the 3d, 10th, 17th and 18th. - -In August, two days: the 15th and 20th. - -In September, two days: the 9th and 16th. - -In October, six days: the 4th, 9th, 11th, 17th, 27th and 31st. - -In November, four days: the 3d, 9th, 10th and 21st. - -In December, two days: the 14th and 21st. - - -IMPORTANT ADVICE. - -TO FEMALES.--It has often been observed, and experience has shown the -observation to be a true one, that some event of importance is sure to -happen to a woman in her thirty-first year, whether it prove for her good -or it be some great evil or temptation; therefore we advise her to be -circumspect in all her actions. If she is a maiden or widow, it is -probable she will marry this year. If a wife, that she will lose her -children or husband. She will either receive riches or travel into a -foreign land; at all events, some circumstance or other will take place -during this remarkable year of her life, that will have great effect on -her future fortunes and existence. - -TO MALES.--The like is applicable to men in their forty-second year, of -which there are so many instances that there is not a doubt of its truth. -Observe always to take a lease for an odd number of years; an even number -is not prosperous. The three first days of the moon are the best for -signing papers; and the first five days, as well as the twenty-fourth, for -any fresh undertaking. - - - - -MOLES. THEIR SITUATION AND THE INDICATION THEY GIVE OF A PERSON’S -DISPOSITION AND FUTURE LOT IN LIFE. - - -Though moles are, in their substance, nothing else than excrescences, or -ebullitions which proceed from the state of the blood whilst the fœtus is -confined in the womb, yet they are not given in vain, as they are -generally characteristic of the disposition and temper of those that bear -them; and it is also proved by daily experience that from the shape, -situation and other circumstances, they bear a strong analogy to the -events which are to happen to a person in future life. Herein are given -the common prognostications by moles found in all the various parts of the -body, according to the doctrine of the ancients. The larger the mole, the -greater the prosperity or adversity of the person; the smaller the mole, -the less will be his good or evil fate. If the mole is round, it indicates -good; if angular, it gives a mixture of good and evil; if oblong, a -moderate share of fortunate events; the deeper the color, the more favor -or disgrace; the lighter, the less of either. If it is very hairy, much -misfortune may be expected; but if few long hairs grow upon it, it denotes -that your undertakings will be prosperous. - -A mole that stands on the right side of the forehead, or right temple, -signifies that the person will arrive at sudden wealth and honor, -according to their birth and situation in life; which must always be -attended to with due consideration. - -A mole on the right eyebrow announces speedy marriage; and that the person -to whom you will be married will possess many amiable qualities and a good -fortune. - -A mole on the left of either of these three places announces unexpected -disappointment in your most sanguine wishes. - -A mole on the outside corner of either eye denotes the person to be of a -sober, steady and sedate disposition; but will be liable to a violent -death. - -A mole on either cheek signifies that the person shall never rise above -mediocrity in point of fortune; though at the same time he will never fall -into real poverty. - -A mole on the nose shows that the person will have good success in most of -his or her undertakings. - -A mole on the lip, either upper or lower, proves the person to be fond of -delicate things and much given to the pleasures of love, in which he or -she will most commonly be successful. - -A mole on the chin foreshows the person will be attended with prosperity -and be highly esteemed. - -A mole on the side of the neck shows that the person will narrowly escape -suffocation; but will afterward rise to great consideration by an -unexpected legacy or inheritance. - -A mole on the throat denotes that the person shall become rich by -marriage. - -A mole on the right breast declares the person to be exposed to a sudden -reverse from comfort to distress, by unavoidable accidents. Most of his -children will be girls. - -A mole on the left breast signifies success in undertakings and an amorous -disposition. - -A mole on the bosom portends mediocrity of health and fortune. - -A mole under the left breast, over the heart, foreshadows that the man -will be of a warm disposition, unsettled in mind, fond of rambling and -light in his conduct. In a lady, it shows sincerity in love, quick -conception and easy travail in childbirth. - -A mole on the right side, over any part of the ribs, denotes the person to -be pusillanimous, and slow in understanding anything that may be attended -with difficulty. - -A mole on the belly, denotes the person to be addicted to sloth and -gluttony, selfish in almost all articles and seldom inclined to be nice or -careful in point of dress. - -A mole on either hip shows that the person will have many children and -such of them as survive will be healthful, lusty and patient in all -hardships. - -A mole on the right thigh shows that the person will become rich and also -fortunate in marriage. - -A mole on the left thigh denotes that the person suffers much by poverty -and want of friends, as also by the enmity and injustice of others. - -A mole on the right knee signifies that the person will be fortunate in -the choice of a partner for life and meet with few disappointments in the -world. - -A mole on the left knee portends that the person will be rash, -inconsiderate and hasty, but modest when in cold blood, honest and -inclined to good behavior. - -A mole on either leg shows that the person is indolent, thoughtless and -indifferent as to whatever may happen. - -A mole on either ankle denotes a man to be inclined to effeminacy and -elegance of dress--a lady, to be courageous, active and industrious, with -some spice of the termagant. - -A mole on either foot forebodes sudden illness or unexpected misfortune. - -A mole on the right shoulder signifies prudence, discretion, secrecy and -wisdom. - -A mole on the left shoulder declares a testy, contentious and ungovernable -spirit. - -A mole on the right arm denotes vigor and undaunted courage. On the left -arm, resolution and victory in battle. - -A mole near either elbow declares restlessness, a roving and unsteady -temper, also a discontentedness with those whom they are obliged -constantly to live with. - -A mole between the elbow and the wrist promises the person prosperity, but -not until he has undergone and suffered many hardships. - -A mole on the wrist, or between it and the ends of the fingers, denotes -industry, parsimony, fidelity and conjugal affection. - -A mole against the heart denotes wickedness. If a woman have a mole on her -right knee, she will be honest and virtuous; if on the left, she will have -many children. - -If a woman have a mole on her lower jaw, it signifies she will pass her -life in sorrow and pain of body. - -A mole in the midst of the forehead, near the hair, denotes a -discourteous, cruel mind and of unpleasant discourse; if it is of a honey -color, the person will be beloved; if red, sullen and furious; if black, -inexpert and wavering; if raised more like a wart, very fortunate. But if -a woman, it shows her to be a slut; and if in her forehead black, -treacherous, consents to evil and murder. - -A mole on the left side of the forehead, near the hair, predicts misery -and abundance of tribulations to a man, by means of his own misconduct; if -honey-colored or red, his sorrows are lessened; but if black, unfortunate -in every undertaking. - -A mole on the left side of the forehead, about the midway, threatens a man -with persecutions from his superiors; if of honey color, he prodigally -wastes his estate; if red, he will become poor; if black, let him beware -of the wrath or malice of great men; if a woman, it threatens sorrow by -the perfidy of some men; if black, she will partake of the extremity of -misery. - -A mole on the left side of the forehead, a little above the temple, if it -appear red, denotes a man has excellent wit and understanding; if black, -he is in danger of being branded for his falsehoods; if he has a wart, his -fate is mitigated. To a woman it signifies justification of innocence, -though not deserved; if black, malignity, and it represents every evil. - -A mole appearing on the right temple, above the eye, near the head, -denotes a long life and good fortune; if pale, or red, he is studious; to -a woman, it signifies good and happy fortune in marriage, as she will be -of careful conduct. - -A mole on the right temple, inclining towards the neck, promiseth -ingenuity and riches, as also long life; if honey or red colored, good -fortune; if black, trouble; but if as a wart, he shall obtain all good -things. - -A mole on the left side, towards the upper part of the eye, signifies -sickness; if black, a short life; if as a wart, it denotes a good end. To -a woman, moderate health, loss of favor of friends, perverse children and -enemies; if black, many miseries. - -A mole on the ear signifies riches and respect. - -If either in a man or woman’s hand a mole appears, it denotes great -prosperity and enjoyment of children. - -A mole on the left side of the stomach shows a luxurious person. - -A mole on the left side of the belly denotes afflictions. - -A mole under the hollow of the right eye signifies the party to be -furious. - - - - -CHARTOLOGY, OR DIVINATION BY CARDS. - - -Take a pack of cards, shuffle and cut them three different times, lay them -on a table, nine in a row; if a man, he may choose one of the kings to -represent himself; if a woman, she must select one of the queens; then the -queen of the chosen king or the king of the chosen queen, will stand for a -husband or wife, mistress or lover, of the party whose fortune is to be -told; and the knave of the suit for the most intimate person of their -family. Remember that everything is within your circle as far as you can -count nine, any way from the card that represents the person, his wife, or -her husband, and their intimate friend; also, that the ninth card, every -way, is of the greatest consequence. - - -CLUBS. - -_Ace of Clubs_ promises great wealth, much prosperity in life and -tranquillity of mind. - -_King of Clubs_ announces a man who is humane, upright, affectionate and -faithful in all his undertakings; he will be happy himself and make his -connections so if he can. - -_Queen of Clubs_ shows a tender, mild and rather amorous disposition, one -who will probably yield herself to a kind lover before the matrimonial -knot is tied; but they will be happy, love each other and be married. - -_Knave of Clubs_ shows an open, sincere friend, who will exert himself -warmly in your interest and welfare. - -_Ten of Clubs_ denotes that riches will come speedily from an unexpected -quarter; it also threatens the loss of some dear friend. - -_Nine of Clubs_ shows that you will displease some of your friends by a -too steady adherence to your own opinion. - -_Eight of Clubs_ shows the person to be covetous and extremely fond of -money; that he will obtain it, but that it will rather prove a torment -than a comfort to him, as he will not make a proper use of it. - -_Seven of Clubs_ promises the most brilliant fortune and the most -exquisite bliss that this world can afford; but beware of the opposite -sex, as from these alone can you experience misfortune. - -_Six of Clubs_ shows you will enter into a very lucrative partnership and -that your children will behave well. - -_Five of Clubs_ declares that you will be shortly married to a person who -will improve your circumstances. - -_Four of Clubs_ shows inconstancy for the sake of money and change of -object. - -_Trey of Clubs_ shows that you will be three times married and each time -to a wealthy person. - -_Deuce of Clubs_ shows that there will be some unfortunate opposition to -your favorite inclination which will disturb you. - - -DIAMONDS. - -_Ace of Diamonds_ signifies a letter. - -_King of Diamonds_ shows a man of fiery temper, continued anger, seeking -revenge and obstinate in his resolutions. - -_Queen of Diamonds_ signifies that the woman will be fond of company, be a -coquette and not over virtuous. - -_Knave of Diamonds_, however nearly related, will look more after his own -interest than yours; he will be tenacious of his own opinion and will fly -off if contradicted. - -_Ten of Diamonds_ promises a country husband or wife, with great wealth -and many children; the card next to it tells the number of children; it -also signifies a purse of gold. - -_Nine of Diamonds_ declares that the person will be of a roving -disposition, never contented with his lot, and forever meeting with -vexations and disappointments. - -_Eight of Diamonds_ shows that the person, in youth, will be an enemy to -marriage and thus run the risk of dying unmarried; but that if he does -marry, it will be late in life and then it will be with a person whose -disposition is so ill assorted to his own that it will be the cause of -misfortune. - -_Seven of Diamonds_ shows you will be tormented by the infidelity of your -conjugal partner and waste of goods. - -_Six of Diamonds_ shows an early marriage and premature widowhood, but a -second marriage will probably be worse. - -_Five of Diamonds_ shows that you will have good children, who will keep -you from grief. - -_Four of Diamonds_ shows the incontinence of the person you will be -married to, and great vexation to yourself through the whole course of -your life. - -_Trey of Diamonds_ shows that you will be engaged in quarrels, lawsuits -and domestic disagreements; your partner for life will be a vixen and of -abusive temper, fail in the performance of the nuptial duties and make you -unhappy. - -_Deuce of Diamonds_ shows that your heart will be engaged in love at an -early period; that your parents will not approve of your choice, and that -if you marry without their consent they will hardly forgive you. - - -HEARTS. - -_Ace of Hearts_ signifies feasting and pleasure; if the ace is attended by -spades it foretells quarrelling; if by hearts, it shows affection and -friendship; if by diamonds, you will hear of some absent friend; if by -clubs, merry-making. - -_King of Hearts_ shows a man of good natured dissipation, but hot and -hasty, rash in his undertakings, and very amorous. - -_Queen of Hearts_ denotes a woman of fair complexion, faithful and -affectionate. - -_Knave of Hearts_ is a person of no particular sex, but always the dearest -friend or nearest relation of the consulting party. You must pay great -attention to the cards that stand next to the knave, as from them alone -you can judge whether the person it represents will favor your -inclinations or not. - -_Ten of Hearts_ shows good nature and many children; it is a corrective of -bad tidings of the cards that stand next to it; its neighboring cards are -of good report and it ascertains and confirms their value. - -_Nine of Hearts_ promises wealth, grandeur and high esteem; if cards that -are unfavorable stand near it, you must look for disappointments, and a -reverse if favorable cards follow; these last at a small distance, except -to retrieve your losses whether of peace or of goods. - -_Eight of Hearts_ is a sign of drinking and feasting. - -_Seven of Hearts_ shows the person to be fickle and of an unfaithful -disposition; addicted to vice, incontinent, and subject to the mean art of -recrimination to excuse themselves although without foundation. - -_Six of Hearts_ shows a generous, open and credulous disposition; easily -imposed upon, ever the dupe of flatterers, but the good natured friend of -the distressed. If this card comes before your king or queen, you will be -the dupe; if after, you will have the better. - -_Five of Hearts_ shows a wavering and unsteady disposition, never true to -one object, but free from every violent attachment. - -_Four of Hearts_ shows the person will not be married until very late in -life, which will proceed from too great a delicacy in making a choice. - -_Trey of Hearts_ shows that your own imprudence will greatly contribute to -your experiencing much ill-will from others. - -_Deuce of Hearts_ shows that extraordinary success and good fortune will -attend the person; though, if unfavorable cards attend, this will be a -long time delayed. - - -SPADES. - -_Ace of Spades_ totally relates to affairs of love, without specifying -whether lawful or unlawful; it also denotes death when the card is upside -down. - -_King of Spades_ shows a man ambitious and successful at court, or with -some great man, who will have it in his power to advance him; but let him -beware of a reverse. - -_Queen of Spades_ shows that a person will be corrupted by the rich of -both sexes; and, if she is handsome, great attempts will be made on her -virtue. - -_Knave of Spades_ shows a person who, although they have your welfare at -heart, will be too indolent to pursue it with zeal, unless you frequently -raise their attention. - -_Ten of Spades_ is a card of bad import; it will in a great measure -counteract the good effects of the cards near you. - -_Nine of Spades_ is the worst card in the pack; it portends dangerous -sickness, a total loss of fortune, cruel calamities and endless dissension -in your family. - -_Eight of Spades_ shows you will experience strong opposition from your -friends, or those you imagine to be such. If this card comes close to you, -leave your plan and adopt another. - -_Seven of Spades_ shows the loss of a most valuable friend, whose death -will plunge you in very great distress. - -_Six of Spades_ announces a mediocrity of fortune, and very great -uncertainty in your undertakings. - -_Five of Spades_ will give very little interpretation of your success; it -promises good luck in the choice of your companion for life, that you will -meet with one fond of you, and immoderately attached to the joys of Hymen; -it shows your temper rather sullen. - -_Four of Spades_ shows much sickness, and that your friends will injure -your fortune. - -_Trey of Spades_ shows that you will be fortunate in marriage, but that -your partner will be inconstant, and that you will be made very unhappy -thereby. - -_Deuce of Spades_ always signifies a coffin, but who it is for must depend -entirely on the other cards near it. - - - - -PROGNOSTICATIONS BY DICE. - - -This is a certain and innocent way of finding out common occurrences about -to take place. Take three dice, shake them well in the box with your left -hand, and then cast them out on a board or table, on which you have -previously drawn a circle with chalk. - - _Three._--A pleasing surprise. - - _Four._--A disagreeable one. - - _Five._--A stranger who will prove a friend. - - _Six._--Loss of property. - - _Seven._--Undeserved scandal. - - _Eight._--Merited reproach. - - _Nine._--A wedding. - - _Ten._--A christening. - - _Eleven._--A death that concerns you. - - _Twelve._--A letter speedily. - - _Thirteen._--Tears and sighs. - - _Fourteen._--Beware that you are not drawn into some trouble or plot - by a secret enemy. - - _Fifteen._--Immediate prosperity and happiness. - - _Sixteen._--A pleasant journey. - - _Seventeen._--You will either be on the water or have dealings with - those belonging to it, to your advantage. - - _Eighteen._--A great profit, rise in life, or some most desirable - good will happen almost immediately; for the answers to the dice are - always fulfilled within nine days. To show the same number twice at - one trial, portends news from abroad, be the number what it may. If - the dice roll over the circle, the number thrown goes for nothing, - but the occurrence shows sharp words; and if they fall to the floor, - it is blows. In throwing out the dice, if one remains on top of the - other, it is a present of which I would have them take care. - - - - -AUGURIES BY DOMINOES. - - -Lay them with their faces on the table and shuffle them; then draw one, -and see the number. - - _Double-six._--Receiving a handsome sum of money. - - _Six-five._--Going to a public amusement. - - _Six-four._--Lawsuits. - - _Six-three._--Ride in a coach. - - _Six-two._--Present of clothing. - - _Six-one._--You will perform a friendly action. - - _Six-blank._--Guard against scandal, or you will suffer by your - inattention. - - _Double-five._--A new abode to your advantage. - - _Five-four._--A fortunate speculation. - - _Five-three._--A visit from a superior. - - _Five-two._--A water party. - - _Five-one._--A love intrigue. - - _Five-blank._--A funeral, but not of a relation. - - _Double-four._--Drinking liquor at a distance. - - _Four-three._--A false alarm at your house. - - _Four-two._--Beware of thieves or swindlers. Ladies take note, this - means more than it says. - - _Four-one._--Trouble from creditors. - - _Four-blank._--Letter from an angry friend. - - _Double-three._--Sudden wedding, at which you will be vexed, and by - which you will lose a friend. - - _Three-two._--Buy no lottery tickets, nor enter into any game of - chance, or you will lose. - - _Three-one._--A great discovery at hand. - - _Three-blank._--An illegitimate child. - - _Double-two._--Vexations from a jealous partner. - - _Two-one._--You will mortgage or pledge some property soon. - - _Double-one._--You will find something to your advantage. - - _Double-blank._--The worst presage in all the set; you will meet - trouble from a quarter for which you are quite unprepared. - - - - -TALISMEN, CHARMS, SPELLS AND INCANTATIONS. - - -TALISMAN FOR WAR AND BATTLE. - -[Illustration] - -This Talisman, which is to be made of highly tempered steel, bears on it -the powerful words, and also the awful sign, which were conveyed to the -Emperor Constantine from heaven, in daylight, and in the presence of his -whole army, and whereby he was victorious in battle. It is to be tied -around the sword arm. - -An ancient manuscript says of it, “He that beareth this sign about him, -shall be helpen in every need and necessity.” - - -A TALISMAN FOR DESTROYING INSECTS AND REPTILES. - -[Illustration] - -This Talisman is to be made of iron, when the sun and moon enter the sign -Scorpio. It has been proved to be powerful in effect; so much so, that no -kind of venomous reptile or troublesome insect can come within some yards -of the house or place in which it is. The manuscript from which the -account of this talisman is taken cost a very large sum, and a medical -gentleman, to whom it belonged, affirms that he has himself proved its -efficacy; for being at one time much annoyed by beetles, he made a -talisman, according to instructions here given, and screwed it to the -floor, when these troublesome insects immediately disappeared; but -afterwards, when the servant removed it, through ignorance, they returned -in great numbers; when he again nailed it to the floor, and they again -disappeared. - - -TALISMAN FOR LOVE. - -[Illustration] - -This Talisman is said to be wonderfully efficacious in procuring success -in amours and love adventures. It must be made when Venus, the planet of -love, is the evening star. It should be made of pure silver and worn -directly over the heart, on the left breast. - - -TALISMAN AGAINST ENEMIES. - -[Illustration] - -This Talisman is to be cast of the purest grain tin, and during the -increase of the moon. The characters are to be engraved on it also during -the increase of the moon. It may be suspended about the neck, or worn on -any part of the body, so that it be kept from the sight of all but the -wearer. Its effects are to give victory over enemies, protection against -their machinations, and to inspire the wearers thereof with most -remarkable confidence. - - -TALISMAN FOR HEALING DISEASE. - - A B R A C A D A B R A - A B R A C A D A B R - A B R A C A D A B - A B R A C A D A - A B R A C A D - A B R A C A - A B R A C - A B R A - A B R - A B - A - -The letters which compose this charm must be inscribed in a pyramidical -form, as above, on the purest white beeswax, of the ordinary thickness, -and of a size sufficiently large to admit of the letters being distinctly -written by the individual who is sick; or, if he is too sick, by his -dearest friend next at hand. Use for writing them a pen made of the quill -of a raven, and ink compounded of the smoke of a concentrated taper and -rain water. Let the party who is afflicted with the disease wear the charm -hung around his neck, enclosed in a bag of virgin parchment, during the -time that the moon performs one circuit through the twelve signs of the -zodiac, and let it be commenced on the day of the full moon. The wearer -must have full faith in Divine Omnipotence, and repeat the letters of the -talisman in some one of the different directions in which they may be -read, daily. - -If it be required to perform a cure upon one at a distance, or without the -afflicted party’s knowledge thereof, write the talisman as above and then -you may perform the cure by scraping out one line of the talisman every -day with a new knife kept for the express purpose. At the scraping out of -each line, say, “So as I destroy the letters of this talisman, -_Abracadabra_, so, by virtue of this sacred name, may all grief and dolor -depart from [here mention the name of the sick person]. So I destroy this -disease. Amen.” - -Many have healed divers diseases in this way; the disease wearing, little -by little, away. - - -_Charms to be used on particular Eves of Feasts and Festivals, to procure -Dreams, Tokens, and other Insights into Futurity._ - - -FEAST OF ST. ANNE’S. - -This is a hard trial, but what is not possible to any young lady who -wishes to know her lot in marriage?--that most important change in human -life. - -Prepare yourself three days previous to the eve of this female saint, by -living on bread and water and sprigs of parsley, and touch no other thing -whatever, or your labor will be lost. The eve begins at the sixth hour. Go -to bed as soon as convenient, and speak not a word after you once begin to -undress; get into bed, lie on your left side with your head as low as -possible, and repeat the following verse three times: - - St. Anne, in silver clouds descend, - Prove thyself a female’s friend; - Be it good or be it harm, - Let me have knowledge from the charm; - Be it husbands one, two, three, - Let me in rotation see; - And if Fate decrees me four, - (No good maid could wish far more), - Let me view them in my dream, - Fair and clearly to be seen; - But if the stars decree - Perpetual virginity, - Let me sleep on, and dreaming not, - I shall know my single lot. - - -MAGIC ROSE. - -Gather your rose on the 27th of June; let it be full blown, and as bright -a red as you can get; pluck it between the hours of three and four in the -morning, taking care to have no witness of the transaction; convey it to -your chamber, and hold it over a chafing dish or any convenient utensil -for the purpose, in which there is charcoal and sulphur of brimstone; hold -your rose over the smoke for about five minutes, and you will see it have -a wonderful effect on the flower. Before the rose gets the least cool, -clap it in a sheet of writing paper, on which is written your own name and -that of the man you love best; also the date of the morning star that has -the ascendancy at that time; fold it up and seal it neatly with three -separate seals, then run and bury the parcel at the foot of the tree from -which you gathered the flower. Here let it remain untouched till the 6th -of July; take it up at midnight, go to bed and place it under your pillow, -and you will have a singular and eventful dream before morning, or, at -least, before your usual time of rising. You may keep the rose under your -head three nights without spoiling the charm. When you have done with the -rose and paper be sure to burn them. - - -CUPID’S NOSEGAY. - -On the first night of the new moon in July, take a red rose, a white rose, -a yellow flower, a blue one, a sprig of rue and rosemary, and nine blades -of long grass; bind all together with a lock of your own hair; kill a -white pigeon, sprinkle the nosegay with the blood from the heart, and some -common salt; wrap the flowers in a white handkerchief, and lay it under -your head, on the pillow, when you go to rest; and, before morning, you -will see your fate as clear as if you had your nativity cast by the best -astrologer in the world; not only in respect to love, lovers, or marriage, -but in the other most important affairs of your life. Storms, in this -dream, foretell great trouble; and graves or churchyards are fatal tokens, -and so is climbing steep and dangerous places. - - -LOVE’S CORDIAL. - -_To be tried the Third Night of a New Moon._ - -Take brandy, rum, gin, wine and the oil of amber, of each a teaspoonful; a -teaspoonful of cream, and three of spring water; drink it as you get into -bed; repeat-- - - This mixture of love I take for my potion, - That I of my destiny may have a notion; - Cupid befriend me, new moon be kind, - And show unto me the fate that’s designed. - -You will dream of drink, and, according to the quality or manner of it -being presented, you may tell the condition to which you will rise or fall -by marriage. Water is poverty; and, if you dream of a drunken man, it is -ominous that you will have a drunken mate. If you dream of drinking too -much, you will fall, at a future period, into that sad error yourself, -without great care; and what is a worse sight than an inebriated female? -She cannot guard her own honor, ruins her own and family’s substance, and -often clothes herself with rags. Trouble is often used as an excuse for -this vicious habit; but it gives more trouble than it takes away. - - -THE NINE KEYS. - -Get nine small keys; they must all be your own by begging or purchase -(borrowing will not do, nor must you tell what you want them for); plait a -three-plaited band of your own hair, and tie them together, fastening the -ends with nine knots; fasten them with one of your garters to your left -wrist on going to bed, and bind the other garter around your head; then -say-- - - St. Peter, take it not amiss, - To try your favor I’ve done this; - You are the ruler of the keys, - Favor me, then, if you please: - Let me then your influence prove, - And see my dear and wedded love. - -This must be done on the eve of St. Peter’s, and is an old charm used by -the maidens of Rome in ancient times, who put great faith in it. - - -THE WITCHES’ CHAIN. - -Let three young women join in making a long chain, about a yard will do, -of Christmas juniper, and mistletoe berries; and at the end of every link -put an oak acorn. Exactly before midnight let them assemble in a room by -themselves, where no one can disturb them; leave a window open, and take -the key out of the key-hole and hang it over the chimney-piece; have a -good fire, and place in the midst of it a long thinnish log of wood, well -sprinkled with oil, salt and fresh mould; then wrap the chain around it, -each maiden having an equal share in the business; then sit down, and on -her left knee let each maiden have a prayer book, opened at the -matrimonial service. Just as the last acorn is burned, the future husband -will cross the room; each one will see her own proper spouse, but he will -be invisible to the rest of the wakeful virgins. Those that are not to wed -will see a coffin, or some misshapen form, cross the room. Go to bed -instantly, and you will all have remarkable dreams. This must be done -either on a Wednesday or Friday night, but no other. - - -LOVE LETTERS. - -On receiving a love letter that has any particular declaration in it, lay -it wide open; then fold it in nine folds, pin it next to your heart, and -thus wear it till bedtime; then place it in your left hand glove, and lay -it under your head. If you dream of gold, diamonds, or any costly gems, -your lover is true, and means what he says; if of white linen, you will -lose him by death; and if of flowers, he will prove false. If you dream of -his saluting you, he is at present false and means not what he professes, -but only to draw you into a snare. - - -STRANGE BED. - -On going to rest, take a glass of water, half fill it with salt, and drink -it off as quick as you can; do not speak afterwards, but compose yourself -to sleep, and thirst will cause you to dream; which, joined to a strange -bed, will have a true effect. - - -THE MAGIC RING. - -Borrow a wedding ring, concealing the purpose for which you borrow it; but -no widow’s or pretended marriage ring will do--it spoils the charm. Wear -it for three hours at least before you retire to rest, and then suspend it -by a hair off your head, over your pillow; write within a circle -resembling a ring, the sentence from the matrimonial service beginning -with, _With this ring I thee wed_, and around the circle write your own -name at full length, and the figures that stand for your age; place it -under your pillow, and your dream will fully explain whom you are to -marry, and what kind of a fate you will have with them. If your dream is -too confused to remember it, or you do not dream at all, it is a certain -sign you will never be married. - - -HYMENIAL CHARM. - -The night before your nuptials, write your name on a piece of paper, as -small as possible, with the name of your spouse elect, the date of the -wedding day, the month and the year; enclose all in a circle of blood -drawn from one of your fingers, fold the paper into nine folds, place it -in the stocking drawn from your left leg, and place it between your head -and the pillow, and by your dreams of that night you may guess what will -be the fate attending your nuptial life. - - -FOR A GIRL TO ASCERTAIN IF SHE WILL SOON MARRY. - -Find a green pea-pod with exactly nine peas in it, and hang it over the -door of a room or entry-way, without letting any person know that you have -done so; you must then watch the door and see who goes through first; if -it is a bachelor, or an unmarried young man, you will positively be -married before the current crop of peas is disposed of; if it is a woman, -you will have to sigh in single blessedness another year; if a married -man, be careful and not allow your lover too much liberty in his -attentions. - - -VALENTINE CHARM. - -If you receive one of those love tokens, and cannot guess the party who -sent it, or are in any doubt, the following method will explain it to a -certainty: Prick the fourth finger of your left hand, and with a crow -quill write on the back of the valentine the day and hour in which you -were born, and the date of the year; also of the present one, the moon’s -age, and the name of the present morning star, all of which you will find -in the almanac, and the sign into which the sun has entered. Try this on -the first Friday after you receive the valentine, but do not go to bed -till midnight; place the paper in your left shoe, and put it under your -pillow, lie on your left side, and repeat three times: - - St. Valentine, pray condescend - To be this night a maiden’s friend; - Let me now my lover see, - Be he of high or low degree; - By a sign his station show, - Be it weal or be it woe. - Let him come to my bedside, - And my fortune thus decide. - -The young woman will be sure to dream of the identical person who sent the -valentine and be enabled to guess if he is to be her husband. - - -ACORN CHARM. - -This is to be tried on the third day of the months between September and -March. Let any number of young women (not exceeding nine, and minding that -there is an odd one in the company) assemble together, and each string -nine acorns on a separate string, or as many acorns as there are females -in company, but not more; wrap them around a long stick of wood, and place -it in the fire just as the clock strikes twelve at night. Say not a word, -but sit around the fire till all the acorns are consumed; then rake out -the ashes and retire to bed almost directly, repeating: - - May love and marriage be the theme, - To visit me in this night’s dream: - Gentle Venus be my friend, - The image of my lover send. - Let me see his form and face, - And his occupation trace; - By a symbol or a sign, - Cupid, forward my design. - - -CHRISTMAS SPELL. - -Steep mistletoe berries, to the number of nine, in a mixture of ale, wine, -vinegar and honey; take them on going to bed, and you will dream of your -future lot. A storm in this dream is very bad; it is most likely you will -then marry a sailor, who will suffer shipwreck at sea; but to see either -sun, moon or stars, is an excellent presage; so are flowers; but a coffin -is an index of a disappointment in love. - - -LENT CHARM. - -To be tried on any Friday in Lent, Good Friday excepted, when it is -improper to try anything of the kind, and the mind ought to be more -seriously disposed. Write twelve letters of the common alphabet on -separate pieces of card, also twelve figures, and the same number of blank -cards; then put them in a bag and shake them well, and let each one -present draw one. A blank shows a single life; a figure, intrigue; and a -letter, a happy marriage. - - -CHARMS TO KNOW WHO YOUR HUSBAND SHALL BE. - -_On St. Agnes’ Day._--This falls on the 21st of January. You must prepare -yourself by a twenty-four hours fast, touching nothing but pure spring -water, beginning at midnight on the 20th, to the same again on the 21st; -then go to bed, and mind you sleep by yourself, and do not mention what -you are trying to any one, or it will break the spell. Go to rest on your -left side, and repeat these lines three times: - - St. Agnes, be a friend to me; - In the gift I ask of thee; - Let me this night my husband see, - -and you will dream of your future spouse. If you see more men than one in -your dream, you will wed two or three times; but if you sleep and dream -not, you will never marry. - -_By Bride Cake._--A slice of the bride cake thrice drawn through the -wedding ring, and laid under the head of an unmarried woman, will cause -her to dream of her future husband. - -_By the Garter and Stocking._--The party inquiring must live in a -different county from that in which she commonly resides, and, on going to -bed, must knit the left garter about the right legged stocking, letting -the other garter and stocking alone; and as you rehearse the following -verse, at every comma knit a knot: - - This knot I knit, to know the thing I know not yet, - That I may see, the man that shall my husband be, - How he goes and what he wears, - And what he does all days and years. - -Accordingly, in a dream he will appear, with the insignia of his trade or -profession. - - -TO KNOW WHETHER A WOMAN SHALL HAVE THE MAN SHE WISHES. - -Get two lemon peels and wear them all day, one in each pocket, and at -night rub the four posts of the bedstead with them; if she is to succeed, -the person will appear in her sleep, and present her with a couple of -lemons; if, not, there is no hope. - - -TO KNOW IF A WOMAN WITH CHILD WILL HAVE A GIRL OR A BOY. - -Write the proper names of the father and the mother, and the month she -conceived with child; add together the letters in these words, and divide -the amount by seven; if the remainder be even, it will be a girl; if -uneven, it will be a boy. - - -TO KNOW IF A NEW-BORN CHILD SHALL LIVE OR NOT. - -Write the proper names of the father and the mother, and of the day the -child was born; count the letters in these words, and to the amount add -twenty-five, and then divide the whole by seven; if the remainder be even -the child shall die, but if uneven, the child shall live. - - -TO KNOW WHAT FORTUNE YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND WILL HAVE. - -Take a walnut, a hazel nut and a nutmeg; grate them together, and mix them -with butter and sugar, and make them up into small pills, of which exactly -nine must be taken on going to bed, and, according to your dreams, so will -be the state of the person you will marry. If a gentleman, your dream will -be of riches; if a clergyman, of white linen; if a lawyer, of darkness; if -a tradesman, of odd noises and tumults; if a soldier or sailor, of thunder -and lightning; if a servant, of rain. - - -CHARM TO CURE THE HEADACHE. - -If the pain be on the _right_ side of the head, make a comb out of the -_right_ horn of a ram; and if the head be combed with it, it will take -away the pain. But if the pain be on the _left_ side of the head, then -make a comb out of the _left_ horn of a ram, and if the head be combed -therewith, it will stop the pain. - - -CHARM TO MAKE A TREE BEAR FRUIT. - -The seeds of roses, with mustard seed, and the foot of a weasel, tied -together in something, and hung among the boughs or branches of a tree -which bears but little fruit, will remedy the defect, and render the tree -amazingly fruitful. - - -CHARM TO HINDER FROM THE BITE OF A MAD DOG. - -The tooth of a mad dog which has bitten any human being, tied in leather -and hung at the shoulder, will preserve and keep the wearer from being -bitten by any mad dog so long as he wears it. It may be worn next to the -skin, or concealed in the clothing. - - -CHARM AGAINST PERIL BY FIRE OR WATER. - -Repeat reverently and with sincere faith, the following words, and you -will be protected in the hour of danger: - -“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and through -the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the -fire, thou shalt not be burnt, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.” - - -CHARM AGAINST FURIOUS BEASTS. - -Repeat reverently, and with sincere faith, the following words, and you -will be protected in the hour of danger: - -“At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, neither shalt thou be afraid -of the beasts of the earth. - -“For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts -of the field shall be at peace with thee.” - - -CHARM AGAINST ENEMIES. - -Repeat reverently, and with sincere faith, the following words, and you -will be protected in the hour of danger: - -“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid, for the -Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. - -“For the stars of heaven, and the constellations thereof, shall not give -their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon -shall not cause her light to shine. - -“And behold, at eventide, trouble; and before the morning he is not; this -is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.” - - -CHARM AGAINST TROUBLE IN GENERAL. - -Repeat reverently, and with sincere faith, the following words, and you -shall be protected in the hour of danger: - -“He shall deliver thee in six troubles, yea, in seven there shall no evil -touch thee. - -“In famine he shall redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of -the sword. - -“And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace, and thou shalt -visit thy habitation and shall not err.” - - - - -MISCELLANEOUS. - - -SIGNS AND AUGURIES. - -Should you be the subject of a deep depression of spirits, contrary to -your usual constitutional buoyancy and liveliness, it is a sign that you -are about to receive some agreeable intelligence. - -If the crown of your head itches more than ordinary, you may expect to be -advanced to a more honorable position in life. - -Should the hair on your head come off when combing in greater quantities -than usual, it is a sign that you will soon be subjected to severe -affliction. - -If your right eyebrow should immoderately itch, be assured that you are -going to look on a pleasant sight--a long-absent friend, or a -long-estranged but now reconciled lover. - -Should your left eyebrow be visited with a tantalizing itching, it is a -sign that you will soon look upon a painful sight--the corpse of a valued -friend, or your lover walking with a favored rival. - -A ringing in your right ear, is an augury that you will shortly hear some -pleasant news. - -A ringing in your left ear, is a sign that you will in a short time -receive intelligence of a very unpleasant nature. - -When your left ear tingles, some one is backbiting you. - -A violent itching of the nose, foretells trouble and sorrow to those that -experience it. - -An itching of the lips is a sign that some one is speaking disrespectfully -of you. - -When you are affected by an itching on the back of your neck, be assured -that either yourself or some one nearly related to you is about to suffer -a violent death. - -An itching on the right shoulder, signifies that you will shortly have a -large legacy bequeathed to you. - -When you feel an itching sensation on your left shoulder, be sure that you -are about to bear a heavy burden of sorrow and trouble. - -If your right elbow joint itches, you may expect shortly to hear some -intelligence that will give you extreme pleasure. - -Should you be annoyed by a violent itching on your left elbow joint, you -may be sure that some vexatious disappointment will be experienced by you. - -If you feel an itching on the palm of your right hand, you may expect soon -to receive some money which you have been long expecting. - -When the palm of your left hand itches, you may expect to be called upon -to pay some money for a debt which you have not personally incurred. - -An itching on the spine of your back, is a sign that you will shortly be -called upon to bear a heavy burden of sorrow and trouble. - -An itching on your loins, is an indication that you will soon receive an -addition to your family, if married; if single, that you are on the eve of -marriage. - -When you are affected with an itching of the belly, expect to be invited -to feast upon a choice collection of savory meats. - -When either or both of your thighs itch, be assured that you are about to -change your sleeping apartment. - -If you have an itching sensation in your right knee, depend upon it that -you will shortly undergo a remarkable and beneficial change in your -previous course of life, and become religiously inclined. - -If a similar sensation prevails in your left knee, you may expect to -undergo a change in your situation of an unfavorable nature. - -An itching sensation on the shin, foretells that you will be visited by a -painful and long-continued affliction. - -When your ankle joints itch, be sure that you are about to be united to -one whom you love, if single; if married, that your domestic comforts will -be largely increased. - -When the sole of your right foot itches, you may feel assured that you are -about to undertake a journey from which you will derive much pleasure and -enjoyment. - -Should you experience a similar sensation on the sole of your left foot, -you may expect to be called upon to take a journey of an unpleasant and -melancholy nature. - - -SIGNS OF SPEEDY MARRIAGE, AND GOOD SUCCESS ATTENDING IT BY SUNDRY SIGNS. - -For a woman to have the first and last letters of her christian name the -same with the man’s surname, that makes love to her, denotes a great union -and a generous love. - -For a man to have the first and last letters of his christian name the -same with the woman’s surname, denotes the same. - -To think of a party on a sudden waking, without any meditation, on a -Friday morning, that before had a place in the affections of the man or -woman, is a demonstration of love or extraordinary friendship. - -If a ring accidentally falls off a man’s finger, that is under no -obligation of marriage, and runs directly to the feet of a maid or widow, -it denotes not only that he is in love with the party, but that a sudden -marriage will ensue. - -The singing of a robin-red-breast at your window, in the time of -courtship, on a Wednesday, is a sign you shall have the party desired. - -If walking abroad with your sweetheart you perceive a pair of pigeons -circle around you, it is a sign of marriage and happiness to ensue, with -much content. - -If a hare cross your path on a Saturday morning, it promises happy days, -riches and pleasure. - - -THE ART OF TELLING FORTUNES BY THE GROUNDS OF A TEA OR COFFEE CUP. - -Pour the grounds of coffee or tea into a white cup, shake them well about -in it, so that their particles may cover the whole surface of the cup; -then reverse it into the saucer, that all the superfluous parts may be -drained off and the figures required for fortune telling be formed. The -person that acts the fortune teller must always bend his thoughts upon him -or her that wishes to have their fortune told, and upon their rank and -profession, in order to give plausibility to their predictions. It is not -to be expected, upon taking up the cup, that the figures will be -accurately represented as they are in cards, but it is quite sufficient if -they bear some resemblance to any of the thirty-two emblems; and the more -fertile the fancy shall be of the person that inspects the cup, the more -he will discover in it. In other respects, every one who takes pleasure in -this amusement must himself be a judge, under what circumstances he is to -make changes in point of time, speaking just as it suits, in the present, -the past, or the future; in the same manner their ingenuity ought to -direct them when to speak more or less pointedly and detrimentally with -regard to sex. - -_The Roads_, or serpentine lines, indicate ways; if they are severed with -clouds, and consequently in the thick, they are said to be infallible -marks of many past or future reverses. But if they appear in the clear and -serene, are the surest token of some fortunate change near at hand; -encompassed with many points or dots, they signify an accidental gain of -money, likewise long life. - -_The Ring_ signifies marriage; if a letter is near it, it denotes to the -person that has his fortune told the initial of the name of the party to -be married. If the ring is in the clear, it portends happy and lucrative -friendship. Surrounded with clouds, denotes that the party is to use -precaution in the friendship he is about to contract, lest he should be -insidiously deceived; but it is most inauspicious if the ring appears at -the bottom of the cup, as it forebodes an entire separation from the -beloved object. - -_The Leaf of Clover_ is a lucky sign. Its different position in the cup -alone makes the difference; on the top, it shows that the good fortune is -not far distant; but it is subject to delay if it is in the middle or at -the bottom. Should clouds surround it, it shows that much disagreeableness -will attend the good fortune; in the clear, it prognosticates serene and -undisturbed happiness. - -_The Anchor_, the emblem of hope and commerce, implies successful business -carried on by water or land, if on the bottom of the cup; at the top and -in the clear part, it shows constant love and unshaken fidelity. In the -thick and cloudy parts it also denotes love, but tinctured with -inconstancy. - -_The Serpent_, always the emblem of falsehood and enmity, is likewise the -general sign of an enemy. On the top, or in the middle of the cup, it -promises to the consulting party the triumph which he desires over his -enemy; but he will not obtain it so easily if the serpent be in the thick -and cloudy part. By the letter which appears near the emblem, the enemy -may be easily guessed, as it makes the initial of his name. - -_The Letter._--By letters we communicate to our friends either pleasant or -unpleasant news, and such is the case here; if this emblem is in the clear -part, it denotes the speedy arrival of a considerable remittance of money, -but hemmed in by clouds it is quite the contrary, and forebodes some -melancholy or bad tidings, a loss or some other sinister accident. If it -be in the clear, and accompanied by a heart, lovers may expect a letter, -which secures the party the possession of the beloved object; but in the -thick, it denotes a refusal. - -_The Coffin_, the emblem of death, prognosticates the same thing here, or -at least a long and tedious illness; if it be in the thick, at the top of -the cup, it signifies considerable estate left to the party by some rich -relation; in the same manner at the bottom, it shows that the deceased is -not so nearly related to the consulting party. - -_The Star_ denotes happiness if in the clear, and at the top of the cup; -clouded, or in the thick, it signifies long life, though exposed to -various troubles. If dots are about it, it foretells great fortune, -wealth, high respectability, &c. Several stars denote so many good and -happy children, but surrounded with dashes shows that the person’s -children will cause him or her grief and vexation in old age, and should -be prevented by giving them a good education in time. - -_The Dog_, being at all times the emblem of fidelity or envy, has a -two-fold meaning here. At the top, in the clear, it signifies true and -faithful friends, but if his image be surrounded with clouds and dashes, -it shows that those whom you take for your friends are not to be depended -on; but if the dog be at the bottom of the cup, you have to dread the -effects of extreme envy or jealousy. - -_The Lily._--If this emblem be at the top or in the middle of the cup, it -signifies that the consulting party either has or will have a virtuous -spouse; if at the bottom, it denotes quite the reverse. In the clear, the -lily further betokens along and happy life; if clouded or in the thick, it -portends trouble and vexation, especially on the part of one’s relations. - -_The Cross_, be it one or more, generally predicts adversities. Its -position varies, and so do the circumstances. If it be at the top, and in -the clear, it shows that the misfortunes of the party will soon be at an -end, or that he will easily get over them; but if it appears in the -middle, at the bottom, in the thick, the party must expect many severe -trials; if it appears with dots, either in the clear or the thick, it -promises a speedy change in one’s sorrow. - -_The Clouds._--If they be more light than dark, expect good results from -wishing; but if black, you must give it up. Surrounded with dots, they -imply success in trade and all undertakings; but, the brighter they are, -the greater will be the happiness. - -_The Sun._--An emblem of the greatest luck and happiness if in the clear; -but in the thick it bodes much sadness; surrounded by dots or dashes, -denotes that an altercation will speedily take place. - -_The Moon_, if it appears in the clear, denotes high honors; in the dark -or thick part, it implies sadness, which will, however, pass without great -prejudice. But if it be at the bottom of the cup, the consulting party -will be fortunate, both on land and water. - -_Mountains._--If it represents only one mountain, it indicates the favor -of people of high rank; but several of them, especially in the thick, are -signs of powerful enemies; in the clear, they signify the contrary, or -friends in high life who are endeavoring to promote the welfare of the -consulting party. - -_Trees._--One tree only, be it in the clear or thick part, points out -lasting good health; several trees denote that your wish will be -accomplished. If they are encompassed with dashes, it is a token that your -fortune is in its blossom, and will require some time to bring it to -maturity. If accompanied by dots, it is a sign that you will make your -fortune in the country where you reside. - -_Child._--In the clear part, it bespeaks innocent intercourse between the -consultor and another person; in the thick part, excess in love affairs, -attended with great expenses; at the bottom of the cup, it denotes the -consequences of amorous excesses. - -_The Pedestrian_ denotes, in general, to a merchant, good business, -pleasant news and the recovery of lost things. It also signifies that the -consulting party will soon enlist, or get some new engagement. - -_The Rider_ denotes good news from abroad in money matters, a good -situation in a foreign country, or good prospects. He that doubts his -fortune is promised a lasting one by this emblem. - -_Woman_ signifies much joy in general. If in the clear, this emblem has a -more favorable signification than in the thick; there it shows very great -happiness; here, a great deal of jealousy. If dots surround the image, it -explains the lady’s great wealth. The different positions in the cup show, -at the top and in the middle, that you will be in love with a virgin; but -at the bottom, it denotes she is a widow. - -_The Mouse._--As this animal lives by stealth, it is also an emblem here -of theft and robbery; if it be in the clear, it shows you will get again -what you lost, in a wonderful manner; but if it appears in the thick, you -may renounce this hope. - - -HOW TO READ YOUR FORTUNE BY THE WHITE OF AN EGG. - -Break a new-laid egg, and, carefully separating the yolk from the white, -drop the latter into a large tumbler half full of water; place this, -uncovered, in some dry place and let it remain untouched for -four-and-twenty hours, by which time the white of the egg will have formed -itself into various figures--rounds, squares, ovals, animals, trees, -crosses, &c.--which are to be interpreted in the same manner as those -formed by the coffee-grounds. Of course, the more whites there are in the -glass, the more figures there will be. This is a very pretty experiment, -and much practised by the young Scotch maidens, who, however, believe it -to have more efficacy when tried on either Midsummer Eve or Hallowe’en -(31st October). - - -HOW TO WRITE LOVE-LETTERS SECRETLY, SO THAT THEY MAY NOT BE DISCOVERED. - -Take a sheet of white paper and double it in the middle, and cut holes -through both the half sheets; let the holes be cut like a pane of glass, -or other forms that you may fancy; then with a pin prick two little holes -at each end and cut your paper in two halves; give one half to your friend -to whom you intend to write, lay your cut paper upon a half sheet of -writing paper, and stick two pins in these holes so that it cannot stir; -then, through these holes that you cut, write your mind to your friend. -When you have done, take off your paper holes again, and then write some -other idle words, both before and after your lines, but if they were -written to make some little sense, it would carry the less suspicion; then -seal it up and send it. When your friend has received it, he must lay his -paper on the same, putting pins into the pin-holes, and then he can read -nothing but your mind that you write, for all the rest of the lines are -covered. - -_Another._--Write what you please of a letter on one side of a sheet of -letter paper with common ink; then turn your paper and write on the other -side with milk that which you would have secret, and let it dry; but this -must be written with a clean pen. Now, when you read it, you must hold -that side which is written with ink to the fire, and the milky letters -will then show bluish on the other side. - - - - -THE SILENT LANGUAGE. HOW TO CONVERSE WITH ANY PERSON WITHOUT SPEAKING A -WORD. - - -This art is performed on your hands and fingers, by the twenty-four -letters of the alphabet, which, having learned, you must spell the words -you intend your friend should know. The letters are very easily learned -and as easily remembered. You must understand that most of the letters are -upon the left hand and made with the fingers of the right and left hand; -the forefinger of your right hand you point to every letter, but sometimes -that and the two next fingers make several letters. The vowels are very -easy to remember, they being the tops or ends of your five fingers on your -left hand, and Y is formed in the palm of your left hand, thus: - - The end of the thumb is =A= - The end of the fore finger =E= - The end of the middle finger =I= - The end of the ring finger =O= - The end of the little finger =U= - The table, or palm of the hand =Y= - One finger on the left thumb =B= - Two fingers on the left thumb =C= - Three fingers on the left thumb =D= - Your two fingers laid together =F= - Thumb, your fists together =G= - Stroke the palm of both hands together =H= - Your fore finger upon the left wrist =K= - One finger on the back of the left hand =L= - Three fingers on the same =M= - Two fingers on the same =N= - Clench your left hand, or fist =O= - Clench your right hand =P= - Link your little fingers together =Q= - The backs of your hands together =R= - The end of your fore finger to the - middle joint of the other fore finger =S= - Two fingers upon the little finger of the left hand =T= - Two fingers across =X= - Give two snaps with your fingers =Z= - -Practice a few times and you will soon be perfect. Several motions -represent the likeness of the letter; as, one finger on the back of the -hand is like L, two fingers like N, three like M. The fore finger to the -middle joint of the other fore finger is like T; two fingers across is -like X; likewise B, C, D, are easily remembered; one finger on the left -thumb is B, two fingers C, three fingers D. But you must always remember -to give a snap with the fingers between the words, so that your friend may -distinguish one word from another. If you are in company, and think some -others understand you, that you would not have, it will be necessary to -change the vowels to some other part of the hand, and then none but your -friend that knows it can understand you. Suppose you would say to a lady -in a large company, “Madam, I am your humble servant.” It is done thus: - - Lay three fingers on the back of your hand =M= - Put your finger to the end of your left thumb =A= - Three fingers upon your left thumb =D= - Your finger again to the thumb =A= - Three fingers again to the back of your hand =M= - And give a snap with your fingers as a - sign the word is spelt. - Then point to the end of your middle finger =I= - Then snap your fingers. - Then point to the end of your thumb =A= - Three fingers on the back of your hand =M= - Then snap your fingers. - Then point to the palm of your left hand =Y= - Then point to the end of your ring finger =O= - Then point to the end of your little finger =U= - Then link your little fingers together =R= - Then snap your fingers. - Stroke the palms of your hands together =H= - Point to the end of your little finger =U= - Put three fingers on the back of your hand =M= - One finger on the thumb =B= - One finger on the back of your hand =L= - Point to the end of your fore finger =E= - Then snap your fingers. - Put the backs of your hands together =S= - Point to the end of your fore finger =E= - Link your little fingers together =R= - Point to the end of your little finger =V= - Point to the end of the thumb =A= - Lay two fingers on the back of your hand =N= - Point the fore finger to the middle joint of the other fore finger =T= - Then snap your fingers. - -And thus you may discourse upon any subject; if you practice it often you -will soon learn to do it very quick, even faster than you can write. - - - - -PREDICTIONS OF THE WEATHER, ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES, &c. - - -Should the horizon in the north wear a ruddy appearance in the evening, -stormy and boisterous weather may be expected. - -If the clouds in the south are ruddy in the evening, sunshiny and rainy -weather will prevail for some time afterward. - -When the face of the moon is partially obscured by a light, thin vapor, -rain will shortly follow. - -When the rays from the sun at midday are more than ordinarily dazzling, -rainy weather will shortly succeed. - -In summertime, when the swallows fly near to the ground, rainy weather -will assuredly soon follow. - -The shrill crowing of a cock during rainy weather, is a sign that drought -will speedily prevail. - -When the smoke from the chimney falls down toward the ground, instead of -rising upward, it is a sign that rainy weather will soon follow. - -If on a foggy morning in summer the fog rises upward, it will be a fine -day; if the fog falls to the ground, it will be wet. - -When, in summertime, you see the cattle grazing in a field gathering -together in groups, be assured that a thunderstorm is approaching. - -When you see the fowls in a farmyard flocking together under some covert, -be assured that ungenial weather is about to succeed. - -When the crows, in flying over your head, make an extraordinary and -discordant cawing, rain will come on shortly. - -When you see your dog or cat more than ordinarily restless, frisking about -the house in all directions, be assured that some boisterous weather will -shortly follow. - -In rainy weather, when you hear the chirping of the sparrows on the -housetop more shrill than usual, it is a sign that clear and dry weather -will quickly succeed. - -When you see a vapory fluid resting upon a stagnant pool in the fore part -of the day, you may conclude that rainy weather will shortly come on. -Should the vapor ascend and clear away, a continued drought may be -anticipated. - -In summer, when the atmosphere is dense and heavy, and there is scarcely a -breath of air, be assured that a thunderstorm is coming on. - -When the firmament is lighted up with meteoric phenomena, such as falling -stars, globes of fire, &c., changeable and boisterous weather may be -expected to prevail. - -When the rising sun appears like a solid mass of fervent heated metal, and -no rays appear to emanate therefrom, fine and dry weather may be -confidently anticipated. - -When the sun sets in a halo of ruddy brightness, genial and bright weather -may be fully relied on for the coming day. - -When the moon appears of a ruddy hue, stormy and boisterous weather may be -expected to follow. - -When the stars appear of a sparkling brightness, fine and genial weather -may be expected to prevail for some time. Should the stars appear obscure -and dim, changeable and rainy weather may be anticipated. - -The luminous appearance of the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, in the -firmament, foretells the approach of stormy and boisterous weather. - -When the setting sun, in the autumn or winter seasons, appears ruddy, it -is a sign that high and boisterous winds may be expected to blow from the -north and northwest. When the sun at its rising, in the autumn or winter -seasons, appears ruddy, it foretells that high and boisterous winds may be -anticipated to blow from the south and southeast. - -When seabirds are observed flocking toward the shore, storms and tempests -may be confidently expected. - -When in the early autumn season the migratory birds are seen flocking -together and taking their departure, it is a certain sign that rough and -boisterous weather is approaching and that a severe winter may be -anticipated. - -When the doves around a dovecote make a more than ordinary cooing, and -frequently pass in and out of their cote, it is a sign that a change of -weather is near. - -When the robin approaches your habitation, it is a sign that wintry -weather will shortly prevail. - -When there is a thick vapory mist resting on the tops of high hills in the -morning and remains there during the day, it is a sign that wet and -ungenial weather may be anticipated. Should the mist eventually rise -upward and be evaporated by the sun’s rays, a return to fine dry weather -may be looked for; if, however, the mist falls down into the valley, a -continuation of wet weather will prevail. - -If, in taking a walk, you should see a single magpie, it is a bad omen, -especially if it should fly past you to the left hand; but, if it should -pass you to the right hand, the good will counterbalance the bad. Should -you see two magpies together, expect to hear of something to your -advantage--a proposal of marriage, if single; or a legacy of money -bequeathed to you. Should the magpies fly past you together, to your right -hand, your own marriage, or the marriage of some one nearly related to -you, will occur in a short time. The seeing of several magpies together is -considered a very fortunate omen. - -May is considered an unlucky month to marry in, therefore avoid doing so -if possible. If you can catch a snail by the horns on the first of May and -throw it over your shoulder, you will be lucky throughout the year. If -you place one on a slate on that day, it will describe by its turnings the -initials of your future partner’s name. - -If a young man or young woman, on going up a flight of stairs, should -stumble in the middle of the flight, it is a sign that his or her marriage -will take place in a short time; if the stumbling should be near the top -of the stairs, then his or her marriage will be immediately consummated. - -If a marriage procession, on proceeding to church or chapel, should happen -to meet a funeral procession, it is considered an unlucky omen to the -expectant bride; if, on returning after the solemnization of the rite, a -funeral procession should pass the bridal party, it is an unfavorable sign -to the bridegroom. - -If a young person, when seated at the tea-table, should observe one or -more stalks of the tea plant in the newly poured out cup, and if, on -stirring the tea and holding the spoon in the middle of the liquid, the -stalk or stalks should come close to the spoon handle, it is a token that -he or she will be soon married. - -When the house dog is unusually restless, and howls dismally in the night -time, it is a sign that sickness and death are about to visit the family -to whom the dog belongs. - -When the wick of your candle shows a bright spark in the midst of the -flame, it is a sign that a long absent friend is about to visit you. - -When the ribs of your fire grate are more than usual covered with flakes -of soot, it is a sign that a stranger is about to visit your habitation. - - - - -DIVINATION BY THE BIRDS OF THE AIR AND THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD. - - -It hath been duly observed, by the learned in all ages of the world, that -our all-wise and beneficent Creator originally implanted in the frame of -nature a means whereby mankind may attain to the knowledge of such future -contingencies as concern their welfare and happiness; and, more -especially, since we observe, even in the brute creation, that even the -most inconsiderable creatures upon the earth are more or less endowed with -a gift of foreknowledge. Thus the industrious bee, and laborious ant, lay -in their summer store, in order to supply the necessary wants of an -inclement winter, which they foreknow is yet to come; yet, even of all the -whole race of reptiles, the ant, the spider, and the bee, appear to be -endowed with the greatest share of sagacity. The wisdom of the ants is -conspicuous in forming themselves into a kind of republic and therein -observing, as it were, their own peculiar laws and policies; but the -cunning of the spider seems to exceed that of most other insects; its -various artifices to ensnare its prey is no less remarkable than its -contrivance of a cell or retreat behind its web, where it feasts upon its -game in safety and conceals the fragments of those carcasses it has -devoured, without exposing to public view the least remains of its -barbarity, which might tend to distinguish its place of abode, or create -the least jealousy in any sect, that their enemy was near. Into what -history can we look to find people who are governed by laws equal to what -we observe in the republic of bees? What experience can we desire beyond -what we observe in the cunning spider, to teach us to guard against the -artifices of those who lay snares to catch the thoughtless and unwary? or -what can exceed the indefatigable ant, in teaching us lessons of frugality -and industry? - -The badger, the hedgehog and the mole also provide themselves a magazine -of plants and herbs, which they foreknow will enable them to lie concealed -in their holes during the hard frosts of winter, contented with their -prison, which affords them safety. Their holes are constructed with -amazing art, and generally have two apertures, that in case one should be -beset by an enemy, they may escape by the other. The doublings by the -hare, the tricks of the fox to escape the hounds, are also astonishing -indications of foresight and sagacity. The feathered race are likewise -endowed with a similar faculty and often foretell an approaching storm a -considerable time before it appears, by retiring in flocks to their holes -and hiding places for shelter and protection. The birds of passage seem to -inherit this gift in a remarkable degree, for they assemble together in -prodigious flocks at an appointed hour, and take their leave before the -approach of winter; which they see will destroy the flies and insects, as -they feed on nothing else. And it is no less extraordinary than true, that -these birds return as early as the sun brings forth this class of insects -into new life, and they have also the sagacity to find out and possess -their old nests and habitations. The wise, provident forecast for -self-preservation and safety is even extended to the innumerable -inhabitants of the immense ocean, where we see the fishes, pressed by -unceasing hunger, indiscriminately prey upon one another, the large upon -the small, even of its own species; whence the smaller fish in regular -gradations, when in danger of being devoured, fly for an asylum to the -shallow waters, where they know their enemy either cannot or dare not come -to pursue them. And this pursuit of one species of fish after another, is -by no means confined to a single region, for we find shoals of them -pursuing one another, from the vicinity of the pole even down to the -equator, and thus the cod from the banks of the Newfoundland pursues the -whiting, which flies before it, even to the southern shores of Spain. It -is astonishing also, that herrings, which appear to generate towards the -north of Scotland, regularly make their way once a year to the British -Channel. Their voyage is conducted with the utmost regularity, and the -time of their departure is fixed from the month of June to August. They -always assemble together before they set out and no stragglers are ever -found from the general body. It is impossible to assign any cause for this -emigration, but it doubtless proceeds from the same instinctive impulse -with which all orders of animated nature are more or less imbued. - -Now observe, that when you go out of your house to do or transact any kind -of business, and in the way you do see a man, or a bird going or flying, -so that either of them do set themselves before you on your right hand, -that is a good signification in reference to your business; but when you -shall go out of your house on any business whatsoever, and shall see a -bird or a man before you on the left side of you, it is an ill sign in -reference to your said business. When either a man or a bird shall thus -pass before you, coming from the right side of you and bending towards the -left, goeth out of your sight, that is a good sign concerning your -business. When you do find a man going, or a bird flying, and then he -rests himself before you on your right side, and you seeing it, this is -also a good sign of success in your business. But when you see a man or a -bird bending from your right side to your left, it is an ill sign -concerning your business; when a man or a bird comes behind you, and goes -faster than you, but before he cometh at you he rests, or the same before -you came at him, he rests, and you seeing him on your right side, it is to -you a good sign. But when this happens on the left side, it is an evil -sign. When a man or a bird, coming from your left side, and passing to the -right, goeth out of your sight without resting, it is a good sign. If a -man or bird, coming from your right hand, passing behind your back to the -left, and you see him resting anywhere, this is an evil sign. All the -auspicia which first happeneth in the beginning of any business, ought not -to be taken notice of, as if in the beginning of any work you find that -rats have been gnawing your clothes, then insist upon your undertakings. -If, on going out of your house, you happen to stumble on the threshold, or -if in the way you happen to dash your foot against anything, then forbear -your journey; if any ill omen ever happens at the beginning of your -business, then put it off for a while, lest you be completely disappointed -therein. If a crow, raven or a jackdaw do croak over any person, it doth -show much evil of a serious nature. The magpie informs you that you will -soon hear news and come into company; but whether such news be good or -bad, observe whether it comes from the right hand or the left. The screech -owl is always unfortunate, for, about the 17th Oct., 1807, Grantham church -was a repository for a number of owls every evening, for about one month, -when it followed that, before that time next year, the same church was -actually robbed of all its plate and money, to a large amount, by a gang -of villains, in the dead of the night, to the great loss and detriment of -the whole parish. If you meet sparrows, it is unfortunate, except for -love. Flies indicate importunity and impudent affronts; cocks meeting -you, or crowing against your house, inform you of visitors coming and -success in your journeys and business. If you meet a hare, a mule, or a -hog, it is an ill omen; to meet horses in a carriage is good, but if you -meet an ass, expect trouble; while to meet sheep and goats is very good -and indicates prosperity in your affairs; if you either meet a dog or -oxen, you may expect the same success, for it is good; mice indicate that -you will soon meet with danger; locusts making a stand in any place, -hindereth a person from their wishes and is an ill omen; on the contrary, -grasshoppers promote a journey and foretell a good event of things. The -spider weaving a line downwards, signifies hope of money to come; as also -the ants having a nest near your door is good, because they know how to -provide for themselves, and portend security and riches. If you meet with -a snake, take care of an ill-tongued enemy; a viper signifies lewd women -and wicked children; an eel shows a man that is displeased with everybody. -But of all the various auspices and omens, there is none more effectual -and potent than man, none that doth signify the truth more clearly. You -must, therefore, diligently note and duly observe the condition of that -man you meet, or that meeteth you; his age, profession, station, gesture, -motion, exercise, complexion, habit, name, words, speech, &c.; for, seeing -there are in all other animals so many discoveries or presages, yet those -are all more efficacious and clear which are infused into the soul of man. - - - - -PHYSIOGNOMY. - - -_Strength of Body_ is shown by stiff hair, large bones, firm and robust -limbs, short muscular neck, firm and erect carriage, head broad and high, -forehead short and peaked, bristly hair, large feet, harsh unequal voice -and florid complexion. - -_Weakness of Body_ is distinguished by a small, ill-proportioned head, -narrow shoulders, soft skin and pale complexion. - -_Long Life_ is indicated by strong teeth, sanguine temperament, middle -size, large, deep and ruddy lines in the hand, large muscles, stooping -shoulders, full chest, firm flesh, clear complexion, slow growth, wide -ears and large eyelids. - -_Short Life_ may be inferred from a thick tongue, the appearance of the -molars before the age of puberty, thin uneven teeth, confused lines in the -hand, and quick but small growth. - -_Intellect_ is denoted by thin skin, middle stature, bright eyes, fair -complexion, straight and fine hair, eyebrows joined, affable manner, -moderation in mirth, and the temples slightly concave. - -_A Dunce_ may be known by a swollen neck, plump arms, sides and loins, a -round head, fleshy forehead, pale eyes, dull, heavy look, small joints, -snuffling nostrils, proneness to laughter, little hands, ill-proportioned -head, either too large or too small, blubber lips, short fingers and thick -legs. - -_Fortitude_ is promised from a wide mouth, sonorous voice, slow, grave and -always equal, upright posture, large, open, steadfast eyes, the hair high -above the forehead, the head much compressed or flattened, the forehead -square and high, the extremities large and robust, the neck firm though -not fleshy, large chest, dark complexion. - -_Intrepidity_ often resides in a small body, with ruddy countenance, -frowning eyebrows, small mouth, prominent nose and large lines in the -hand. - -_Boldness_ is characterised by a prominent mouth, rugged appearance, rough -forehead, arched eyebrows, large nostrils and teeth, short neck, strong -arms, ample chest, square shoulders and stern countenance. - -_Timidity_ resides where we find a concave neck, pale color, weak eyes, -soft hair, plump breast, shrill voice, small mouth, thin lips, broad, thin -hands and small shambling feet. - -_Prudence_ is generally distinguished by a head which is flat on the -sides, broad, square forehead, slightly concave in the middle, soft voice, -broad chest, thin hair, bright eyes, large ears, aquiline nose. - -_Irascibility_ may be seen in an erect carriage, clear skin, solemn voice, -open nostrils, moist temples with superficial veins, thick neck, quick -pace, bloodshot eyes, large unequal teeth. - -_Melancholy_ is denoted by a wrinkled face, dejected eyes, slow pace, -fixed look and deliberate respiration. - -_Amorousness_ shows a fair slender face, hair exuberant on head, face and -limbs, moist shining eyes, wide nostrils, prominent lips. - -_Gaiety_ shows a rosy agreeable countenance, a musical voice, an agile -body and soft flesh. - -_Envy_ appears with a wrinkled forehead, frowning, dejected look, pale -countenance and dry, rough skin. - -_Gentleness_ may be distinguished by a soft and moist palm, frequent -shutting of the eyes, soft movement, slow speech, fine hair. - -_Bashfulness_ may be discovered by moist half-closed eyes, moderate pace, -slow speech, blushing countenance. - -_Sobriety_ is accompanied by equal respiration, regular features, easy -carriage and sedate manners. - -_Mental Strength_ is signified by straight hair, a small body, shining -eyes, grave intense voice, stout muscular body, broad back and shoulders. - -_Good Memory_ is common in those persons who are small, yet better formed -in the upper than the lower parts, delicate skin, inclined to baldness, -crooked nose, thick teeth, large ears. - -_Bad Memory_ is observable in persons who are larger in their superior -than inferior parts, hairy hands and body, coarse skin. - -_Good Sight_ is enjoyed by those persons who have black, thick, straight -eyelashes, large bushy eyebrows. - -_Hearing_ is most acute in those whose ears are well furnished with -cartilage, well channelled and hairy. - -_Smelling_ is most perfect in those who have large noses, descending very -near the mouth, neither too moist nor too dry. - -_Tasting_ is dainty in such as have a spongy, soft tongue, well moistened -with saliva. - -_Delicacy of Touch_ is remarked in those who have sensitive nerves, soft -skin, moderately warm and dry. - - - - -THE PLEASURES OF DREAMING. - - - “We always dream; the life of man’s a dream, - In which fresh tumults agitate his breast, - Till the kind hand of death unbolts the bars - Which clog the noble and aspiring soul, - Then, then we truly wake.”--HIGGINS. - - --“Shroud thy hated light, - Thou rising sun; nor summon with such speed, - The o’erlabored world to toils of a new day; - Why, flatter’d mortals, will you wake to cares, - When sleep, in kind delusion, may divert - Your pensive mind with pleasing images? - A dream sets free the captive; can restore - Lost fields to soldiers; to wreck’d merchants wealth. - In dreams the exile visits his sweet home. - And o’er the sparkling bowl relates at large - His past distresses to his wondering friends. - The lover, too, the sad forsaken lover. - May dream, and feign the falsest mistress true.”--TATE. - -It has been truthfully observed, that half the life of even the most -miserable is as unruffled as that of the most happy of men, for that -portion is spent in sleep--in the enjoyment of quiet repose--in peace and -in security. A quiet reliance upon Providence, a conscience void of -offence, temperance and regularity, every person can command, and these -are the only requisites to secure sound and pleasant sleep and pleasant -dreams. In these every one has happy moments--and in this life we cannot -expect more than transient gleams of sunshine--a mixture of sours and -sweets, whose agreeable or distasteful flavor depends much more upon -ourselves than is commonly imagined. - -Addison, the virtuous and religious Addison; often dwells in his writings -upon dreams--published many of his stories as the result of -them--sometimes treated of them seriously and earnestly, and at others -brought all his powers of ridicule into play to expose their absurdity. -“Dreams,” he says, “are an instance of that agility and perfection which -is natural to the faculties of the mind, where they are disengaged from -the body. The soul is clogged and retarded in her operations when she acts -in conjunction with a companion that is so heavy and unwieldy in her -motions. But in dreams it is wonderful to observe with what sprightliness -and alacrity she exerts herself. The flow of speech makes unpremeditated -harangues, or converses readily in languages that they are but little -acquainted with. The grave abound in pleasantries, the dull in repartee -and points of wit. There is not a more painful action of the mind than -invention; yet in dreams it works with that ease and activity that we are -not sensible of when the faculty is employed. For instance, I believe -every one, some time or other, dreams that he is reading papers, books, or -letters, in which case the invention prompts so readily that the mind is -imposed upon, and mistakes its own suggestions for the compositions of -another.” In another part of the same paper he gives the two following -problems: “Supposing a man, always happy in his dreams and miserable in -his waking thoughts, and that his life was equally divided between -them--whether he would be more happy or miserable? Were a man a king in -his dreams and a beggar awake, and dreamed as consequentially, and in -continued unbroken schemes, as he thinks when awake--whether he would be -in reality a king or a beggar, or rather, whether he would not be both?” - -Addison was of opinion that some useful instruction might be derived even -from a dream: “Since we have so little time to spare, that none of it may -be lost, I see no reason why we should neglect to examine those imaginary -scenes we are presented with in sleep, only because they have less reality -in them than our waking meditation. A traveler would bring his judgment in -question, who should despise the directions of his map for want of real -roads in it, because here stands a dot instead of a town, or a cipher -instead of a city, and it must be a long day’s journey to travel through -two or three inches. Fancy in dreams gives us much such another landscape -of life as that does of countries, and though its appearance may seem -strangely jumbled together, we may often observe such traces and footsteps -of noble thoughts, as, if carefully pursued, might lead us into proper -course of action. There is so much rapture and ecstacy in our fancied -misery, that though the inactivity of the body has given occasion for -calling sleep the image of death, the briskness of the fancy affords us a -strong intimation of something within us that can never die.” - -Addison, however, could treat with a happy ridicule all those everyday -dreams with which most persons are so familiar and gives several cases -from imaginary correspondents, some dissatisfied with the non-fulfilment -of their nocturnal visions, and others annoyed at being disturbed in the -midst of their delightful reveries. “I have received,” says Addison, -“numerous complaints from several delicious dreamers, desiring me to -invent some method of silencing those noisy slaves, whose occupations lead -them to take their early rounds about the city in the morning, doing a -deal of mischief and working strange confusion in the affairs of its -inhabitants. Several monarchs have done me the honor to acquaint me, how -often they have been shook from their respective thrones by the rattling -of a coach or by the rumbling of a wheelbarrow; and many private -gentlemen, I find, have been bawled out of vast estates by fellows not -worth three-pence. A fair lady was just upon the point of being married to -a young, rich, handsome, ingenious nobleman, when an impertinent tinker, -passing by, forbade the banns; and a hopeful youth, who had been newly -advanced to great honor and preferment, was forced by a neighboring -cobbler to resign all for an old song. It has been represented to me that -those inconsiderate rascals do nothing but go about dissolving of -marriages, and spoiling of fortunes, impoverishing rich, and ruining great -people, interrupting beauties in the midst of their conquests and generals -in the course of their victories; a boisterous peripatetic hardly goes -through a street without waking half a dozen kings and princes to open -their shops, or clean shoes, frequently transforming sceptres into -paring-shovels and proclamations into bills. I have by me a letter from a -young statesman, who in five or six hours came to be Emperor of Europe, -after which he made war upon the Great Turk, routed him horse and foot, -and was crowned lord of the universe in Constantinople; the conclusion of -all his successes is that, on the twelfth instant, about seven in the -morning, his Imperial Majesty was deposed by a chimney sweeper. On the -other hand, I have epistolary testimonies of gratitude from many miserable -people, who owe to this clamorous tribe frequent deliverance from great -misfortunes. A small coalman, by waking one of these distressed gentlemen, -saved him from ten years’ imprisonment; an honest watchman, bidding a loud -good-morrow to another, freed him from the notice of many potent enemies -and brought all their designs against him to nothing. A certain -valetudinarian confesses he has often been cured of a sore throat by the -hoarseness of a carman and relieved from a fit of the gout by the sound of -old shoes. - -“A citizen who is waked by one of these criers, may regard him as a kind -of remembrancer, come to admonish him that it is time to return to the -circumstances he had overlooked all the night time; to leave off fancying -what he is not, and prepare to act suitably to the condition he is really -placed in.” - -That may be called a dream which proceeds either from the spirit of the -phantasy and intellect united together, or by the illustration of the -agent intellect above our souls, or by the true revelation of some divine -power in a quiet and purified mind; for by this our soul receives true -oracles, and abundantly yields prophecies to us; as in dreams we seem both -to ask questions and learn to find them out. Also many doubtful things, -many policies, many things unknown, unwished for, and never attempted by -our minds, are manifested to us in dreams; also the representation of -things unknown and unknown places appear to us, and the images of men, -both alive and dead; and things to come are foretold, and also which at -any time have happened are revealed, which we know not by any report. And -these kind of dreams need not any interpretation, as those which belong to -divination, not to foreknowledge; and it comes to pass that they who have -dreams for the most part understand them not; for, as to have dreams is -from the strength of imagination, so to understand them is from the -strength of understanding. He, therefore, whose intellect being -overwhelmed by too much commerce of the flesh, is in a deep sleep, or his -fantastic power or spirit is too dull and unpolished, so that it cannot -receive the species and representation which flow from the superior -intellect; this man is altogether unfit for the receiving of dreams and -prophesying by them. Therefore it is necessary that he who would receive -true dreams, should keep a pure, undisturbed and imaginative spirit; and -so compass it that it may be made worthy of the knowledge and government -by the mind, for such a spirit is most fit for prophesying and is a most -clear glass of all images which flow everywhere from all things. When, -therefore, we are sound in body, not disturbed in mind, our intellect not -made dull by heavy meats and strong drink, not sad through poverty, nor -provoked through lust, nor incited by any vice, nor stirred up by wrath or -anger, not being irreligiously and profanely inclined, not given to -levity, nor lost in drunkenness; but chastely going to bed, fall asleep, -then our pure and divine soul being free from all the evils above recited, -and separated from all hurtful thoughts, and now freed, by dreaming, is -endowed with this divine spirit as an instrument, and receives those beams -and representations which are darted down as it were, and shine forth from -the divine mind into itself, in a deifying glass. It does more certainly, -more clearly and efficaciously, behold all things, than by the vulgar -inquiry of the intellect and by the discourse of reason. The divine person -instructing the soul, being invited to their society by the opportunity of -the nocturnal solitariness, neither will that spirit of genius be wanting -to him when he is awake, which rules all our actions. But there are four -kinds of true dreams, viz.: the first, matutine, _i. e._ between sleeping -and waking; the second, that which one sees concerning another; the third, -that whose interpretation is shown to the same dreamer in the nocturnal -vision; and, lastly, that which is related to the same dreamer in the -nocturnal vision. But natural things and their own co-mixtures likewise -belong unto wise men, and we often use such to receive oracles from a -spirit by a dream, which are either by perfumes, unctions, meats, drinks, -rings, seals, &c. Now those who are desirous to receive oracles in or -through a dream, let them make themselves a ring of the sun or Saturn for -this purpose. There are likewise images of dreams, which being put under -the head when one goes to sleep, effectually give true dreams of whatever -the mind hath before determined, of which as follows: - -Thou shalt make an image of the sun, the figure whereof must be a man -sleeping upon the bosom of an angel; which thou shalt make when Leo -ascends, the sun being in the ninth house in Aries; then you must write -upon the figure the name of the effect desired, and in the hand of the -angel the name and character of the intelligence of the sun, which is -Michael. - -Let the same image be made in Virgo ascending, Mercury being fortunate in -Aries in the ninth, or Gemini ascending, Mercury being fortunate in the -ninth house in Aquarius; and let him be received by Saturn with a -fortunate aspect, and let the name of the spirit (which is Raphael) be -written upon it. Let the same likewise be made, Libra ascending, Venus -being received from Mercury in Gemini in the ninth house, and write upon -it the name of the angel of Venus (which is Annael). Again you make the -same image, Aquarius ascending, Saturn fortunately possessing the ninth in -his exaltation, which is Libra, and let there be written upon it the name -of the angel of Saturn, (which is Cassi-al). The same may be made with -Cancer ascending, the moon being received by Jupiter and Venus in Pisces, -and being fortunately placed in the ninth house, and write upon it the -spirit of the moon (which is Gabriel). - -There are likewise made rings of dreams of wonderful efficacy, and there -are rings of the sun and Saturn, and the constellation of them is when the -sun or Saturn ascend in their exaltation in the ninth house of the -nativity, and write and engrave upon the rings the name of the sun or -Saturn, and by these rules you may know how and by what means to -constitute more of yourself. But know this, that such images work nothing -(as they are simply images), except they are vivified by a spiritual and -celestial virtue and chiefly by the ardent desire and firm intent of the -soul of the operator. But who can give a soul to an image, or make a -stone, or metal, or clay, or wood, or wax, or paper to live? Certainly no -man whatever; for this arcanum doth enter into an artist of a stiff neck; -he only hath it who transcends the progress of angels and comes to the -very Archtype himself. - -He who is desirous of receiving true oracles by dreams, let him abstain -from supper, from drink, and be otherwise well disposed, so his brain will -be free from turbulent vapors; let him also have his bedchamber fair and -clean, exorcised and consecrated, then let him perfume the same with some -convenient fumigation, and let him anoint his temples with some -efficacious unguent and put a ring of dreams upon his finger; then let him -take one of the images we have spoken of and place the same under his -head; then let him address himself to sleep, meditating upon that thing -which he desires to know. So shall he receive a most certain and undoubted -oracle by a dream, when the moon goes through the sign of the ninth -revolution of his nativity, and when she is in the ninth sign from the -sign of perfection. - -This is the way whereby we may obtain all sciences and arts whatever, -whether astrology, occult philosophy, physic, &c., or else suddenly and -perfectly with a true illumination of our intellect, although all inferior -familiar spirits whatsoever conduce to this effect, and sometimes also -evil spirits sensibly inform us intrinsically and extrinsically. - - - - -THE WAY TO GET RICH - - -“There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads -to fortune.” - - “He that by the plough would thrive, - Himself must either hold or drive; - For age and want save while you may, - No morning’s sun lasts a whole day; - Get what you can, and what you get, hold, - ’Tis a stone that will turn all your lead into gold; - Therefore be ruled by me, I pray, - Save something for a rainy day.” - -_Remember_, that time is money, for he that can earn a dollar a day at his -labor, and goes abroad, or sits at home one-half of that day, though he -spend but six cents during his diversion or idleness, he ought not to -reckon that the only expense; he has really wasted, or rather thrown away, -fifty cents besides. - -_Remember_, that credit is money; if a man lets his money lie in my hands -after it is due, because he has a good opinion of my credit, he gives me -the interest, or so much as I can make of the money during that time; this -amounts to a very considerable sum, where a man has large credit and also -makes a good use of it. - -_Remember_, that money is of a prolific or multiplying nature; money will -produce money, and its offspring will produce more; and so five shillings -turned is six, being turned again is seven and three-pence, and so on, -till it becomes a hundred pounds; and the more there is of it, the more it -will produce on every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and -quicker; and he who throws away a crown, destroys all that it might have -produced, even some scores of pounds. - -_Remember_, that six pounds a year is a groat a day, for this little sum -(which may be daily wasted either in time or expenses unperceived), if a -proper use be made of it, he may, on his own security, have the constant -possession and use of a hundred and twenty pounds. So much in stock, -briskly turned by an industrious man, will always produce the greatest -advantage to the tradesman. Remember this proverb, that the good paymaster -is lord of another man’s purse, for he who is known to pay punctually and -exactly at the time he promises, may, at any time, and on any occasion, -raise all the money his friend can spare. This is sometimes of great use; -next to industry and frugality nothing can contribute more to the raising -of a man in the world than punctuality in all his dealings. Therefore, -never keep borrowed money one single hour beyond the time promised, lest -the disappointment should shut up your friend’s purse forever, as the most -trifling actions that affect a man’s credit ought always to be avoided. -The sound of the hammer at five in the morning, or at nine at night, -being heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he -sees you at a gaming table, or hears your voice in a tavern, when you -should be at work, he sends for his money the very next day and demands it -before it is convenient for you to pay him. Beware of thinking all your -own that you possess and of living accordingly. This is a mistake that -many people of credit fall into; but in order to prevent this, always keep -an exact account both of your expenses and also of your daily income and -profits. For if you will only just take the trouble at first to enumerate -particulars, it will discover unto you how wonderfully trifling expenses -mount up to a large sum; by which you will also discern what might have -been, and also what may for the future be saved without causing any great -inconvenience. In short, the way to obtain riches, if you desire it, is as -plain as the way to the market, which depends chiefly on two things, viz.: -industry and frugality; and take care that you waste neither time nor -money, but daily make use of both; if you take care of the hours and days, -the weeks, months and years will also take care of themselves. Constant -experience proves that any business being first well contrived, is more -than half done--for a sleeping fox catches no poultry; there will be sleep -enough in the grave, and also, that lost time is seldom found again, for -that which we generally call time enough, always proves little enough; for -sloth makes things difficult, while industry makes them easy. He that -rises late must trot hard all day and shall scarce overtake his business -at night--for laziness travels so slow that poverty soon overtakes him. -Drive your business, but let not that drive you; for early to bed and -early to rise, is the way to become healthy, wealthy and wise. Industry -need not wish, while he who lives on a vain hope will die fasting; for we -find that there is nothing to be done or accomplished under the sun -without labor. He that hath a trade, hath an estate, and he that hath a -profession, hath an office and profit with honor; but then the trade must -be worked at, and the profession well followed, or they will not enable -you to pay rent and taxes. At the working man’s house hunger looks in but -dares not enter; for industry pays debts, while despair increases them. -Diligence is the mother of good luck; as Solomon saith: “The diligent hand -maketh rich, while he that dealeth with a slack hand becometh poor; for -God gives all things to industry.” Then plow deep while the sluggards -sleep, and you shall have plenty, while others have reason to complain of -hard times. Therefore keep working while it is called to-day, for you know -not how much you may be hindered to-morrow; and never leave that business -to be done to-morrow which you can do to-day; for since you are not sure -of a single hour, throw not that away. How many are they who live daily by -their wits, and who often break from want of a stock in hand, while -industry gives comfort, plenty and respect. Keep your shop well and then -your shop will keep you. For it sometimes happens that the eyes of a -master will do more work than both his hands, and more especially if his -head be any reasonable length; for the want of care doth more damage than -the want of knowledge. If you do not overlook your workmen, you may just -as well leave them your purse open; the trusting too much to the care of -others has completely ruined many a man. If you would be wealthy, think of -being careful and saving; for - - “Women and wine, game and deceit, - Make the wealth small and the wants great.” - -That which maintains one vice, would bring up two children. And if you -wish to know the value of money, only just go and try to borrow a little; -he that goes borrowing, goes sorrowing, and, indeed, so doth he who lends -it unto such people, when he goes to try to get it back again. Pride that -dines on vanity, sups on content and often breakfasts with plenty, dines -with poverty and sups with infamy, creates envy, and hastens misfortunes; -for it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. Creditors have generally -much better memories than debtors, who are also a kind of superstitious -set, great observers of set or appointed days and times; so that those -have but a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter; for expenses are -always so constant and certain, that it is much easier to build two -chimneys than to keep one in fuel. Rather go to bed supperless than rise -in debt. Always do unto others as you would wish to be done by, is the -first fundamental law of natural justice. - - - - -LEAVES OF DESTINY. - - -_Directions for Consulting the Sibyl._--Draw for a number from slips -numbered from 1 to 100, and see corresponding number in Leaves of Destiny; -or, simply call out numbers selected. - - 1. You’ll meet this year on Brighton Strand, - One destined for your heart and hand. - - 2. Choose one--if you are shrewd, - No safety lies in multitude. - - 3. Endless flirtation - Doth seem your vocation. - - 4. Bracing air and embracing arms, - Give Coney Island especial charms. - - 5. Young or old? Love or gold? - Hot or cold? Given or sold? - Toss odd or even--you’ll be told. - - 6. Some natures change on the change of name - But like the rose you’ll be the same. - - 7. For music and balls, - You’ll have nursery squalls. - - 8. The right one cometh from New York, - With heart and purse as light as cork. - - 9. Away with pride and cold disdain, - Or you’ll too long a maid remain. - - 10. Don’t have for motto, “Both best,” - But--“Choose one, look at the rest.” - - 11. ’Tis simply true, tho’ you may laugh, - That you will worship a golden calf. - - 12. This year a lover will with pride, - Watch thee sporting in the tide. - - 13. At Ocean Grove you’ll forsake worldly notions, - Drink nothing but tea and attend your devotions. - - 14. A heart and fortune you will gain, - In this summer’s grand campaign. - - 15. Before you go too far, - Be sure there’s not another side - The brighter side to mar. - - 16. A life both long and wisely spent, - With children to your heart’s content. - - 17. Happy when single, but not content, - You’ll marry in haste and soon repent. - - 18. Lovers and books romantic-- - Music of the grand Atlantic-- - This year will make you nearly frantic. - - 19. The “Mighty Dollar” cannot buy - The love for which in vain you sigh. - - 20. Look in the glass and you will see - Your source of power and frailty. - - 21. A well known line you may transpose-- - “A thorn is always near a rose.” - - 22. You nobly strive to make it known - “’Tis bad for man to be alone.” - - 23. Before the present year is out, - Your wedding cards will be about. - - 24. Drifting away, day by day! - No one to say, “Stay! oh, stay!” - - 25. A heartless flirt! you’ll penance do - For all the innocents you slew. - - 26. To you, I’m afraid, it is useless to preach - About the temptations of Rockaway Beach. - - 27. Merry and free your revelry! - Soon tired you’ll be of deviltry. - - 28. You’ll give up athletics; - And take to æsthetics. - - 29. On some fine day, not very remote, - You’ll meet your match on a Rockaway boat. - - 30. Your head is hot, your heart is cold-- - I pity your lot when you grow old. - - 31. When you’re seized with fits æsthetic, - Take at once a strong emetic. - - 32. With throbbing heart and trembling hand - Soon at the altar you will stand. - - 33. You’ll count among your future joys, - Six little girls, six little boys. - - 34. Before you sip, take firm grip, - You’ll have no slip ’tween cup and lip. - - 35. Your pace, I fear, is rather fast-- - Your love’s by far too hot to last! - - 36. The greatest blessing you will find, - That Love should be completely blind. - - 37. Inconstant as the fickle wind, - From day to day you’ll change your mind. - - 38. Newport is the grand resort - For those, like you, intent on sport. - - 39. A blow on the pier--a plunge in the brine-- - Is all that’s required to make you divine. - - 40. Lovers come and quickly go - When they find your heart like dough. - - 41. The slightest rebuff makes you ready to die, - So fatal the kick from a gay butterfly. - - 42. Like Wilde and such æsthetic guys, - You ape an angel in disguise. - - 43. When weary of sands and the wild waves’ play, - To the glorious White Mountains fly away. - - 44. So rich, but sad; suppose you try - The Tonics of Adversity. - - 45. Ever dreaming, never doing, - You’ll gain nought by seaside wooing. - - 46. Unless you resolve more social to be - You must stop at home like the Heathen Chinee. - - 47. You will love and run away, - And live to love another day. - - 48. You’ll have good cause to bless the day - Your eyes beheld the famed Cape May. - - 49. You shall have a busy summer, - Flirting hard with each new comer. - - 50. Be merry now; no more you’ll laugh - When you have found your _bitter_-half. - - 51. Your sorrow may endure a night, - But joy will come with morning’s light. - - 52. The darling of your heart’s devotion - Is on the broad Atlantic Ocean. - - 53. Cheer up! cheer up! I plainly see - Bright golden days in store for thee. - - 54. You’ll go back when the weather cools, - To taffy-pulling and singing schools. - - 55. Like the flow and ebb of tide - Your spirits rise and soon subside. - - 56. Bright visions rise as this year falls, - Of concerts, theatres and balls. - - 57. At Saratoga’s famous Springs - An era bright for you begins. - - 58. Sing when you’re sad - And soon you’ll feel glad. - - 59. When summer’s heat and sport are o’er - In Florida you’ll seek for more. - - 60. Avoid all that sin and cruel temptation - Which assail young folk in the summer vacation. - - 61. You’re building castles in the air, - To end in grief and dark despair. - - 62. On Sea Girt Beach entranced you’ll be - By charms more rare than scenery. - - 63. Sunflower, lily and daffodil - An empty purse will never fill. - - 64. Blue and white your sole delight, - Yellow and black are put to flight. - - 65. You lack the courage to say “No,” - Hence all your troubles here below. - - 66. Lawn Tennis is the pastime sweet - Where a life partner you will meet. - - 67. Enjoy the sunshine while you may-- - Too soon the chance will pass away. - - 68. Avoid whate’er your spirit vexes-- - Despise “old women” of both sexes. - - 69. Smiles and tears, hopes and fears, - The rainbow hues of early years. - - 70. Sweet and bright as the month of May, - Your life shall seem a holiday. - - 71. You once extolled the “Age of Reason;” - Your mind will change this very season. - - 72. You prized too much, as you’ll confess, - A life of single blessedness. - - 73. You’ll break the heartless law of fashion, - And own at last the tender passion. - - 74. Like Oscar and his crew, - You are “too utterly too too.” - - 75. Your sole recreation-- - To cause a sensation. - - 76. Your photo book will change this year - And former fav’rites disappear. - - 77. To keep single you’ll contrive, - Up to prudent twenty-five. - - 78. Your destiny is hard to fix, - Bitter and sweet so freely mix. - - 79. Love requited--vows well plighted! - Hearts and hands for aye united! - - 80. This year a treasure you’ll discover-- - A brownstone house and a brimstone lover. - - 81. The wedding bells soon merrily - Shall ring a chime to gladden thee. - - 82. Sighing and dying, and wretchedly trying - To look well pleased when you’d like to be crying. - - 83. When you go out to sea to fish, - You’ll catch the very thing you wish. - - 84. To Asbury Park you will repair, - Where men may smoke and drink--the air. - - 85. You soon must solve the problem grave-- - “An old man’s pet or young one’s slave?” - - 86. If they are blest, whose quiver’s full, - Your lot shall be right joyful. - - 87. Some dress to live; but you, I guess, - Like many, only live to dress. - - 88. A sphere in life you will ensure, - Where men are true and women pure. - - 89. Tennis, polo, bathing, boating, - Picnic, music, flirting, doting-- - These your pastimes best worth noting. - - 90. When vanities bring weariness, - You’ll seek a rural wilderness-- - Meet penance for your wickedness! - - 91. Unless you’re a Mormon or a Turk, - Contented you’ll be with this year’s work. - - 92. Your seaside dreams of love and money - Will end in country milk and honey. - - 93. How sweet to thee is love’s young dream, - When gliding down the placid stream. - - 94. Dear captive feet are now set free, - To skip and dance right merrily, - As winter stealeth o’er the sea. - - 95. You’ll meet many cranks at the seaside this year; - It must be the Comet that made them so queer. - - 96. You’ll have, in place of dance hall skips, - Holy greetings from brethren’s lips-- - Prayer meetings: good fellowships. - - 97. The happy day is drawing nigh-- - To all your pains and cares good-bye! - - 98. The summer dies and birds of prey - To city haunts now fly away. - - 99. You’re leaving now to meet no more, - The only one you could adore. - - 100. Last of all, and not too late, - Fortune comes to those who wait. - -[Illustration] - - - - -Wehman’s Collection of Songs, No. 1. - -CONTAINING 100 SONGS. - - - A handful of earth. - A warrior bold. - All on account of Eliza. - Are you going to the hop this evening. - A violet from mother’s grave. - Angel’s whisper. - Betsy and I are out--_Recitation_. - Biddy, the ballet girl. - Be home early to-night, my dear boy. - Brave huzzars. - Betsy destroys the paper--_Recitation_. - Blue bells of Scotland. - Baby’s got a tooth. - Beautiful leaves. - Betsy and I hafe bust up--_Recitation_. - Blue Alsatian mountains. - Chickens in the garden. - Cows are in the corn. - Charge of the light brigade--_Recit._ - Colored hop. - Camptown races. - Come where my love lies dreaming. - Decision in “The Gipsy’s Warning.” - Double-breasted mansion on the square. - Dar am honey on dese lips. - Down in a coal mine. - Drunkard’s dream. - Dear Irish boy. - Emmet’s “Mountain Song.” - Father Tom O’Neil. - Granite mill fire. - Grant’s trip around the world. - Grave of Wolf Tone--_Recitation_. - Gwine to cross the river by-and-by. - Garden where the praties grow. - Hang up your hat behind the door. - Hard times, come again no more. - I can’t make it out, can you? - I’ve a baby in Kalamazoo. - I don’t like a cur at my heels. - In de lowlands, low. - Irish fair. - Joe Bowers. - Keep in de middle ob de road. - Kitty Tyrrel. - Little brown cot on the hill. - Little old house on the Rhine. - Let Erin remember the days of old. - Lost Rosabel. - Little flower you gave me. - Love’s chidings. - Mary Ann, I’ll tell your ma. - Moonlight at Killarney. - Mother would comfort me. - Mulligan’s funeral. - My pretty Jane. - Mary Ann McLaughlin. - Mary’s gone wid a coon. - Mr. and Mrs. Malone. - Norah, the pride of Kildare. - No one to love. - Oh! Fred, tell them to stop. - Our Army and Navy of blue. - Over the garden wall. - Old fashioned church on the hill. - Old fashioned homestead. - On the strict Q. T. - Oh! breathe not his name. - Old brown pants. - Old mountain tree. - Our grandfather’s days. - O’Reilly’s billy goat--_Recitation_. - Pallet of straw. - Patrick, mind the baby. - Patter of der shingles--_Recitation_. - Sadie darling. - Sarah’s young man. - Shamus O’Brien--_Recitation_. - Spring, gentle spring. - Same thing over again. - Schneider’s ride--_Recitation_. - She is far from the land. - Temple of fame. - There is a fine ship on the ocean. - Tramp--_Recitation_. - True Irish gents. - Turnpike gate. - Twickenham ferry. - Twinkle, twinkle, little star. - Tam O’Shanter hat. - True as steel. - Tar’s farewell. - Torpedo and the whale. - Tramp! tramp! tramp! the boys are marching. - Up at Jones’ wood. - When these old clothes were new. - Wist! Wist! Wist! - White cockade. - Way down upon the Suwanee ribber. - Wife’s dream. - -Price 10 Cents. - -For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers in the United States and -Canada, or will be sent post-paid to any address on receipt of price. -Address - - H. J. WEHMAN, Publisher, - P. O. Box 1823. =50 Chatham St., New York.= - - - - -Wehman’s Collection of Songs, No. 2. - -CONTAINING 95 SONGS. - - - Angel Gabriel. - Annie Lisle. - A rolling stone gathers no moss. - Annie of the vale. - A leaf of ivy from mother’s grave. - A lock of mother’s hair. - An Irishman’s letter--_Comic Reading_. - Barney McCoy. - Believe me in all those endearing young charms. - Boys of Kilkenny. - Boston burglar. - Boston fire. - Belle Brandon. - Big sun flower. - Billy Grimes, the rover. - Bold Jack Donohue. - Cod liver oil. - Captain Jinks, of the horse marines. - Close the shutters, Willie’s dead. - Casey’s whiskey. - Death of President Garfield. - Drifting with the tide. - Dying soldier--_Recitation_. - Don’t call in the morning. - Dreamy eyes haunt me still. - Don’t get weary, children. - Eileen, sweet Eileen. - Empty is the stable, Davy’s gone. - Evening star. - Flags of all nations. - Farmer’s boy. - Fisherman and his child. - Flying trapeze. - Gentle heart be true. - German fifth. - Good-bye, Susan Jane. - Good-bye, Charley. - Give bread to the poor. - God save our president from every harm. - Huckleberry picnic. - Hungry man from Harlem. - It’s naughty, but it’s nice. - I hope I don’t intrude. - I love my love in de morning. - I’ll bet you a dollar you don’t. - I’m a man you don’t meet every day. - In de evening by de moonlight. - I will be true to thee. - I’d offer thee this hand of mine. - I’m the governor’s only son. - I’ve got a donkey. - In the days when I was hard up. - It don’t belong to me. - I’d choose to be a baby. - I long to be single again. - I wandered by the brookside. - John Brown’s song; or, glory, glory, hallelujah. - John Mitchel. - Johnny is gone for a soldier. - Just landed. - Jim Bludso--_Recitation_. - Kitty Clyde. - Leave not your Kathleen. - Lecture on “Demperance.” - Love! love! love! - Let the dead and the beautiful rest. - Last night I was dreaming of you. - Mid-watch. - Muldoon, the solid man. - McKenna's dream. - Minnie, hear the bluebird sing. - My sweetheart, when a boy. - Never empty cradle, twins are born. - Not before pa, dear. - Old zip coon. - Old plantation’s lonely. - Paul Revere’s ride--_Recitation_. - She’s a gal o’ mine. - Squire and Maria. - Sunny days will come again. - Sailing on the lake. - Sheridan’s ride--_Recitation_. - Strawberries and cream. - That’s how you get served when you’re old. - Things I don’t like to see. - Tiddle-a-wink, the barber. - True to the core. - Toss the Turk. - True lover’s discussion. - Under the window she’s sleeping. - Violets dipped in dew. - Why did they dig ma’s grave so deep? - We are coming, sister Mary. - Yankee doodle. - Your lassie will be true. - -Price 10 Cents. - -For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers in the United States and -Canada, or will be sent post-paid to any address on receipt of price. -Address - - H. J. WEHMAN, Publisher, - P. O. Box 1823. =50 Chatham St., New York.= - - - - -Wehman’s Collection of Songs, No. 3. - -CONTAINING 97 SONGS. - - - A hundred years to come. - Atheist and acorn--_Recitation_. - Annie o’ the banks o’ Dee. - A man’s a man for a’ that. - A motto for every man. - Beautiful dreamer. - Beautiful Venice. - Blue and the gray. - Baby’s got a cramp. - Bay of Biscay, O! - Boys, keep away from the gals. - Bread and cheese and kisses. - Bright emerald isle of the sea. - Buck Fanshaw’s funeral. - Captain with his whiskers. - Clarabel Magee. - College days. - Come and kiss me. - Digging for gold. - Don’t slam the gate. - Duffy’s opening night. - Dan Maloney is the man. - Dying Californian. - Days of ’49. - Down by the river side. - Dree dousand miles avay. - Ellen Bayne. - Fearfully and wonderfully made. - Flow gently, sweet Afton. - Farmer sat in his easy chair. - Gentle Annie. - Guilty or not guilty?--_Recitation_. - Goat, The. - Gum tree canoe. - Hazel dell. - I’ll hang my harp on a willow tree. - Is it anybody’s business? - Irishman’s shanty. - It’s funny when you feel that way. - Indian hunter. - Indian warrior’s grave. - Ingleside. - Irish jaunting car. - John Anderson, my Jo, John. - Johnny Sands. - Katy’s letter. - Kiss me quick and go. - Kate Kearney. - Little old duddeen. - Little Yawcob Strauss--_Recitation_. - Little more cider. - Miss Gruber’s boarding house. - Maggie by my side. - Merriest girl that’s out. - Mike Brady’s shirt. - Mistletoe bough. - Meet me at the lane. - Mulligan guard. - Nettie Moore. - Nicodemus Johnson. - Nancy Till. - O’Donnel Abu. - Old arm chair. - Our front stoop. - Pat Malloy. - Patriots of Ireland. - Pat Maloney’s family. - Pretty Jemima, don’t say no. - Pull down your vest. - Perhaps she’s on the railway. - Pirate’s serenade. - Polish boy--_Recitation_. - Paddy Blake’s echo. - Rose of Allandale. - Row of tenement houses. - Ring, ring de banjo. - Regular army, O! - Rory O’More. - Spade. - Stump speech. - Shelling green peas. - Skin-tight pants. - Tipperary christening. - They’ve all got a wife but me. - Three black crows. - Twinkling stars. - Tapping at the garden gate. - Thou art gone from my gaze. - Valley lay smiling before me. - Walking down Broadway. - Why should the spirit of mortal be proud--_Recitation_. - Wait till the clouds roll by. - When the band begins to play. - What is home without a mother? - Who will care for mother now? - Widow Malone. - Wrongs of ould Ireland. - -Price 10 Cents. - -For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers in the United States and -Canada, or will be sent post-paid to any address on receipt of price. -Address - - H. J. WEHMAN, Publisher, - P. O. Box 1823. =50 Chatham St., New York.= - - - - -Wehman’s Collection of Songs, No. 4. - -CONTAINING 99 SONGS. - - - An Irishman’s toast. - Apple of my eye. - Arthur and Martha. - Asleep at the switch--_Recitation_. - A knot of blue and gray. - Always gay and free, boys. - Bear it like a man. - Bootblack--_Recitation_. - Brother’s fainting at the door. - Beautiful snow. - Carry the news to Mary. - Coney Island, down der bay. - Committed to the deep. - Champagne Charlie. - Dearest Mae. - Douglas! tender and true. - Deal with me kindly. - Don’t say I told you. - Down the hill. - Deer Island, down the bay. - Fat Mickey. - Feel for the eyes that are weeping. - Five o’clock in the morning. - Get a little table. - Get thee gone, girl. - Get away from dat window. - Human harp. - Hark! I hear an angel sing. - Hildebrand Montrose. - I’ll wait till the clouds roll by. - I had but fifty cents. - ’Twas not my father. - In the starlight. - Ivy cabin in the lane. - John Armstrong. - Johnny Dougherty, the tailor. - Just over. - Jim, the carter lad. - Lackawanna spooners. - Light of other days. - Limerick races. - Little back parlor at home. - Little Maggie Ann. - McCarthy’s mare. - Mother’s fool--_Recitation_. - Mulcahey’s gone away. - Man who struck my wife. - My dear little friend, Louise. - Miller’s daughter. - My poor dog Tray. - My pretty Irish queen. - Mother, he’s going away. - No Irish wanted here. - Near the banks of that lone river. - Nelly was a lady. - New York society. - Oh! take me to thy heart again. - Old Grimes’ cellar door. - Old rustic bridge by the mill. - Old Dan Tucker. - Ophelia Murphy’s birthmark. - O! ’tis nice to have a dummy. - Old Grimes is dead. - Parted. - Pennsylvania tramp. - Portrait that hangs on the wall. - Peek-a-boo. - Pretty Peggy. - Robin Adair. - Run for the doctor. - Swim out for glory. - Scenes that are brightest. - Since Cordelia first wore bangs. - Since Terry first joined the gang. - Silver slippers. - Steam arm. - Sweet-scented handsome young man. - Shan Van Voght. - Same old game. - Ten little niggers. - To the west. - Tassels on the boots. - There’s a light in the window for thee. - Things that I’d like to see. - Vagabond. - Villain still pursued her. - Waterford boys. - When Johnny comes marching home. - When the Brooklyn bridge is done. - When the pigs begin to fly. - Widow Machree. - Wreck of the “London.” - Where the ivy grows so green. - When this cruel war is over. - White squall. - Wouldn’t you like to know. - Water cresses. - What the old cock sparrow said. - Whistling thief. - -Price 10 Cents. - -For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers in the United States and -Canada, or will be sent post-paid to any address on receipt of price. -Address - - H. 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Box 1823. =50 Chatham St., New York.= - - - - -Wehman’s Collection of Songs, No. 5. - -CONTAINING 101 SONGS. - - - Æsthetic Mick. - After the opera’s over. - A hundred fathoms deep. - A wet sheet and a flowing sea. - Ain’t you awful. - All among the hay. - Big aquarium. - Brannigan’s pup. - Babylon is fallen. - Bell goes a ringing for Sarah. - Biddy Doyle. - Brannigan’s band. - Battle of Fontenoy. - Bowery grenadiers. - Beautiful bells. - Best little wife in the world. - Bridget Donohue. - Bugaboo. - Come back to your Irish home. - Cobbler’s daughter. - Colleen Dhas Machree. - Drummer--_Recitation_. - Death of Nelson. - Dot funny leetle baby--_Recitation_. - Dude, The--_Recitation_. - Fast freight--_Recitation_. - Fine old English gentleman. - Finest police in the world. - Flirtation O’Toole. - Female barber shop. - General Grant’s trip around the world. - Gilhooley, your coat is half-mast. - Good-bye, John. - Gobble song. - Gold, gold, gold. - Great man that Ireland has seen. - Good-bye, my lover, good-bye. - Hang up the baby’s stocking. - I’ll tell nobody. - I’m proud I’m an Irishman born. - I must be there on New Year’s day--_Rec._ - It’s a cold day when I get left. - I’ll meet her when the sun goes down. - I’ll take you home again, Kathleen. - I’m proud I’m an Irishman’s son. - I was despised because I was poor. - Jumbo. - Johnny Morgan. - Just down the lane. - Jenny who lives in the dell. - Jessie, the flower of Dumblane. - Kerry dance. - Lorena. - Lancashire lass. - Lovely land of dreams. - Life is but a game of cards--_Recitation_. - Maud Muller (in Dutch)--_Recitation_. - Montgomery guard--_Recitation_. - Man who taught her to dance. - Mattie dear. - Mott Street, 499. - My love Nell. - My love she is a fairy queen. - Moonlight walk. - Nobody knows the trouble I see. - Nobody knows what a racket was there. - New York Police Gazette. - Norine Maureen. - No Irish need apply. - Only a pin--_Recitation_. - Only to see thee, darling. - Oh! you little darling, I love you. - One more ribber for to cross. - Over the neighbor’s fence. - Old pine tree. - Pool. - Poor Irish minstrel. - Romance of a hammock--_Recitation_. - Rock the cradle, John. - Ship that brought me over. - Stuck on our shape. - Some one to love. - Speak, oh speak to me again. - Tail iv me coat. - They’re all getting married but me. - Tom Bowling. - Tommy, make room for your auntie. - This little plain gold ring. - Touch the elbow. - Up in a balloon. - Up in a mulberry tree. - We never speak as we pass by. - Wolf at the door--_Recitation_. - Waterfall, The. - We may be happy yet. - Which shall it be?--_Recitation_. - What will you do, love? - When the robins nest again. - You never miss the lager till the keg runs dry. - Yellow meal. - Yellow-haired Nellie--_Recitation_. - -Price 10 Cents. - -For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers in the United States and -Canada, or will be sent post-paid to any address on receipt of price. -Address - - H. 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Box 1823. =50 Chatham St., New York.= - - - - -Wehman’s Collection of Songs, No. 6. - -CONTAINING 96 SONGS. - - - A lean banana. - Ah, there my size, I’ll mash you. - Æsthetic dude, The. - Angels meet me on the cross-road. - A smile was all she gave me. - Art of making love, The. - A boy’s best friend is his mother. - Be quiet, or I’ll scream. - Burial of Sir John Moore. - Bye, bye, Baby; bye, bye. - Baby and I. - Baby’s lullaby. - Billy’s dream. - Bitter beer. - Black Hills, The. - Call me back again. - Convict’s dream--_Recitation_. - Call me your darling again. - Curfew must not ring to-night--_Rec._ - Chinese song. - Darling Clo’. - Dandy dude, The. - Down the river. - Fontenoy. - Father will settle the bill. - Fountain in the Park. - Fond memories of home. - Gaily the troubador. - Good-bye, Biddy dear. - Greenpoint Nell. - Gambler’s wife--_Recitation_. - Hash. - Hurrah for old Ireland. - Hoolahan musketeers. - Hush-a-bye, baby. - Hoops. - I’ll await my love. - Ivy green. - I’m a man that’s done wrong to my parents. - Juice of the forbidden fruit. - Jeanette and Jeannot. - Just to please the boys. - Jakey Woolfenstein. - Johnny Schmoker. - Kind relations. - Lover’s telegraph. - Last farewell. - Lilly Dale. - Lord delivered Daniel. - Love song. - Mary Ann, go get the growler. - Mill’s shut down to-day. - Mr. John Malone. - Mulcahey’s sooner dog--_Recitation_. - Mahoney’s fenian cat--_Recitation_. - Maniac--_Recitation_. - Man that stole the country. - March of the Cameron men. - Moneyless man. - Marble arch. - Mother keeps the gate locked now. - Nineteen hundred and one. - Not for Joseph. - Newhall House fire. - Only a dear little flower. - Oh, Mr. Flannigan. - Old church bell. - Over the mountain. - Old plaid shawl. - Old village blacksmith’s shop. - Our Jack’s come home to-day. - Oh! boys, carry me ’long. - People will talk. - Plumber--_Recitation_. - Poor little soldier’s boy. - Pat of Mullingar. - Perverted proverbs. - Patrolman Mulcahey and Flynn. - Price of a drink--_Recitation_. - Raven--_Recitation_. - Sailing. - Somebody’s darling--_Recitation_. - Springtime and robins have come. - Tommy Dodd. - Taffy was a Welshman. - Ting, ting, that’s how the bell goes. - Timid awkward squad. - To my wife. - What I would do for her--_Recitation_. - We reap what we sow--_Recitation_. - What I live for--_Recitation_. - Whiskey, you’re the divil. - Wreck of the “Atlantic.” - When the leaves begin to fall. - Ye merry birds. - Young recruit. - -Price 10 Cents. - -For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers in the United States and -Canada, or will be sent post-paid to any address on receipt of price. -Address - - H. 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Box 1823. =50 Chatham St., New York.= - - - - -Wehman’s Collection of Songs, No. 7. - -CONTAINING 94 SONGS. - - - Animals’ fair. - A dollar and sixty a day. - A Yankee man of war. - An agricultural Irish girl. - A roller-rink romance--_Recitation_. - As I read the paper through. - Burke’s dream. - Banks o’ Doon. - Bed-bug--_Recitation_. - Betty and the baby. - Barney, take me home again. - Boy with the auburn hair. - Beans. - Candidate for alderman. - Cats in our back-yard. - Climbing up the golden stairs. - Colored band. - Call her back and kiss her. - Casey’s awful grub. - Coal oil Tommy. - Don’t leave your mother, Tom. - Drummer boy of Waterloo. - Dream faces. - Duffy, the swell. - Don’t you cry so, Norah darling. - Erin-go-bragh. - Fashionable Fred. - Far, far, away. - Fine old Irish gentleman. - Female smuggler. - Free and easy. - Good ship Cumberland. - Good-bye, ’Liza Jane. - Gipsy Davy. - Gal with the Gainsborough hat. - Hush, little baby, don’t you cry. - Here she goes and there she goes. - House carpenter. - Hornet’s nest--_Recitation_. - I’ll ask my mother and I’ll let you know next Sunday afternoon. - Irish Wife--_Recitation_. - I’m in jail, my love. - Jockey hat and feather. - Jolly Jack, the rover. - Keiser, der yer vant to buy a dog? - Kitty of Coleraine. - Knock at the window to-night, love. - Leave not your Kathleen. - Little brown church. - Lord Bateman and the fair Sophia. - Lay my head beneath a rose. - Little fraud. - Lost Charley Ross. - Meet me darling Kate, by the cottage gate. - My trundle bed. - Masonic song. - McSorley’s twins. - My wife is so awfully thin. - Mother, is the battle over? - Not much. - Nelly Bly. - Old bog hole. - Oh! Nicodemus. - Old familiar faces. - Oft in the stilly night. - Old turnkey. - Old gray mare. - Old Simon, the hot-corn man. - Popsy wopsy. - Please don’t sell father any more rum. - Peck’s bad boy--PART I. - Peck’s bad boy--PART II. - Pills. - Railway guard. - Rover’s grave. - Riding on the elevated railroad. - Shanty boy’s song. - She was as handsome as a rose. - Saint Patrick was a gentleman. - Shamrock shore. - See-saw. - Star of Glengary. - That young man across the way. - That sweet-scented handsome young man. - Up at Dudley Grove. - Up in a back room. - Up-stairs, in my bed-room. - Venita. - Watchman. - Willie’s on the dark blue sea. - Wind blew through his whiskers. - Would I were a boy again. - Windy man from Brooklyn. - Written in letters of gold. - -Price 10 Cents. - -For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers in the United States and -Canada, or will be sent post-paid to any address on receipt of price. -Address - - H. J. WEHMAN, Publisher, - P. O. Box 1823. =50 Chatham St., New York.= - - - - -Wehman’s Collection of Songs, No. 8. - -Containing 104 Songs. - - - A Yankee ship and a Yankee crew. - An Irishman’s dying request--_Rec._ - Bonaparte on Saint Helena. - Bring back the old folks, Willie darling. - Bonny Irish boy, The. - Bright Alfarata. - Banbury Cross. - Baby on the brain. - Belleville Convent fire, The. - Banks of Newfoundland, The. - Charley, he’s a masher. - Carrie, dear. - Come back to the old home again. - Comet of the West, The. - Conductor with the patent bell punch. - Clam soup pedler’s daughter, The. - Dan and Teddie’s parting. - Dear little Colleen. - Donevans, The. - Daschen on the Rhine--_Recitation_. - Down by the rustic gate. - Ehren on the Rhine. - Eggs for your breakfast in the morning. - Electric light, The. - Eddie McCarty. - Fenians’ escape, The. - Fifth Avenue. - Falling leaves. - Flew-y, Flew-y. - Gallant Sixty-ninth, The. - George Constantine McKeown. - Give me back my heart again. - Green fields of America, The. - Her lovers--_Recitation_. - How we tried to whip the teacher--_Rec._ - Hebrew wedding, The. - I dreamed that old Ireland was free. - In the shadow of the leaves. - I’ll go back to the old bridge again. - If I was the President. - I will stand by my friend. - I’ll name the boy Dennis or no name at all. - Isle of France, The. - In the Louisiana Lowlands. - Jordan is a hard road to travel. - Johnny, fill up the bowl--No. 1. - Johnny, fill up the bowl--No. 2. - Johnny Doyle. - Jeremiah, blow the fire. - Jack is every inch a sailor. - Let me dream again. - Lady, art thou sleeping? - Let us speak of a man as we find him. - Lily of the West, The. - Married life. - Musical wife, The. - My rattling mare and I. - McCarthy’s boarding house. - Mother’s last letter to me. - My bonny laboring boy. - Maryland, my Maryland. - Mary Blane. - ’Neath the maple by the mill. - Napolitaine. - Nobody’s mule--_Recitation_. - Other side of Jordan, The. - Oh! I shall call dada. - Orphan boy, The--_Recitation_. - Orphan girl, The. - Old Mousquetaire, The. - Once again. - Oh, Fred! the boat is turning over. - Our sailors on the sea. - Poor old Jesse’s blind. - Poor married man, The. - Pretty little Mary. - Paddy’s curiosity shop. - Paddy on the canal. - Sally Mackenally. - Shamrock, rose and thistle, The. - Song from “Nanon.” - Something to tickle the girls. - Sparking Sarah Jane. - Silver bells of memory. - Sweet Alpine roses. - Shoot the hat. - Sweet dreams of mother and home. - Swinging on the golden gate. - There’s a light in the window. - Tommy, make room for your uncle. - Ten little injuns. - Three grains of corn. - Ten minutes too late. - Umbrella courtship. - When we meet by the old bridge again. - When the circus comes to town. - What is life?--_Recitation_. - Wax-work show, The. - Woman is what man doth make her--_Rec._ - When we went roller skating. - You’ll miss your mother when she’s gone. - Yes, we all will be there. - Yaller gal that winked at me, The. - Yarn of the “Nancy Bell,” The. - -Price 10 Cents. - -For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers in the United States and -Canada, or will be sent post-paid to any address on receipt of price. -Address - - H. 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H. Noe - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller - Embracing full and correct rules of divination concerning - dreams and visions, etc, etc - -Author: A. H. Noe - -Release Date: January 3, 2017 [EBook #53879] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WITCHES' DREAM BOOK; FORTUNE TELLER *** - - - - -Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[1]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 334px;"> -<img src="images/frontispiece.jpg" width="334" height="600" alt="Diagram of palm of a right hand, with the lines and mounts marked" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></span></p> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></span></p> - -<p class="titlepage larger u">Universal Handbook, No. 2.</p> - -<h1><span class="smaller">THE</span><br /> -Witches’ Dream Book;<br /> -<span class="smaller">AND</span><br /> -FORTUNE TELLER.</h1> - -<p class="titlepage smaller">EMBRACING FULL AND CORRECT RULES OF DIVINATION CONCERNING<br /> -DREAMS AND VISIONS, FORETELLING OF FUTURE EVENTS,<br /> -THEIR SCIENTIFIC APPLICATION TO PHYSIOGNOMY, PALMISTRY,<br /> -MOLES, CARDS, &C.; TOGETHER WITH THE<br /> -APPLICATION AND OBSERVANCE OF TALISMEN<br /> -CHARMS, SPELLS AND INCANTATIONS.</p> - -<p class="titlepage">ILLUSTRATED.</p> - -<p class="titlepage">NEW YORK:<br /> -HENRY J. WEHMAN.<br /> -1885.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></span></p> - -<p class="titlepage"><span class="smcap">Copyright, 1885, by Henry J. Wehman.</span></p> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span></p> - -<h2>PREFACE.</h2> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-1.jpg" width="200" height="25" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">“To sleep, perchance to dream.”—<span class="smcap">Hamlet.</span></div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>This introductory page is inserted, not with the purpose -of reviewing the contents of the book—a custom, -to our mind, more honored in the breach than the observance—but -merely to inform those who look within -the pages, the seekers after knowledge concerning the -laws of Oneirology and the bases of Fortune Telling, -that they will find much to instruct, interest and amuse. -While avoiding undue prolixity, the subjects are comprehensively -and exhaustively treated, proving it to be -more valuable as a book of reference than any other of -similar character ever before given to the public.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span></p> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span></p> - -<h2>DREAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION.</h2> - -<p>Although much prejudice exists as to the origination of Dreams -and the various interpretations given them, the fact is incontrovertible -that they have, in all ages and among all nations, borne a -conspicuous part in shaping destinies. Both sacred and profane -history is replete with dreams which have had more or less influence -upon the lives of the dreamers. Innumerable are the instances -in which have been prefigured in dreams occurrences that have -actually taken place, and many dangers have been averted by -heeding warnings given during sleep. Of course it would be unwise -to place full credence in the prognostications of all dreams, -and equally so to totally disregard them. To both the educated -and the illiterate, dreams, of whatever nature, point a moral; and -those who heedlessly ignore their lessons often experience cause -for regret. Appended will be found a succinct compendium of -the scientific and philosophic researches of many gifted in the art -of divination.</p> - -<p><b>Acquaintance.</b>—To dream that you fight with them signifies -distraction, especially if the person so dreaming be sick. <b>Adversary.</b>—To -dream that you receive obstruction from him, shows -that you will dispatch your business speedily. <b>Adultery.</b>—For -a person to dream that they have committed it, shows they will -meet great contentions and disputes. <b>Almonds.</b>—To dream one -sees or eats almonds, signifies difficulties and trouble. <b>Alms.</b>—To -dream that they are begged of you, and you deny to give them, -shows want and misery to the dreamer; but to dream you give -them freely is a sign of joy and gladness. <b>Anchor.</b>—To dream -you see one, signifies great assurance and certain joys. <b>Altar.</b>—To -dream you uncover or discover an altar, betokens joy and gladness. -<b>Angel.</b>—To dream you see angels is good, but to speak -with or call upon them is evil. <b>Anger.</b>—To dream that you have -been provoked to anger shows that you have powerful enemies. -<b>Angling.</b>—To dream that you are angling, betokens much affliction -and trouble in something which you desire to get. <b>Apes.</b>—To -dream you have seen or had anything to do with them, signifies -malicious, weak, strange and secret enemies; also a malefactor -and deceiver. <b>Apparition.</b>—To dream you see an apparition, or -spirit, clothed in white, signifies deceit and temptation to sin. -<b>Adam.</b>—To dream you see this father of men, this inhabitant of -Paradise, who was betrayed by Eve into sin, is a happy omen. If -he looks pleasant, be sure you will succeed in whatever you undertake. -If he looks displeased and angry, then you must use great<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span> -caution in all your dealings, for some mischief is intended you, -but you will get the better of it. Be careful, if he speaks to you, -to mind what he says, and observe it as faithfully as you possibly -can. <b>Absence.</b>—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">To dream of any absent friends,</div> -<div class="verse">Good news of them, or ill, portends;</div> -<div class="verse">But if at thy bedside they seem,</div> -<div class="verse">Their deaths, perhaps, may solve thy dream.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="noindent"><b>Abuse.</b>—To dream that you are abused and insulted, is a certain -sign some dispute will happen between you and some person with -whom you have business; therefore after such a dream you should -be particularly careful of yourself and be as gentle and mild as -possible, that you may not give those with whom you have dealings -any advantage over you. <b>Acorns.</b>—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">To dream of acorns do not slight,</div> -<div class="verse">It promises both strength and might.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="noindent"><b>Ague.</b>—To dream you have an ague, denotes that you are in -danger of becoming a drunkard and a glutton. To dream your -sweetheart has an ague, is a lucky omen; it shows you are beloved, -and that you will be happy with the object of your wishes, but -never very rich. <b>Apparel.</b>—Nothing more demonstrates the -events that are about to happen to you, than dreaming of wearing -apparel; but almost every color has a different interpretation, and -must depend on its being new or old, its fitting you, or being too -big or too little. To dream you are dressed in white, is a sure -token of success in the first object you undertake, and that you -will be successful in love, and that your sweetheart is of good temper -and amiable disposition. To dream that you are dressed in -green denotes that you are about to take a journey to your advantage, -and that your sweetheart prefers you to all other lovers. To -dream that you are dressed in black is an unlucky omen. To -dream that you are dressed in blue, denotes happiness. If you -dream you are dressed in scarlet, you are thereby warned of some -very heavy calamity. To dream you are dressed in yellow, is -rather lucky than otherwise. To dream you are dressed in crimson, -indicates that you will live to a good old age, and be neither very -fortunate or unfortunate through life; it denotes a dispute between -landlord and tenant, which will be settled amicably to the -advantage of the latter. To dream that you are dressed in a variety -of colors, denotes a variety of fortunes is about to attend you. -To dream you are fashionably dressed and in good company, is -very good for the dreamer; he will rise considerably above his -present condition. To dream your clothes fit you well and are -comfortable to the season of the year, is favorable and denotes -success. To dream your clothes do not fit you, and that they are -not suitable to the season, denotes death of some friend and a loss -by fire. To dream you see another dressed in any of the modes -above described, forebodes to the person dreamt of the same fortunes. -To dream you are dressed in new clothes, is a very favorable -omen; it portends honors and success to your undertakings.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span> -<b>Apparitions.</b>—To dream you see a ghost, goblin, spectre and -such kind of things, is of a very unfortunate nature; if you are -in love, it is a certain sign of your not being beloved in return; -depend upon it some one is about to deceive you and that you are -friendly with one who is your most inveterate enemy. <b>Arms.</b>—To -dream your arms are withered is a certain sign that you will decay -in health and fortune. To dream they are growing strong signifies -that some unexpected success will attend you. To dream -that your right arm is cut off, denotes you will lose some male relation. -To dream your left arm is cut off, denotes you will lose -some near female relative. For a married woman to dream her -arms have grown lusty and strong, denotes that she will have -many male children, that her husband will arrive at public honors -and will grow rich and make many friends. <b>Apples.</b>—To dream -of apples betokens long life and success, a boy to a woman with -child, faithfulness in your sweetheart and riches by trade. <b>Apricots.</b>—To -dream of apricots, denotes health and prosperity, a -speedy marriage, dutiful children and success in love. <b>Asses.</b>—To -dream you see jackasses, is a good sign. To dream you are -riding on an ass, is the forerunner of some foolish quarrel. To -dream that you are driving an ass, denotes that you will fall into -some trouble, of which you will get the better. To dream an ass -runs after you, denotes that some slander will be raised against -you by some foolish persons, who will be themselves the victims -of the scandal raised against you. To dream you see an ass fall -loaded, is a very good import and shows that you will be the founder -of your own fortune. <b>Attorneys.</b>—To dream that you are -speaking with them, shows hindrance of business and that a man -will have little success in his affairs. <b>Armed Men.</b>—To see -them in your dream, is a good sign, and denotes one void of fear; -to dream you see an armed man fly is a sign of victory; to see -men come in arms against you, signifies sadness. <b>Action.</b>—To -dream that you are sent of an errand, signifies great loss to the -married; to the lover it denotes success in his pursuit, and that he -will shortly marry a very amiable and accomplished maiden. For -a maiden to dream that she was sent on an errand, denotes that she -will shortly marry the object of her affections and be very happy. -To the sick it denotes a speedy recovery. <b>Ascend.</b>—For one to -dream they ascend towards the skies is favorable, particularly so if -the clouds appear bright. <b>Air.</b>—To dream of the atmosphere has -a variety of interpretations, and depends entirely on its appearance. -If you dream the sky is clear, of a fine blue, calm and -serene, then it is a good omen. To dream that it is streaked with -white, denotes that many severe difficulties will befall you, over -which you will eventually triumph. To dream that it was full of -thick, dark and heavy clouds, is an unfavorable token; disappointments -will attend you. To dream that the sky is streaked with -red and looks fiery, denotes that in love you will be successful; in -business not so; it also forewarns you that sickness and trouble -will attend your family. <b>Altar.</b>—To dream you are at the altar<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span> -and receiving the holy sacrament is a very unfavorable omen, and -denotes many heavy and severe afflictions. <b>Adder.</b>—A person -that dreams of the asp and the adder, is thereby betokened to have -stores of money and rich wives. <b>Assassin.</b>—To dream of an assassin -is a warning not to be neglected. Shun all pretending -friends, lend no money, be ever on your guard, and you may -escape destruction, which is planned for your ruin. <b>Ants.</b>—To -dream of these industrious little insects, hath a variety of interpretations, -depending on the manner in which you dream of them; -if you see them running about, it denotes that you will be a great -loser by some plan that you will undertake for gain. If you dream -you see them busily employed laying in their winter stores, it is a -good omen—things will prosper with you. If they appear to be -devoured by other animals, and otherwise injured and trodden -upon, then it is a bad omen. If you dream of these insects when -you are sick, you must expect to recover very slowly. <b>Auction.</b>—To -dream you attend an auction is, on the whole, unfavorable. -If you purchase, expect loss of property. If you only attend, you -are sure to meet with a heavy deprivation of friends and property. -If you pass by one, then you will attain, in a few years, all that -you moderately desire.</p> - -<p><b>Bear.</b>—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">To dream a bear thy step pursues,</div> -<div class="verse">A cruel foe some mischief brews.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="noindent"><b>Beggars.</b>—To dream of beggars is rather unfavorable, especially -to lovers and persons in business. To dream they beg alms of you -and that you refuse it, denotes misery, want, and a prison; if you are -in love, some scandalous person will ruin you with your sweetheart. -To dream that you give them alms, indicates success in business, -and that you will obtain, after much difficulty, the object of your -affections; your children will be sickly, and narrowly escape -many dangers. <b>Bleeding.</b>—To dream you are bleeding, denotes -loss of goods and character, and that your sweetheart will not -marry you. To dream you see another bleeding, indicates that -some person who pretends to be your friend is about to take some -great advantage of you. To dream you draw blood of another, -denotes that you will recover a lawsuit and be successful in love -and business. To dream another draws blood of you, is a certain -prognostic that you will be unsuccessful in love and in business, -and in everything you undertake. <b>Blind.</b>—To dream of being -blind is a sure sign that you repose your confidence in some person -who is your bitter enemy; it denotes also that your sweetheart -is unfaithful and prefers another; in business it denotes that you -will lose money, and that your servants lack fidelity. <b>Boat.</b>—To -dream that you are on the water in a boat, provided you are in -company, denotes prosperity and success in your undertakings. -If you dream you are in a boat alone, it is a bad omen. To dream -the boat oversets, is the most fatal of all omens. <b>Bridge.</b>—To -dream you are crossing over a bridge is a good omen—it denotes -prosperity through life, and success in love. To dream you are -passing under a bridge, indicates that you will never be perfectly<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span> -at ease. If you meet with any obstruction on the bridge it foretells -a fit of sickness; are you a lover, it denotes that your sweetheart -will be afflicted with illness. To dream a bridge breaks -down with you denotes sudden death. <b>Bread.</b>—To dream you -see a great quantity of loaves of bread, denotes success in life. -To dream you are eating good bread, denotes that you will be -shortly married. To dream the bread is musty and bad, denotes -the loss of friends and that some near relation will shortly die. -<b>Brother.</b>—To dream you see your brother, denotes a speedy marriage -in your family and that the dreamer will not be long-lived; if -you are in love it is a favorable omen. <b>Building.</b>—To dream of -being amongst buildings, denotes that you will change your present -place of residence and that you will make many new friends -in life; if you are in love it foretells your sweetheart is about to -remove at a distance from you, and that you will be in danger of -losing the affections of your lover by a new face. <b>Bulls.</b>—To -dream you are pursued by a bull, denotes that many injurious reports -will be spread on your character. If you dream the bull -gores you, or tosses you, then expect shortly to lose your liberty; -it denotes that some person in power will do you an injury. -<b>Burning.</b>—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">To dream of burning doth imply,</div> -<div class="verse">A sudden danger, ripe and nigh;</div> -<div class="verse">Of all escapes you then beware,</div> -<div class="verse">For though fate threatens, it may spare.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="noindent"><b>Butchers.</b>—To dream of seeing butchers is in general a very unlucky -omen; it always foretells some injury to the dreamer. If -you see them cutting up meat some of your friends will be -hanged, and you will experience much misery and poverty. -<b>Bed.</b>—To dream you go to the bedside of your lover, foretells a -speedy marriage; if you dream you go between the sheets, you -will have a child within twelve months after marriage, who will -become rich and afford you support in your old age. <b>Banquets.</b>—To -dream of banquets denotes poverty and want. <b>Bat.</b>—To -dream of bats is very inauspicious. <b>Belly.</b>—To dream one’s belly -is bigger and fuller than ordinary, shows his family and estate will -increase. If one dreams his belly is grown lean and shrunk up, -he will be joyfully delivered of some bad accident. If any one -dreams that his belly is swelled, and yet notwithstanding be empty, -he will become poor, though he be rich in the esteem of many -people in the world. If any one dreams his belly aches, he will -be afflicted in his family and have many cares upon him. <b>Blowing -the Fire.</b>—To dream you are blowing the fire indicates to the -lover, that your sweetheart is very angry with you. <b>Barn.</b>—To -dream of a barn, and that you see it well stored with corn, -denotes much good; it foretells to a man that he will marry some -rich woman; to a maid, that she will marry a man who will grow -very rich by his industry, and be promoted in the state. If you -dream you see an empty barn, the reverse will happen. <b>Bathing.</b>—To -dream of a bath is a very unpropitious omen; expect after<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span> -it to experience many mishaps and much sorrow. If you are in -love, your sweetheart will experience many crosses and losses; but -to dream you are bathing yourself in clear water, denotes happiness, -prosperity and success in love—if the water is dirty, then it -foretells shame and sorrow, and a disappointment in love. <b>Beheading.</b>—To -dream you see any one beheaded, is a good omen; -if you are in love, you will marry the object of your affections. -If you are in prison, you will speedily gain your liberty. <b>Bells.</b>—To -dream you hear the bells ringing, denotes a speedy marriage -and that you will receive some very good news. <b>Bees.</b>—To -dream they sting you, denotes loss of character, and if you are in -love, of your sweetheart. To dream you see them at work, is a very -lucky dream; it forebodes great success by your own industry. -To dream you see them making their honey under your own roof -is the best omen in the world. For the rich to dream of bees, is -rather unlucky, but to the poor, they denote comfort, affluence -and success. <b>Beard.</b>—For a man to dream he has a long beard, -denotes good fortune; if he is in trade, he will thrive; if he is in -love, he will marry the present object of his affections, who will -bring him some money; if he is a farmer, it denotes good crops, -and an addition to his farm. If a married woman dreams of a -beard, it is unlucky; it foretells the loss of her husband and that -she will fall into great distress. If a maid dreams of a beard, it -denotes that she will be quickly married and that the fruit of her -womb is a boy. For a woman to dream that she has a beard is a -very lucky omen, and denotes that she will speedily attain her most -sanguine desires. <b>Battle.</b>—To dream of battle in the streets, -forewarns you against secret enemies who will endeavor to harm -you. If you are in love, your sweetheart is false to you. <b>Bacon.</b>—To -dream of bacon denotes the death of some friend or relation -and that enemies will endeavor to do you mischief. In love, it denotes -disappointment and discontent. <b>Back.</b>—To dream you see -your back, betokens some uneasiness; for the back to be broken -or hurt, shows you will be scoffed at by your enemies; yet to -dream of the backbone, signifies health and success in love, marriage -and business. <b>Basin.</b>—To dream of a basin, signifies a good -maid; and to dream you eat or drink therein, shows you have a -love to the servant maid. For a man to see himself in a basin as -in a glass, denotes he shall have children by a servant maid. -<b>Beech and Myrtle Trees.</b>—Signifies wanton women and are -good for those who would undertake any such business; to others -they are pain and labor. <b>Beans.</b>—To dream you are eating beans -always signifies trouble and dissension. <b>Beets.</b>—To dream of -eating beets, signifies freedom from trouble and expedition on -business, because they make the body soluble. <b>Burial.</b>—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">To dream a burial passes by,</div> -<div class="verse">News of the living doth imply.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="noindent"><b>Briars and Brambles.</b>—If you dream you are passing through -places covered with these things, it portends troubles; if they -prick you, secret enemies will do you an injury with your friends<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span> -and unfavorable tales will make your sweetheart shy of you; if -they draw blood of you, expect heavy losses in trade. If you -dream you pass through them without injury, then you will at -last triumph over all your enemies and become happy. <b>Bells.</b>—To -dream one hears ringing of bells, if of a sanguine complexion, -brings them good news; but to others, it shows alarms, murmurings, -disturbances and commotions. <b>Birding.</b>—To dream you catch -birds, signifies profit and pleasure. <b>Bird’s Nest.</b>—To dream you -find one is a good sign. To dream you find one without eggs or birds, -shows you will meet with great disappointments. <b>Birth.</b>—To dream -of one’s birth is good for him that is poor; but to him that is rich, -this dream signifies that others shall rule over him against his will. -<b>Blindman’s Buff.</b>—To dream that one plays blindman’s buff, signifies -prosperity, joy and pleasure. <b>Blossoming of Trees.</b>—To dream -you see all sorts of trees blossoming, is a sign of joy, comfort and -recreation. <b>Brewing and Baking.</b>—To dream of brewing and -baking is the sign of an ill housewife, who lies dreaming in bed, -when she should be at work and doing her business. <b>Breast.</b>—To -dream that you have hairy breasts and the tap pup covered -with hair, denotes great gain and profit to men; but to a woman, -loss of her husband. If a young married woman dreams that her -breasts are full and spurting out milk, it signifies that she is with -child and that it will be a perfect birth. If a virgin dreams thus, -she is near her marriage. If a woman dreams she has sore breasts -she is threatened with death. <b>Broth.</b>—To dream of eating broth -is a good sign and signifies profit and gain. <b>Buried Alive.</b>—For -a man to dream he is buried alive, signifies he shall have much -wealth. <b>Burned.</b>—For a man to dream he is burned, signifies -(according to the interpretations of the Persians and Egyptians) -that he shall be rich, honored and respected; but if he imagines -that he was burned by a fire that did not quite consume him, he -will inevitably perish in the end. <b>Basket.</b>—For a man to dream -of baskets is evil; it denotes decay of business to a merchant, -want of employment to a mechanic, and loss of place to a servant; -but if a woman dreams she receives a number of baskets it -is a good omen, and especially so if well filled; to a maiden it denotes -that she will have many new lovers; to a wife, that she will -have an increase in her family, and to the widow, that she will -soon marry again. <b>Bonnet.</b>—For a maiden to dream she gets a -new bonnet, gives promise of a new lover, but Mother Shipton -says that much depends on the color; if green, he will be deceitful; -if blue, he will prove affectionate; if pink, his love will not be -lasting; if yellow or white, he will quickly improve marriage; but -if a female loses her bonnet, it behooves her to be guarded of her -virtue, for she is in danger of being led astray; if it be blown off, -she will have something she dearly prizes stolen from her. <b>Buttons.</b>—To -dream of bright buttons is seldom good; if rusty, it -portends misfortune; if covered, sadness. If a man dreams he -has lost all the buttons of his clothes, it is a sign he will not live -long.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span></p> - -<p><b>Cards.</b>—To dream that you are playing at cards is a sure prognostic -that you will be in love, and speedily married. If you hold -a great many picture cards, your marriage will be the means of -making you rich and happy. If your cards are mostly diamonds, -the person you marry will be of a sour and disagreeable temper. -If they are mostly hearts, your marriage will cement love, and you -will be very happy and have many children. If they are mostly -clubs, you will get money by your marriage. If they are mostly -spades, your marriage will turn out very unhappy and your children -will be unfaithful and subject to many hardships. If you -are in expectation of a place, you will get it, and if you are in -business you will be successful. <b>Cats.</b>—To dream of these domestic -animals is indicative of much trouble and vexation; it -denotes to the lover that your sweetheart is treacherous. If you -keep servants, they are unfaithful, and will rob you. To dream -you kill a cat, denotes that you discover a thief and prosecute him -to conviction; expect also to lose your own liberty through some -pretended friend. <b>Cattle.</b>—To dream you see cattle feeding, denotes -great prosperity and unexpected success; to a lover it foretells -a happy marriage, with many children, and to a man it shows -that his wife will receive some unexpected legacy. To dream you -are driving cattle denotes that you will become rich by industry. -If you are in love it shows that you have many rivals, but that -you will distance them all. To dream you see fat cattle also denotes -a plentiful year. To dream you see lean and hungry cattle, -denotes scarcity and famine. <b>Clock.</b>—To dream you hear the -clock strike, denotes that you will be speedily married, and that -you will be moderately successful in life. To dream you are -counting the hours, if in the forenoon, shows much happiness, and -that your sweetheart is true to you, but if in the afternoon, that -misfortune and danger will attend you, and that your sweetheart -is false and loves another. <b>Coach.</b>—To dream you are riding in -a coach is a very unlucky omen. It foretells poverty and disgrace. -If you are in love, your sweetheart will be idle and bad-tempered. -If you are in trade, you will become bankrupt, and if you are a -farmer, your goods will be seized for rent. It also denotes that -the dreamer will shortly be in prison. <b>Coals.</b>—To dream of coals -is a very unlucky omen. It denotes much affliction and trouble. -To dream you see coals burning, if they are very clear and bright, -is a good sign. To dream you see the coals extinguished and reduced -to cinders, denotes death, either to yourself or some near -relation or friend; it also indicates great losses, and forewarns you -of beggary and prison. <b>Comets.</b>—To dream you see one of these -extraordinary ethereal substances, is ominous of war, plague, -famine, and death; to the lover it forebodes an entire frustration -of his hopes; to the farmer, failure of crops; and to the seaman, -storms and shipwrecks. After such a dream change, if possible, -your present place of residence. <b>Cook.</b>—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Dream you’re busy with a cook,</div> -<div class="verse">And for a wedding shortly look.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span></p> - -<p class="noindent"><b>Corn.</b>—To dream you see fields of corn, or that you are among -unthrashed corn, is a very favorable omen; it denotes success in -business; to the lover it announces that you will marry, have -many children, and become rich and happy. If you are a sailor, -it denotes a lucrative voyage and fine weather, and that you will -be near marrying in the next port you touch at. If you dream -you are gathering ripe corn, it is the most fortunate dream you can -have. <b>Crowns.</b>—To dream you see these emblems of royalty, -portends success and elevation to dignities, either in the church or -state. For a maid to dream of a crown, shows she will marry a -very industrious man, or one who is rich. <b>Crutches.</b>—To dream -you are walking on crutches, is a very unfavorable omen. To -dream you see another walking on crutches, denotes that these -things will happen to some friend. If you are a married man, -then that your wife is inconstant; if a married woman, then that -the husband is ruining himself with some harlot. <b>Currants.</b>—To -dream of currants prefigures happiness in life, success in undertakings, -constancy in your sweetheart, handsome children to the -married, riches to the farmer and tradesman. <b>Church.</b>—To -dream of church is portentous of evil. If you are in a church -during divine service, you will be engaged in a lawsuit, or some -other quarrel that will very near ruin you. If you are in love, -your sweetheart is unfaithful, and prefers another. If you expect -a place, it forebodes disappointment. If you are in trade, you will -never thrive in your present situation. <b>Cage.</b>—To dream of letting -birds out of a cage denotes a speedy marriage. To a person -in business it denotes success, and to a farmer it denotes good crops. -<b>Cain.</b>—To dream of the firstborn son of man, who was Adam’s -eldest son, is a very unfavorable omen; after such a dream let the -dreamer travel into another part of the country and form new connections. -<b>Cakes.</b>—To dream you are eating cakes, denotes happiness -and prosperity.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Dream that cakes you knead and make,</div> -<div class="verse">You thrive and many profits take.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="noindent"><b>Candles.</b>—To dream you see candles burning, if they burn clear -and bright, that you will be speedily married. To dream that -new candles are brought in, denotes that by the interference of -friends, all your disputes will be amicably adjusted and that your -sweetheart will recover from a fit of sickness.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">A light that burns both bright and clear,</div> -<div class="verse">Denotes some pleasant letter near;</div> -<div class="verse">But if dull the candle grows,</div> -<div class="verse">It certain disappointment shows.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="noindent"><b>Cheese.</b>—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">To dream of cheese is not in vain.</div> -<div class="verse">In trade you will profit gain.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="noindent"><b>Chickens.</b>—To dream of a hen and chickens is the forerunner of -ill luck; your sweetheart will betray you and marry another. If -you are a farmer, you will have a bad crop and lose many of your -poultry. If you are in trade some sharper will defraud you. If -you go to sea, you will lose your goods and narrowly escape shipwreck.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> -<b>Chess.</b>—If any one dreams that he plays at chess with an -acquaintance, it is a sign that he will fall out with somebody he -knows, and if he imagines in his dream he wins, he shall overcome -his enemies. And on the contrary, if he dream that he -loses, he will be overcome and worsted in the combat. <b>Clouds.</b>—To -dream of white clouds, signifies prosperity; clouds mounting -high from the earth, denotes voyages, the return of the absent, and -revealing of secrets; clouds red and inflamed, show an ill issue of -affairs; to dream of dark and obscure clouds, shows an ill time of -anger. <b>Caterpillars.</b>—To dream you see caterpillars, signifies -ill luck and misfortune by secret enemies. <b>Chains,</b> pearls, precious -stones, earrings, &c., and all adornings of the hands and -necks of women, are good dreams to the fair sex; to widows and -maids they signify marriage; and to those that have husbands and -children, purchases and riches; for as women are provided with -these deckings, so shall they be stored with husbands, children and -goods. <b>Chariot.</b>—To dream of driving a chariot drawn by wolves, -leopards, dogs, tigers, or such like beasts, is only good to such as have -great enemies. To dream to be drawn in a chair by men is good. -<b>Cheeks.</b>—To dream one hath cheeks plump, fat and of vermilion -tincture, is good to all, especially women, but to dream that you -are lean, pale, and full of wrinkles, signifies grief and heaviness. -<b>Capon.</b>—To dream that a capon crows, signifies sadness and -trouble. <b>Carrion.</b>—To dream of carrion, signifies sadness. <b>Carrots.</b>—To -dream of carrots, signifies profit and strength to them -which are at law for inheritance; for we pluck them out of the -ground with our hands, branches, strings and veins. <b>Cart.</b>—To -dream of being tied to a cart, to draw like an horse or an ox, denotes -servitude and pain to everybody; but to dream that you -are carried in a cart or coach, the contrary. <b>Coalpit.</b>—To dream -of being in the bottom of a coalpit, signifies marrying with a -widow; for he that marries her shall never sound the depth of her -policies. <b>Combing.</b>—For any person to dream of combing him -or herself, is good, both for man or woman, for it signifies to get -out of evil times or affairs. <b>Comfort.</b>—To dream you have comforts -of any one, betokens to the rich and happy, injury and -mishap; but to the poor and afflicted, aid and comfort. <b>Command.</b>—To -dream you command any one, signifies trouble; to -dream you see one command, signifies anger and authority. <b>Complexion.</b>—To -dream you see an unknown person of a brown -complexion, is a sign of glory, honor, success and dispatch of -business. If one dreams he sees a woman of a very brown complexion, -it signifies a very dangerous disease. If you see a woman -unknown in your dream, with long and comely hair, with clear -complexion, it is a very good sign. <b>Corns.</b>—For a man to dream -his flesh is full of corns, shows he will grow rich proportionately -to his corns. <b>Crocodile.</b>—To dream of a crocodile, signifies -pirates or robbers at sea, or wicked periods in any sort like the -crocodile. <b>Cross.</b>—To dream you see a cross carried along, signifies -sadness. <b>Cross Purposes.</b>—To dream one plays at cross purposes,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span> -signifies prosperity, joy, pleasure, health and concord among -friends and relations. <b>Crow.</b>—To dream you see a crow, signifies -expedition of business. To dream you see a crow flying, is ill -luck; and if you hear them croaking unpleasantly, the dream is so -much the worse. If you dream the crow flies on the head of a -child, it will be in great danger of some misfortune. <b>Cypress -Trees.</b>—To dream you see a cypress tree denotes affliction in business. -<b>Crowing.</b>—To dream you are crowing, or that you hear -others crowing, denotes ill luck, especially to lovers; but to dream -that you hear pigeons crowing, is good, especially to the newly-married, -as it denotes happiness. <b>Crawl.</b>—To dream that you are -crawling on the floor is bad; but to dream that you are crawling -on the roof of a house is good, particularly to the lovers, as it is a -sure sign they will be married. <b>Children.</b>—To dream you see -children, denotes success in your undertakings. To dream you see -a child born, denotes a speedy marriage and that you will be very -happy with your family. To dream you see a child die, imports -that you will experience some very heavy misfortune, and that -your sweetheart will marry another. To dream you see children -dirty and ragged, denotes that some friend will endeavor to prevail -upon you to commit an act by which your reputation will be -endangered; it also denotes that you will be in prison and experience -poverty. For a maiden to dream she is with child, denotes -that some man will attempt to rob her of her chastity, and that if -she resists she will marry and be very happy. <b>Climbing.</b>—To -dream that you are climbing up a tree, denotes that you will be -successful in life. To dream you are climbing up a very steep -hill or place, foretells many difficulties in life, and much sickness. -If you reach the top, you will get over all your difficulties and recover -from your illness; but if you awake before you have attained -the top, you will be disappointed in love and all other projects and -die in your next illness. <b>Cherries.</b>—To dream of cherries is a -disappointment in life, vexation in the married state and slight in -love. <b>Cucumbers.</b>—To dream of cucumbers, denotes recovery -to the sick, and that you will speedily fall in love, or that if you -are in love, you will marry the object of your affection. It also -denotes moderate success in trade. To the sailor it foretells a -pleasant voyage and a sweetheart in a distant climate. <b>Coffin.</b>—To -dream of one denotes the death of a friend or some near relation.</p> - -<p><b>Disease.</b>—To dream you have any disease promises prompt and -speedy employment. <b>Dragon.</b>—To dream you see a dragon signifies -riches and gain of great treasure. <b>Dancing.</b>—To dream that -you are dancing at a ball, wake, or entertainment, foretells that -you will shortly receive some joyful news from a long absent -friend, and that you are about to inherit some unexpected legacy; -for it foretells success and happiness in love; that your sweetheart -is kind. <b>Deer.</b>—To dream you see deer in a park, denotes war -and famine; to the lover it foretells some unpleasant dispute with -his sweetheart. <b>Dice.</b>—To dream you are playing at dice or back-gammon,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span> -denotes much good to the dreamer, in either love, marriage -or trade. <b>Dirt.</b>—To dream of dirt signifies sickness and dishonor. -To dream you fall in the dirt, signifies that you shall be -treacherously dealt with. <b>Ditches.</b>—To dream of deep ditches, -steep mountains, rocks, and other eminences, surely foretells danger -and misfortune. Expect thieves to rob your dwelling; that -your children will be undutiful and bring you into trouble. If -you are in love, it foretells unhappiness if you marry your present -sweetheart. If you are in trade, it denotes loss of goods, if -not of liberty. <b>Dogs.</b>—To dream of these faithful and domestic -animals has very different significations, according to the manner -in which you see them. If they fawn and fondle upon you, then -it is a very lucky omen. If you are in love, your sweetheart will -marry you and be very happy. If they are barking and snarling -at you, then depend that enemies are secretly endeavoring to destroy -your reputation and happiness; if you are in love, be careful -of your sweetheart. <b>Drowning.</b>—To dream you are drowning, -or that you see another drowned or drowning, portends good to -the dreamer. To the lover it denotes that your sweetheart is good-tempered -and inclined to marry you. <b>Dead.</b>—To dream of talking -with dead folks is a good, auspicious dream, and signifies a -boldness of courage and a very clear conscience. To dream a man -is dead that is alive and in health, signifies great trouble and -being overthrown at law. <b>Darkness.</b>—To dream you are in a -very dark place, or that you are in the dark, is a very unfavorable -omen. To dream you get out of darkness into light, denotes good -to the dreamer. Expect also to hear some glad tidings from a far -distant country. <b>Death.</b>—To dream of death, denotes that you -will either be speedily married yourself, or else assist at a wedding. -To dream that you are dead, also denotes a speedy marriage, and -that you will be successful in your undertakings. To dream you -see another person dead, denotes unkind usage from your friends. -<b>Drunkenness.</b>—To dream you are drunk, is one of those dreams -by which the dreamer is forewarned of that of which at present he -knows nothing. It denotes that some person whom yet you do -not know, will become a very good friend and promote your welfare. -To a woman, it denotes that she will be beloved by an -excellent man whom yet she has not seen; and to a man it denotes -that he is tenderly beloved by a woman whom he does not at present -think of, who will make him extremely happy, and bring him -money. <b>Dairy.</b>—To dream you are in a dairy busy at work, is a -very favorable omen; to the maid it indicates that her lover will -be of an industrious turn, and that if she marries, she will have -children, and her husband will become rich and rise to honor. To -the farmer it denotes that his crops will be abundant, but that he -will lose some of his live stock by thieves. <b>Devil.</b>—To dream -of this enemy to the human race, denotes that many dangers will -threaten you, all of which you will overcome. If you are in love, -it forebodes that some one is endeavoring to alienate the affection -of your sweetheart, but will be unsuccessful. <b>Dolphin.</b>—To<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span> -dream of a dolphin, shows to seafaring men a wind from the place -whence you dream he cometh. But to dream you see the dolphin -out of water, signifies the death of friends. <b>Drink.</b>—To dream -you drink cold water, is good, but hot signifies sickness and hindrance -of affairs. To dream you drink wine with moderation, is -good; to drink oil, signifies poison. To dream you are drinking -when you are dry from a stream or fountain, is a sign of sickness. -If a man dreams he is drunk with sack, or some sweet, pleasant -drink, it is a sign he will be beloved by some lady and grow -rich thereby. <b>Dunghill.</b>—To dream you stand on a dunghill is a -favorable omen. It is a sure forerunner of success in everything -undertaken at this time. For a maiden to dream she is on a dunghill, -is a sign that she will marry the choice of her affections, who -will be a man of some importance. <b>Daisy.</b>—It is good to dream -of daisies in the spring or summer, but bad in fall or winter. <b>Dandelions.</b>—To -dream of gathering dandelions is ominous to one. -To dream you see a large bed of them denotes that you have many -new enemies forming, who will do you much injury in secret. If -one in love dreams of dandelions, be sure their sweetheart is playing -them false.</p> - -<p><b>Eagles.</b>—To dream you see an eagle soaring very high in the -air, denotes prosperity, riches and honor; to the lover it foretells -success in love and a happy marriage. To dream you see an eagle -perched on the steeple of a church, or on any high eminence, is a -very good omen; it denotes that in some arduous undertaking you -will be successful and thereby arrive at riches and honor; it also -denotes that the dreamer will make his fortune beyond the sea. -If a woman with child dreams of an eagle, then it denotes that her -offspring will marry well and be very happy. <b>Eggs.</b>—To dream -you are buying or selling eggs, is a very favorable omen; whatever -you are then about will succeed, whether it be love, trade, or -getting a place. To dream that you are eating eggs, denotes that -you will shortly have a child and that your affairs will go well. -To dream your eggs are broken, denotes loss of goods, quarrels -and poverty; if you are in love, it forebodes a separation between -you and your sweetheart. <b>Elderberries.</b>—To dream of elderberries -augurs content and riches; to a maiden they bespeak a -speedy marriage; to a married woman, that she will shortly be with -child; to the tradesman, success in business; to the farmer, good -crops. <b>Elephants.</b>—To dream of an elephant is a very fortunate -dream; it denotes acquirement of riches. If you are in love, -it denotes a speedy marriage with your sweetheart, and many -children, chiefly boys, who will distinguish themselves by their -learning. <b>Eclipse.</b>—To dream you see an eclipse of the moon, -denotes that you will lose some female friend—your mother, if she -be living. You will experience a great uneasiness on account of a -woman. Your sweetheart will prove unfaithful. Poverty will -overtake you and misery end your days. To dream you see an -eclipse of the sun, denotes that you will lose some male friend—your -father, if he be alive; and that you will experience some uneasiness<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span> -by the means of some troublesome friends; to a woman -with child it foretells a son, who will be a great man. <b>Earthquake.</b>—To -dream of an earthquake, warns you that your affairs -are about to take a great change. If you see many houses tumble -into ruins, then it will be much for the better. <b>Eyes.</b>—To dream -you lose your eyes, is a very unfortunate omen. It denotes decay -of circumstances, loss of friends, death of relations and miscarriage -in love. If a woman with child dreams of it, it denotes that the -child will be very unhappy and lose its liberty. <b>Execution.</b>—To -dream of the execution of offenders, shows that you will be suddenly -sought after for relief by some that are in great want and -extremity. <b>Earthworms.</b>—To dream of earthworms, signifies -secret enemies that endeavor to ruin and destroy us. <b>Ear.</b>—If -a man dreams his ears be fair and well shaped, it shows he shall -come to great renown; but if he dreams his ears are ill-favored and -deformed, it shows the contrary. This dream is ill to a servant, -and those who have a lawsuit, if he be a plaintiff or the defendant, -but it is good to an artificer or one that worketh with his -hands, for he shall have many that will employ him. To dream -that one picks or cleans his ears, betokens that good news shall -come forth one side or other. But to dream that the ears have -been beaten or chafed, signifies we shall hear ill news. If any one -dreams his ear is hurt or split, he will be offended by some one that -belongs to him, or by some friend. If he dream that his ear is -quite off, he shall be utterly deprived of their friendship. <b>Eve.</b>—To -dream you see the mother of all men, is a favorable omen. It -denotes great happiness to the lover. <b>Eyebrows.</b>—To dream the -eyebrows are hairy and of a good grace, is good, especially to a -woman. But if either men or women dream their eyebrows are -more large or comely than they used to be, it is a sign they will -succeed in the matrimonial way. <b>Evil Spirits.</b>—To dream evil -spirits obstruct your doing good under a show of devotion, denotes -obstruction in your affairs by a hypocrite; and if you dream -that you see hideous physiognomies, something vulgar will -be revealed to you. <b>Eating.</b>—To dream that you are eating, is a -very unfavorable omen; it portends disunion in your family, -losses in trade, and disappointment in love, storms and shipwrecks -by sea. <b>Enemy.</b>—To dream you talk to an enemy, is a caution to -beware of him. To dream you fight with and are worsted by -him, denotes that you will meet with some misfortune which has -threatened you for some time. <b>Eels.</b>—To dream of eels, signifies -to beware of slippery pursuits and uncertain speculations. If the -eels escape you, you will be jilted in love; if you hold them, honor -and happiness will be in store for you. <b>Elf.</b>—To dream of an elf -signifies a happy return of one long absent; presents of value may -be expected after this dream, which also signifies marriage, with -wealth, position and happiness. <b>Elopement.</b>—To dream of a -friend’s elopement, signifies marriage against the wishes of your -friends, and unhappiness. To dream of your own elopement, betokens -entering into ruinous speculations in love or business.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span> -<b>Epitaph.</b>—To read or write an epitaph in your dream, signifies -much good to come from a secret friend. To read your own epitaph, -signifies marriage with one now an entire stranger, of great -wealth and position. <b>Equipage.</b>—To dream of possessing one, -signifies complete happiness, with the gratification of every wish, -however extravagant.</p> - -<p><b>Face.</b>—To dream your face is swelled shows that you will accumulate -wealth. If you are in love, it denotes that your sweetheart -will receive an unexpected legacy and marry you. <b>Fall.</b>—To -dream you fall from any high place, or from a tree, denotes loss -of place and goods. If you are in love, it surely indicates that you -will never marry the present object of your affections. <b>Feet.</b>—To -dream you are near a river or fountain and that you wash your -feet, signifies molestation and trouble. To dream of one scratching -the soles of your feet, signifies loss by flattery. <b>Fan.</b>—If a -maiden dreams she has been fanned by a man, she will soon make -a new conquest, or marry the present object of her affections. -For a man to dream he is fanning a person, signifies that he will -soon meet with many changes in his affairs. <b>Furniture.</b>—To -dream of getting new furniture that pleases you, is good. If it -seems not to please, the dream is a bad one. To be pleased with -furniture, denotes health, happiness and prosperity. To display -furniture, denotes trouble, perhaps a death or a funeral. <b>Faction.</b>—To -dream of being engaged in faction or sedition, denotes wealth -by indirect ways. <b>Father-in-law.</b>—To dream one sees his father-in-law, -either dead or alive, is ill, especially if he dreams that he -uses violence or threatening. <b>Fish-ponds.</b>—To dream of fishponds, -denotes thriving. <b>Flageolet.</b>—To dream that you play or -hear playing on a flageolet, denotes trouble and contention, and -being overthrown at law. <b>Flesh.</b>—If anyone dreams he is increased -in flesh, he will gain wealth. On the contrary, if he -dreams he is grown lean and thin, if he be rich, he will grow poor, -or at least conceal his wealth, and he will be in a mean condition. -To dream of eating all sorts of meat, whether flesh or fish, signifies -either neglect of business, or anger and sickness. <b>Flies.</b>—To -dream of a swarm of flies, denotes that you have many enemies; -it also denotes that your sweetheart is not sincere, and cares but -little about you. To dream you kill them is a very good omen. -<b>Flute.</b>—To dream you play or hear playing on a flute, signifies -trouble and contention. <b>Fool.</b>—For a man to dream he is a -fool, is good for those who would govern and teach children. -<b>Folly.</b>—For a woman to dream she is become foolish, and is publicly -guilty of folly, is a sign she will have a boy, who in time will -grow great. If a maid, she will be speedily married, and that to -an honest man. <b>Forest.</b>—To dream that you are walking in a -forest, signifies trouble. <b>Fields.</b>—To dream you are in green -fields, is a very favorable omen. To dream you are in ploughed -fields, forebodes some severe disputes that will be brought upon -you by some person who has no children. To the lover, it denotes -disappointment; to the married, unhappiness and undutiful children;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span> -to the tradesman, loss of business and a prison. To dream -you are in a meadow covered with flowers, is a very favorable -omen. If you are soliciting a place or favor, it portends you will -surely obtain it. <b>Figs.</b>—To dream of figs, is the forerunner of -prosperity and happiness. To the lover, they denote the accomplishment -of your wishes. To the tradesman, increase of trade. -They are also indicative of legacy. <b>Fighting.</b>—To dream you -are fighting, denotes to the lover that you will lose the object of -your affections through a foolish quarrel. It also forebodes much -opposition to your wishes, with loss of character and property. -After such a dream, you are urgently recommended to quit your -present situation, because such a dream indicates that you will not -prosper in it. To the sailor it denotes storm and shipwreck, with -disappointment in love. <b>Fire.</b>—To dream of this subtle element, -denotes health and happiness to the lover, marriage to the object of -his affections and many children. It also denotes that you will be -very angry with some one on a trifling occasion. To dream you -see burning lights descending as it were from heaven, is a very bad -sign indeed. It portends some dreadful accident to the dreamer, -such as being hanged, losing your head, having your brains -dashed out, breaking your legs, getting into prison, or other strange -accidents. To the lover, it also denotes the loss of the affections -of your sweetheart. To the tradesman, bad success in business. -To dream that you are burnt by fire, denotes great danger, and -that enemies will injure you. To the sailor, storms and shipwreck. -<b>Fishing.</b>—To dream you are fishing, is a sure sign of sorrow and -trouble. If you catch any fish, you will be successful in love and -business. If you catch none, you will never marry your present -sweetheart, nor succeed in your present undertakings. If they slip -out of your hands after you have caught them, the person you -marry will be of a roving disposition, and some pretended friend -will deceive you. <b>Filberts.</b>—To dream of filberts, forebodes -much trouble and anger from friends. To the tradesman, they -denote a prison, and decay of trade; to the lover, a complete disappointment; -to the married, care and undutiful children. <b>Fingers.</b>—To -dream you cut your fingers, if they bleed, is a very -good omen. You will be successful in love, and your sweetheart -will prove kind and true. You will get money from a quarter that -you least expect, and be successful in your enterprises. If you -dream that they do not bleed, then it denotes damage by a variety -of accidents. That lawsuits will attend you, and that you will be -unsuccessful in most of your pursuits. In love you will not succeed -with your present sweetheart, who prefers another. To -dream you lose your fingers, denotes the loss of friends, servants, -goods, trade and sweethearts. <b>Feasting.</b>—To dream that you are -at a feast, denotes that you will meet with many disappointments, -particularly in the thing which you are most anxious about. In -love it forebodes much uneasiness between sweethearts, and to them -which are married it foretells undutiful children, with many heavy -losses. <b>Fleas.</b>—To dream you are tormented with these little insects<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span> -is unfavorable. <b>Floods.</b>—To dream of a flood, shows that -you will meet with great opposition from rich neighbors, and that -a rich rival will attempt to alienate the affections of your mistress. -To the tradesman it denotes lawsuits, loss of business, and a prison; -to the sailor, it denotes much success by sea, but danger on shore; -to the farmer, it indicates loss of cattle and a dispute with the -landlord. To dream you are drowned in a flood, denotes that you -will quit your native land and after many hardships and perils return -to it rich and happy. That you will marry a pretty woman -and have fine children. <b>Flowers.</b>—To dream you are gathering -flowers, is a very favorable omen. Expect to thrive in everything -you undertake and that you will be successful in love, marry happily -and have beautiful children. Should they wilt in your hands, -then expect heavy losses in trade, that your sweetheart will die; -or, if you are married, that you will lose your husband or wife -and also your favorite child. <b>Flying.</b>—To dream you are flying, -is a very excellent omen. It foretells elevation of fortune. That -you will arrive at dignity in the state and be happy. If you are -in love, your sweetheart will be true to you, and if you marry, -you will have many children, who will all do very well and be very -happy. It indicates that you will take a long journey, which will -turn out advantageous to you. <b>Forge.</b>—To dream of working a -smith’s forge, denotes a brain full of projects. The blowing with -the bellows signifies the getting of a wife and the hammering on -the anvil her scolding tongue. <b>Fortune.</b>—If any man become -poor after he hath been rich, dreams he has the same land and -possessions he had before, it signifies that his good fortune will return. -<b>Fountain.</b>—To dream that you are at a fountain, is a very -favorable omen. If the waters are clear, it denotes riches and -honors; and in love, it foretells great happiness in the marriage -state, and that your sweetheart is of an amiable disposition and -true to you; but if the waters appear muddy, then it denotes -vexation and trouble, disappointment in business, inconstancy in -your sweetheart and misery in the marriage state. <b>Fox.</b>—To -dream of this crafty animal is the forerunner of much difficulty. -If you are in love, your sweetheart will turn out of a sour, disagreeable, -ill-natured disposition. If you are in trade, sharpers -will endeavor to defraud you and overreach you in bargains. -<b>Friend.</b>—To dream you see a friend dead, betokens hasty news of -a joyful nature. If you are in love, it foretells a speedy marriage -with the object of your affections. <b>Frogs.</b>—To dream of frogs, -is a very favorable omen. To the farmer, it foretells good crops -and an increase of his live stock; to the tradesman, it denotes success -in business; to the lover, a faithful sweetheart; to the married, -an increase of children, who will be very happy; to the -sailor, pleasant and prosperous voyages, with a wife in a distant -country. <b>Fruits.</b>—If you dream of fruits when out of season, or -that you are gathering them when green, denotes sickness. If you -dream they are rotten, it foretells poverty. To dream of gathering -ripe fruit, when there is plenty, betokens happiness and riches, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span> -the speedy receipt of money. If you gather fruit from an old -withered tree, it is a sign that you will unexpectedly inherit the -effects of some aged person. To dream you have made yourself -sick by eating fruit, is a sorrowful omen. <b>Funeral.</b>—To dream -of a burial, denotes speedy marriage, and that you will hear of the -death or imprisonment of some near relation or esteemed friend. -It also foretells the acquisition of wealth, and that an estate will -fall to you from a distant relation by your mothers side. If you -see any particular person attending a funeral, either that person, or -some friend of his, will die and leave you something. If there is -a hearse with feathers on it, you will many some rich person -yourself, or assist at some relation’s wedding, who will marry well -and be a friend to you. <b>Fairy.</b>—For a maiden to dream she sees -a fairy, shows she will soon change her present state by becoming -the wife of a good husband. It is good for women under any circumstances -to dream of fairies, but it denotes evil to men, and no -man should undertake any important matter for several days after, -or it will surely end in his being disappointed. <b>Files.</b>—To dream -of dealing in files, prognosticates activity. To purchase files, -shows you will have many applications to attend to business. To -sell files, shows you will have others to work for you, yielding profitably. -<b>Flambeau.</b>—To dream of flambeaux, is a sign of trouble, -excitement and distress. To the merchant, losses at sea; to the -mechanic, want of employment; to lovers, deceit and treachery. -<b>Flag.</b>—To dream of raising a flag signifies that your name will be -widely known; to dream of seeing a flag floating, signifies good -news. <b>Furnace.</b>—To dream of seeing a furnace, indicates a quarrel -which will cost you dear friends. If you heat the furnace, you -will be the only sufferer. <b>Ferry.</b>—To dream of crossing a ferry, -signifies that indecision in an important matter will make you the -laughing-stock of your friends. <b>Fortress.</b>—If you are confined -in a fortress in your dream, your plans in life will suffer from undue -influence of others. If you dream of placing others in confinement, -look for valuable goods, which will enrich you. <b>Fairs.</b>—To -dream of going to fairs threatens the person so dreaming -with having his pockets picked, or robbed in some other way.</p> - -<p><b>Gloves.</b>—To dream of receiving a gift of a pair of gloves, signifies -an offer of friendship. If the gloves are light, the connection -will be pleasant; if dark, it is doubtful. To receive a -package of gloves, signifies much good offered to you at one time. -To present gloves in a dream, signifies a gift in charity. To dream -of old, ragged gloves, signifies disappointment and deceit from -your dearest friends. <b>Ghost.</b>—To dream of seeing it, signifies a -marriage in the family. If you dream it speaks, prepare to die. -<b>Gallows.</b>—To dream of the gallows is a most fortunate omen. It -shows that the dreamer will become rich and arrive at great honors. -To the lover, it shows the consummation of his most sanguine -wishes, and that by marriage he will become rich and happy, have -many children, particularly a son, who will become a great man, -and be the founder of his family’s honor. <b>Garden.</b>—To dream<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span> -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, and to the sailor, prosperous voyages. <b>Geese.</b>—To dream -of geese is a forerunner of good; expect to see a long-absent friend. -They denote success and riches to the dreamer in the furtherance -of his pursuits. In love, they augur speedy marriage and fidelity -in your sweetheart. <b>Giants.</b>—To dream of seeing giants is ominous -of good. <b>Gifts.</b>—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 between 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. <b>Glass.</b>—To dream of glass, marks -inconstancy in your sweetheart, and in business of bad success in -your undertakings in life. To dream you break glass, shows that -your sweetheart will forsake you, and that you will unexpectedly -meet with misfortunes and troubles. To dream you receive a -glassful of water, is indicative of a speedy marriage and that you -will have many children, who will all do well. If the glass appears -broken, the death of your sweetheart, or, if married, of your -spouse, is predicted. For a woman with child, or a married man -whilst his wife is with child, to dream of breaking a glass of wine -or water, denotes that the child in the womb will be preserved after -much danger, and perhaps the death of the mother. If either of -them dream that they spill wine or water, it is indicative that the -mother will live but the child will die. <b>Globe.</b>—To dream that -you are looking at a globe, foretells much good, and that you will -become a great traveler. <b>Gold.</b>—To dream of gold, is a very good -omen. It denotes success in your present undertakings, after -experiencing some little difficulties. If you receive gold in bars, -you will inherit an estate in a far distant country, and have some -trouble in getting possession of it. If you receive eagles or any -other gold coin, your affairs will prosper, your sweetheart will be -true and marry you; you will have many children and be very -happy. If you pay gold, it betokens an increase of friends and -business. If you let gold fall, it denotes an attack from thieves. -If you are in trade, some swindler will attempt to defraud you. If -you pick up gold, it denotes that some quarrel will be settled to -your advantage. If you are in prison, it shows you will speedily -be released. It also denotes the death of a husband or wife, if -you are married. If single, of your sweetheart. <b>Good.</b>—To -dream that we do good to one, signifies jollity and pleasure, and to -dream that others do us good, is profit and gain. <b>Gooseberries.</b>—To -dream of gooseberries, indicates many children, chiefly sons, -and an accomplishment of your present pursuits. To the sailor, -they declare dangers in his next voyage. To the maiden, a proving -husband, and to the man, a rakish wife. <b>Grapes.</b>—To dream of -grapes, foretells to the maiden that her husband will be a cheerful<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span> -companion and a great songster. They denote much happiness in -marriage and success in trade. If you are in love, they augur a -speedy union between you and your sweetheart. <b>Grave.</b>—To -dream you see a grave, foretells sickness and disappointment. If -you are in love, you will surely never marry your present sweetheart. -If you go into the grave, it shows you will experience a -loss of property and that false friends will defame you. If you -come out of the grave, it denotes success in your undertakings, -that you will rise in the world, become rich, and if you are in love, -that you will speedily marry your sweetheart. If you take another -out of the grave, you will be the means of saving the life of a -person who will be a very great friend to you, and receive some -unexpected legacy. <b>Grain.</b>—To dream you see any kind of grain -and that one gathers it, signifies profit and gain. <b>Games.</b>—To -dream one plays at ball or top, signifies travail and pains, and to -gain wealth by contention and injury. To leap, run, or dance, signifies -prosperity in affairs; but to dance without music, foretells -want of money. <b>Garlic.</b>—For a man to dream he eats garlic, signifies -he shall discover hidden secrets and meet with some domestic -jars. Yet to dream he has it in the house, is good. <b>Gibbet.</b>—To -dream you see a person hanging on a gibbet, is a sign of damage -and great affliction. <b>Girdle.</b>—To dream that you are girt with an -old girdle, signifies labor and pains. A new girdle signifies honor. -<b>Gin.</b>—To dream of drinking gin, forebodes short life and many -changes will happen very suddenly, which will be chiefly very -pleasant, but that they will end with dissatisfaction. <b>Gondola.</b>—If -a female dreams she is sailing in a gondola, she will speedily -marry a person who will make her happy. If a man dream he is -in a gondola, in smooth water, it is an excellent dream; but if the -water be muddy or troubled, it denotes much strife. <b>Guns.</b>—To -dream you see people firing off guns or cannon, augurs that the -dreamer will experience much adversity. To dream that they are -firing at you, shows that you will be exposed to many perilous -dangers, such as shipwreck, assassination, or loss of liberty. If -you are firing at them yourself, it foretells that you will be involved -in a lawsuit that will prove prejudicial to you.</p> - -<p><b>Hay.</b>—To dream you cut it, signifies that you will have great -influence in society. To dream of raking it together, denotes that -you will stand at the head of assemblies. <b>Hills.</b>—To dream you -are traveling over high hills and wading through great difficulties, -having lost your way, shows you shall meet with assistance and -have good counsel in your difficulties. <b>Hail.</b>—To dream you are -in a hailstorm, presages great sorrow in life. If you are in love, it -forewarns you against marrying your present sweetheart, who will -prove of very bad temper and make you miserable. <b>Hair.</b>—For -a man to dream his hair is long, like a woman’s, signifies cowardice -and effeminacy, and that the person dreaming will be deceived -by a woman. To dream one sees a woman without hair, signifies -famine, poverty and sickness. To see a man bald and without hair, -signifies the contrary. <b>Hands.</b>—If any one dreams that his hands<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span> -are comelier and stronger than ordinary, he will be employed in -some important affairs, which he will bring to a happy issue. If -one dreams that his hand is cut off, or that it has grown lean and -dry, or hath been burnt, he will grow poor. If a woman dreams -thus, she will lose her husband, or her eldest son, or fall into a decay. -If any one dreams that he works with his right hand, it is a -sign of good fortune to him and his family. If with the left hand, -that denotes bad luck. To dream the hand is hairy, signifies trouble -and imprisonment. <b>Hanged.</b>—To dream of seeing people hanged, -or that you are going to be hanged yourself, denotes that you will -rise above your present condition by marriage. <b>Hat.</b>—To dream -your hat is torn or dirty, signifies damage and dishonor. But to -dream you have a hat on that pleases you, signifies joy, profit, and -good success in business. <b>Hogs’ Bristles.</b>—To dream that you -have hogs’ bristles, signifies great and violent dangers. <b>Horns.</b>—To -dream one hath horns on his head, signifies dominion, grandeur -and royalty. To dream you see a man with horns on his -head, signifies he is in danger both of the loss of his person and estate. -<b>Horses.</b>—To dream of horses is a particularly good sign; -inasmuch that if any one dreams that he is mounted on a stately -horse, full of mettle, nimble and well-harnessed, he will have a -handsome, noble and rich wife, provided the horse be his own. -To dream one sees a horse running, signifies prosperity and the -accomplishment of one’s desires. To dream of riding on a tired -horse, shows one shall fall desperately in love. To dream you see -a horse dead, is a sign that stagnation will take place in your business, -with some losses; but these may be overcome if the horse be -well in flesh and has not died a natural death. <b>Hunger.</b>—To -dream one is unusually hungry, and that his appetite craves sustenance, -shows he will be ingenious, laborious and eager in getting -an estate, and will grow rich. <b>Husbandmen.</b>—To see yourself -become a husbandman in your dream, shows you shall meet with -great toil, yet after awhile become rich. If you dream you are -ploughing, it denotes success, and, to single persons, speedy marriage; -and if the fields be full of flowers, it is a sign of much happiness. -<b>Hatred.</b>—To dream of hatred or being hated, whether of -friends or enemies, is ill. <b>Heaven.</b>—To dream of heaven, and -that you are there, signifies grandeur and glory. <b>Head.</b>—To -dream you have a great head, or a head bigger than ordinary, and -very highly raised, that signifies dignity, esteem. If a sick person -dream thus, it prognosticates both the headache and violent fever. -If one dreams his head is cut off by robbers and murderers, that -signifies loss of children, relations, estate or wife; and to the wife -so dreaming, the loss of her husband. To dream that one cuts off -another’s head, signifies assurance of effecting business, or revenge -upon your enemies. To dream you cut off the head of a pullet, or -a green goose, signifies joy and recreation. To dream one hath -the head of a lion or wolf, or some other cruel beast, it is a good -sign to the dreamer. To dream one hath the head of a dog, horse, -or ass, or such four-footed beast, is servitude, pain and misery to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span> -the dreamer. To dream one hath a bird’s head, argues one shall -not stay long in his country. If one dreams that he is careful to -comb and trim his hair, it is a sign he shall dispose well of his -business. To dream you wash your head, signifies deliverance -from danger. <b>Hen.</b>—To dream that you hear hens cackle, or -that you catch them, signifies joy, profit and assurance of the dispatch -of business. To dream that you are turned into a hen, -signifies disquiet. To dream that you see a hen lay eggs, signifies -gain. To see a hen with her chickens, signifies loss or damage. -To dream that a hen crows, signifies sadness and trouble. <b>Hornet.</b>—To -dream of hornets, shows you will have to do with people -who will assault and discredit you. <b>House.</b>—To dream of building -a house is a good omen; in love, that your sweetheart is good-tempered -and faithful, and will make you very happy; to dream -you see a house on fire, foretells hasty news. If it be your own -house that is destroyed, the news will be bad. If your enemy’s -house, it will be good. <b>Hunting.</b>—To dream you are hunting -and that the game is killed, shows much trouble through the pretensions -of false friends, but that you will discover them and overcome -all their machinations.</p> - -<p><b>Ice.</b>—To dream of ice is a favorable omen. To the lover it -shows your sweetheart is of an amiable temper and faithful. To -dream you are sliding or skating on the ice, denotes that you will -pursue some unprofitable concern and be much worried by your -engagements. <b>Invasion.</b>—For a maiden to dream of invasion, is -a sign that some evil-disposed person will endeavor to lead her -astray; to a man in business, it denotes much competition; to a -mechanic, loss of his situation. <b>Intrigue.</b>—To dream you are -connected in an intrigue, is ominous of evil. <b>Infant.</b>—If an unmarried -woman dreams of an infant, it prognosticates that she will -go through some trouble, but for a man to dream of infants, is -good. <b>Inn.</b>—To dream of being in an inn, is a very unfavorable -dream. It denotes poverty and want of success in undertakings; -expect soon to be yourself, or some of your family, committed to -prison. If you are sick, it denotes you will never recover. To the -tradesman it shows loss of trade and bad servants. <b>Inquest.</b>—To -dream of being at an inquest, denotes prosperity; to dream -that you are the subject on which the inquest is held, prognosticates -that you will come into prosperity by the death of some rich -person; to dream an inquest is held on the body of a friend is also -good to the dreamer. <b>Idiot.</b>—If any one dreams he is turned -idiot, or mad, and is guilty of public extravagancies, he shall be -long-lived, a favorite, and gain pleasure and profit by the people. -<b>Image.</b>—To dream of an image or statue, signifies children, and -the will and affections of the dreamer. <b>Infernal Things.</b>—If -any one dreams that he sees the devil, or any other infernal spirit -or representation, it is a very bad dream, bringing along with it to -those sick, death, and to the healthy, melancholy, anger and violent -sickness. <b>Iron.</b>—For one to dream that he is hurt with iron, -signifies that he shall receive some damage. To dream that one<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span> -trades with a stranger in iron, signifies losses and misfortune. -<b>Idol.</b>—To dream you see persons worshiping at an idol, betokens a -change of affairs and much for the better. To dream you worship -an idol, is a sign of merriment, such as going to balls, parties or -excursions, pleasant journeys and the like. If a sick person has -this dream, they will have a speedy recovery. <b>Ignominy.</b>—For -any one to dream they suffer ignominy, shows he will be unjustly -accused of having done wrong, and that he will, after a little, take -a sudden rise in the world. <b>Illumination.</b>—It is a certain sign -of war when persons dream of seeing a city illuminated. To dream -your own house is illuminated, betokens much quarrelling among -relatives. <b>Injury.</b>—To dream you receive an injury, signifies -that you have many friends—no enemies. If you dream of inflicting -injury, you will both receive and dispense blessings. <b>Ink.</b>—If -you dream of black ink, you will become involved in some disgraceful -scheme. If you dream of red ink, good news awaits you.</p> - -<p><b>Jollity.</b>—To dream of jollity, feasts and merry-making, is a -good and prosperous dream, and promiseth to the dreamer great -preferment. <b>Jessamine.</b>—To dream of this beautiful flower, -foretells good luck. To lovers, it is a sure sign they will be speedily -married. <b>Jeopardy.</b>—If you dream that you are in jeopardy, -it will be very fortunate for you. If a person so dreaming be in -business, it foretells success and great profit. <b>Jubilee.</b>—To dream -that you are at a jubilee, is a sure sign that you will have a fortune -left you by some rich relations. <b>Jockey.</b>—If a female dreams she -sees a jockey riding at full speed, she will have an offer of marriage -made her very unexpectedly. For a man to dream he rides -with, or sees a jockey riding at a race, denotes a sudden good turn -in his affairs. <b>Jug.</b>—For one to dream of drinking out of a jug, -is a sure sign of going on a journey. If the jug be large, the journey -will be long; if small, the journey will be short; and so, if the -liquid drank be pleasant, so will the journey, and if unpleasant, the -journey will be full of troubles. <b>Juniper.</b>—It is unlucky to dream -of the juniper, especially if the person who so dreams be sick. -But to dream of gathering juniper berries, if it be in winter, denotes -prosperity. <b>Joy.</b>—To dream of joy and festivity, is a token -of good for such as would marry, or it betokens enjoyment for -those fond of society. To the sad and fearful it announces absence -of heaviness and fear. <b>Juniper Berries.</b>—To dream of -these, signifies that the person so dreaming will shortly arrive at -great honors and become a great person. To the married it foretells -the birth of a male child. <b>Jail.</b>—If you dream of seeing -others in jail, you will be deprived of your own liberty. If you -dream of being imprisoned, you will be elevated to a high station -in life and increase your number of friends. <b>Jewels.</b>—To dream -of possessing jewels, signifies that you are on the road to happiness. -<b>Jury.</b>—If you dream of being tried by a jury, you will lose -your sweetheart, and gain the affections of another on a voyage. -If you dream of being acquitted by a jury, you will shortly meet -with interesting and romantic adventures.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span></p> - -<p><b>Kill.</b>—To dream you kill a man, signifies assuredness of business. -To dream you kill your father, is a bad sign. To dream you -are killed, denotes loss to him whom you dreamed has killed you. -<b>Keys.</b>—To dream of keys is favorable to a person in trade, and to -a sailor, they denote some gift, and that the dreamer will become -rich. To dream of finding a key, denotes an addition to your -estate. If you are married, it foretells the birth of a child. If -you give another a key, you will be speedily married. In love, -keys betoken faithfulness and a good tempered sweetheart.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">To dream your keys are gone or lost</div> -<div class="verse">Denotes that you’ll be vexed or crossed.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="noindent"><b>Knives.</b>—To dream of knives is a very unpropitious omen. It -betokens lawsuits, poverty, disgrace, strife and a general failure -in 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. <b>Kissing.</b>—For a man to dream of kissing a -young maid, and that she vanishes away before he can accomplish -his desire, denotes that the next day he shall see great store of -good cheer. To dream you kiss a person deceased, signifies long -life. <b>Kite.</b>—To dream of your seeing a kite, showeth you shall be -in danger of thieves and robbers.</p> - -<p><b>Ladder.</b>—To dream you ascend a ladder, signifies honor. But -to dream you descend a ladder, betokens damage. <b>Lamb.</b>—To -dream that you feed or bring a lamb to the slaughter signifies torment. -To dream that you see a lamb, or young kids, signifies -extraordinary comfort. <b>Leaping.</b>—To dream you are leaping -over walls, doors or gates, is a sign that you will encounter many -difficulties in your present pursuits, and that your sweetheart will -not marry you. <b>Legs.</b>—To dream that your legs are scabby or -itchy, signifies fruitless perplexity and care. To dream one hath -a wooden leg, signifies the alteration of condition, from good to -bad, and from bad to worse. <b>Letters.</b>—To dream you receive -letters, is demonstrative of your being beloved by a person of the -opposite sex, who is very much your friend. To dream of writing -letters, shows success in enterprises. <b>Leopards.</b>—Dreaming of -leopards, foretells honor. <b>Lettuce.</b>—To dream that one eats -salads made of lettuce, and other herbs that may be eaten raw, -signifies trouble and difficulty in the management of affairs. -<b>Lemons.</b>—To dream of lemons denotes contentions in your family -and uneasiness on account of children. They announce the death -of some relation and disappointment in love. <b>Lion.</b>—To dream -of seeing this king of beasts, denotes that you will appear before -your betters, and that you will be promoted to some lucrative office, -accumulate riches, and marry a woman of great spirit. It argues -success in trade and prosperity from a voyage by sea. <b>Lookingglass.</b>—To -dream of looking in a glass, denotes children -to the married and to the unmarried it promises a lover speedily. -<b>Lechery.</b>—To dream of lechery, denotes to the dreamer a spell of -sickness. <b>Leapfrog.</b>—For a man to dream he plays at leapfrog is -bad. For many causes, troubles and vexations will soon overtake<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span> -him. If a maiden has this dream, it signifies that her lover is inconstant. -<b>Leap Year.</b>—To dream of a leap year is one of the -best and most lucky dreams. Everything you undertake about -this time will prosper and your efforts will be fourfold successful. -It is like good to male and female. <b>Leeward.</b>—For a captain or -seafaring man to dream his vessel drifts leeward, is ominous of a -storm. <b>Land.</b>—If a man dreams he hath good lands well enclosed -with pleasant pastures, bestowed upon him, he will have a handsome -wife. But if the land seems spacious and not enclosed, that -denotes pleasure, joy and riches. If he dreams that the said unenclosed -lands have fair gardens and fountains, fields, pleasant groves -and orchards adjoining thereto, that signifies that he will marry a -discreet, chaste and beautiful wife, and that she will bear him -handsome children. If he dreams the land is sown with wheat, -that signifies money and profit, with care and industry. But if he -dreams it is sown with any kind of pulse, that denotes affliction -and trouble. <b>Lantern.</b>—He that dreams he sees a lantern with a -light in it, extinguished, that signifies unto him sadness, sickness -and poverty. <b>Laurel.</b>—To dream you see a laurel tree is a token -of victory and pleasure, and if you be married, it denotes the inheritance -of possession by your wife. To dream one sees or smells -laurel, if it be a woman, she shall bear children. If a maid, she -will be suddenly married. <b>Law.</b>—As to matters of law, to -dream of places, of pleading, judges, attorneys, &c., signifies -trouble, expense and revealing of secrets. If a sick man dreameth -he obtains a suit, he shall come to a better estate. <b>Lizard.</b>—To -dream that one sees a lizard, signifies ill-luck and misfortune by -secret enemies. <b>Logs.</b>—To dream that one is cleaving a log is a sign -that strangers shall come to the party dreaming. <b>Light.</b>—To -dream you see a great light is a happy presage. It denotes that -you will attain great honors and become very rich. In love, it -shows a sweetheart of an amiable disposition, that you will marry -well, have children and be very happy. <b>Lightning.</b>—To dream -of lightning without tempest, and falling near, without touching -the body, signifies change of place. If a man dreams he saw -lightning fall below him, it will hinder his traveling. But if you -dream that you are all burned and consumed with lightning, it is -death to the dreamer. <b>Lilies.</b>—To dream that one sees, holds, -smells lilies out of their season, it signifies that the hope of the -thing desired will be frustrated. But the same dream of lilies in -their season is good. <b>Linen.</b>—To dream you are dressed in clean -linen, denotes that you will shortly receive some glad tidings. -That your sweetheart is faithful, and will marry. If it is dirty, -then it denotes poverty, and disappointment in love. <b>Lioness.</b>—Dreaming -of seeing a lioness is good to the rich or poor. Marriage -is also hereby signified. Those that have children upon this dream -shall lose them. But if you dream that she destroys you it is death -to the dreamer. For persons at sea to dream of this animal is a -sign of storm. <b>Lean.</b>—If one dreams he is grown lean and wasted, -he will be disturbed and have suits at law, or some other ill business<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span> -that will occasion the loss of his estate, or else he is in danger -of falling sick. Nevertheless, if a woman dreams the tongue grows -less, it signifies unto her honors, wisdom, prudence and discretion. -<b>Lice.</b>—To dream that you are lousy and that you are killing a -great number of them, is a very good omen. It denotes great -riches to the dreamer. They also portend deliverance from enemies, -and that you will overcome much slander and malice. <b>Lips.</b>—To -dream that one hath red, handsome lips, is a sign that your -friends enjoy their health. And to have them dry and chapped, -the contrary. <b>Lying.</b>—To tell a lie in a dream is not good, except -by players and jesters, who practise it, and deceive people. -<b>Lake.</b>—To dream of a peaceful lake, denotes content. To dream -of gazing into a lake, denotes an access of fortune from an unexpected -source. To dream of floating on a lake, signifies to glide -through life without trouble and with many friends. <b>Legacy.</b>—To -dream of receiving one, denotes losing whatever you own that -is in the hands of another, involving you in litigation, debt, unhappiness -and trouble. <b>Laughing.</b>—To dream of laughing violently, -betokens sorrow and weeping. It also denotes change of -circumstances and friends. <b>Love.</b>—To dream of being in love, -denotes that you are not susceptible. If you dream of another -loving you, you will pass through life alone and unsought. <b>Lamp.</b>—To -dream of a burning lamp, signifies prosperity. To dream of -a lamp suddenly extinguished, signifies the death of a near friend. -<b>Losses.</b>—To dream you lose something on which you set great -value, denotes that you will hear of something which will give you -great pleasure. If you dream of losing money, you will receive a -gift from some one which will astonish and please you. To dream -that you have lost some part of your dress, foretells you that there -is some one intending to confer some favor on you.</p> - -<p><b>Malice.</b>—To dream that some one bears you malice, foretells a -pleasant prospect in your worldly affairs; and that you will be advanced -to some important station either by marriage, if you are -not married, or if so, through the influence of friends. <b>Mansion.</b>—To -dream that you inhabit a mansion, is not good; expect some -calamity happening either to yourself, or some relative, or lover. -<b>Maid.</b>—To dream you obtain a young maid, signifies joy. To -dream you take away a maid by force, signifies sorrow. <b>Markets.</b>—To -dream of markets filled with goods and folks, is a good dream -to those that traffic. But riding to market signifies a short voyage. -If in a storm, the voyage will be difficult and the success of your -voyage doubtful. If in fair weather, the result will be the contrary. -<b>Marriage.</b>—To dream you are married, is ominous of -death, and very unfavorable to the dreamer. It denotes poverty, -a prison, and misfortune. 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 part -of your property. To the sailor, it argues storm and shipwrecks -with a narrow escape from death. <b>Milk.</b>—To dream you drink<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span> -milk, is an extraordinary good sign. And to dream you see breasts -of milk, signifies profit. To dream you are carrying milk is a good -sign, but if you fall and spill it, misfortune will befall you, from -which it would be difficult to extricate yourself. <b>Mad.</b>—To -dream you are mad, and that you are in company with mad -people, is very good to the dreamer. It promises long life, riches, -happy marriage, success in trade and good children. If you are a -farmer, some accident will happen to a part of your live stock, -but you will have plentiful crops. If you are in lawsuit, it will -determine greatly in your favor. <b>Mice.</b>—To dream of mice, denotes -prosperity, success in love, and a happy marriage. For a -married woman to dream of mice, it is a token that she will be -with child shortly and that the fruit of her womb will become -very rich and powerful. <b>Midwife.</b>—To dream you see a midwife, -is a revealing of secrets, and signifies hurt. To those who -are kept by force, to dream of a midwife, signifies liberty. If a -woman that is not with child dreameth often of seeing her, it forebodeth -she shall have a fit of sickness, which shall be long and -continuous. <b>Martyr.</b>—If one dreams he dies for religion, that -man will arrive at great honor. It signifies also that his soul will -be happy hereafter. <b>Meat.</b>—To dream that you see the meat -you have eaten, signifies loss and damage. <b>Measles.</b>—If any one -dreams he hath the measles, it denotes he shall gain profit and -wealth, but it shall be with infamy. <b>Mire.</b>—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">To dream you wade in mire and stubble,</div> -<div class="verse">Foretelleth surely toil and trouble,</div> -<div class="verse">Yet perseverance will not fail</div> -<div class="verse">O’er toil and trouble to prevail.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="noindent"><b>Monkeys.</b>—To dream of these mischievous creatures, is ominous -of evil. They announce deceit in love, unfaithfulness in the married -state, undutiful children, malicious enemies, and an attack -by thieves. <b>Mountains.</b>—To dream you see steep and craggy -mountains, presages difficulties in accomplishing your designs. -If you ascend them and gain the top, you will be successful -in whatever you undertake, become very rich, and arrive at great -honors in the state. To a maid, they denote that she will marry a -man who will become rich and powerful, and that her children -will be people of consequence. <b>Mulberries.</b>—To dream of mulberries -is of good import. To the maiden, they foretell a speedy -and happy marriage. To the lover, constancy and affection in -his mistress. They also denote wealth, honors and many children. -They are particularly favoring to sailors and farmers. <b>Music.</b>—To -dream you hear delicious music is a very favorable omen, promising -joyful news from a long absent friend. To married people it denotes -sweet tempered children. In love it shows that your sweetheart -is very fond of you, is good tempered, sincere and constant. -Rough and discordant music foretells trouble, vexation and disappointment. -<b>Monster.</b>—To see a monster in the sea is not good; -but out of the sea every fish and great monster is good. <b>Money.</b>—To -dream of receiving money, is a good omen. In love, it foretells<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span> -a speedy marriage and many children. If you dream you -lose money, it is a proof you will be deceived in love, and be unsuccessful -in some favorite pursuit. To dream you are paying -money, foretells the birth of a son destined to cut a great figure in -life. <b>Moon.</b>—To dream of the moon is a very favorable omen; it -denotes sudden joy, great success in love; but unfaithfulness in -the married state, undutiful children, and malicious enemies. -<b>Mother.</b>—To dream you see your own mother living, signifies -joy. To see your mother dead, signifies misfortune. <b>Melons.</b>—To -dream of melons, to sick persons is a prognostic of recovery, -by reason of their humidity or juicy substance. <b>Monuments.</b>—If -a sick person dreams of seeing monuments, he or she is dreaming -will quickly recover. For the healthy to dream of monuments -is a sign of good luck. <b>Misery.</b>—Dreaming that you are in great -misery on account of some calamity that has befallen either your -sweetheart, partner in life, or a relation, denotes that you may expect -some important event occurring, which will be deeply interesting -to you. <b>Mad Dog.</b>—To dream that you meet a mad dog denotes -that you will be fortunate in any undertaking in which you -are engaged, and that success will crown your efforts. <b>Murder.</b>—To -dream that you see a murder committed, indicates that you -will shortly have the pleasure of welcoming one whom you had -not expected to see again in this world. <b>Murderer.</b>—If any one -dreams of being a murderer be sure you will be slandered and calumniated -by one who has been a professed friend and admirer -previously. <b>Musician.</b>—For one to dream of being a musician, -who understands nothing of the art of music, is an indication that -the dreamer will have peace and comfort in the domestic state.</p> - -<p><b>Nakedness.</b>—To dream you see a man naked, signifies fear -and terror. To dream you see a woman naked, signifies honor and -joy, provided she be fair skinned and handsome. But if she is -crooked, old, wrinkled or otherwise ill made, and black withal, it -signifies shame, repentance and ill luck. <b>Nightmare.</b>—To dream -of being ridden by the nightmare is a sign that a woman so dreaming, -shall be domineered over by a fool. <b>Night-walks.</b>—To -dream of walking in the night, signifies trouble and melancholy. -<b>Nutmegs.</b>—To dream of nutmegs is a sign that many changes -will overtake you. <b>Navigation.</b>—If one dreams that he is sailing -in a boat and recreating himself without fear, he will have -comfort and success in his affairs, but if the water be tempestuous, -it falleth out contrarily. To dream of being in a ship or boat, and -in danger of oversetting or shipwreck, it is a sign of danger unless -the party be a prisoner or captive, and in that case it denotes liberty -and freedom. <b>Night-birds.</b>—To dream of any kind of night-birds, -as the owl, bittern and bat, is ominous, and those who have -such dreams should undertake no business on the day following. -He that travels by sea or land, and sees in his dream any of these -birds, will fall into a great tempest or into the hands of thieves. -<b>Nightingale.</b>—To dream of the nightingale signifieth good work, -and principally wedding. <b>Nine-pins.</b>—To dream of playing at<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span> -nine-pins is a sign of quarreling; if successful, you will get the better -of your adversary; if the reverse, you will be worsted. <b>Night-hag.</b>—For -a woman to dream of a night-hag, denotes that she will -be much slandered by some one whom she deems her friend. -For a man to dream of this nonentity, is a sign that some woman -is endeavoring to do him an injury. <b>Neigh.</b>—To dream you hear -horses neigh, augurs that you will have new and powerful friends, -who will do you much service. <b>Negroes.</b>—It is not good to dream -of negroes, unless they be singing or dancing, or otherwise making -merry. To dream of seeing negroes in a church is ominous of -evil. <b>Nose.</b>—To dream one has a fair and great nose is a good to -all, for it denotes prosperity in affairs, and acquaintance with rich -persons. <b>Nosegays.</b>—To dream of gathering and making nosegays -is unlucky, showing that our hope shall wither as flowers do -in a nosegay. <b>Nut Tree.</b>—Dreaming that you see nut trees, signifies -riches and content gained with labor and pain. Dreaming -that you find nuts that have been hid, signifies that you will find -treasure. <b>Nails.</b>—To dream your nails are growing long is very -good, and denotes riches, prosperity and happiness; great success -in love, a good, industrious husband or wife, with dutiful children; -it also foretells that you will suddenly receive a sum of money -that will be of great use to you. <b>Nectarines.</b>—To dream of nectarines -is ominous of strife between friends, of riches to the farmer -and tradesman, of infidelity to lovers, of children to the married, -of bad weather to the sailor, and to the poor they announce plenty -and increase of wages. <b>Nuts.</b>—To dream you see clusters of -them denotes riches and happiness. To the lover, success and -a good-tempered sweetheart. If you are gathering them, it is not -a good omen, for you will pursue some matter that will not turn -out to your advantage. If you crack them, the person who courts -you, or to whom you pay your addresses, will treat you with indifference, -or be very unfaithful. <b>Needle.</b>—For a female to -dream she is busy with the needle, indicates that she is about to -take a journey either of pleasure or necessity. For one of the -male sex to dream he is using the needle (except he is a tailor), forebodes -a series of distressing and unpleasant matters are about to -harass and perplex him.</p> - -<p><b>Olives.</b>—To dream you see olives, denotes happiness, and -that you will be successful in all your present undertakings. To -the lover, they foretell a speedy marriage with the object of your -affections. If you are gathering them off the trees, they announce -much trouble and vexation through friends and children; to the -lover, they show your sweetheart is unfaithful. <b>Onions.</b>—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">To dream of eating onions means</div> -<div class="verse">Much strife in thy domestic scenes;</div> -<div class="verse">Secrets found out or else betrayed,</div> -<div class="verse">And many falsehoods made and said.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="noindent"><b>Oysters.</b>—To dream you are eating oysters, is a very favorable -omen. <b>Ocean.</b>—To dream you are on the ocean with a woman, -is a sign some female friend is deceitful, or that you are deceitful<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span> -in some friends. It is unlucky to dream you swim, walk on, or -catch fish in the season. But it is nevertheless lucky to dream of -the ocean to any person about to go on a journey, unless, indeed, -it be very tempestuous. <b>Overturned.</b>—If a woman dreams she be -overturned while riding, it is ominous that she shall be greatly -distressed for a short time. For a man to have this dream, denotes -that some animal to which he is attached will sicken and -perhaps die. <b>Orphans.</b>—Whoever dreams of orphans will receive -profits or riches by the hand of a stranger. For a man to dream -of a female orphan, denotes that his wife will be rich. To dream -about orphans in any way is an excellent dream to both sexes. -<b>Office.</b>—To dream you are turned out of your office, foretells death -and loss of property. If you are in love, it foretells want of affection -in your sweetheart and misery if you marry the present object -of your affection. <b>Oil.</b>—Dreaming that you are anointed with oil, -is good for women, but for men, denotes shame. <b>Olive Trees.</b>—Dreaming -that you see an olive tree with olives, denotes peace, delight, -concord, liberty, dignity, and fruition of your desires. To -dream that you beat the olives down, is good for all but servants. -<b>Oven.</b>—If you dream that you see an oven hot, it signifies change -of place. <b>Owl.</b>—To dream of this bird at night is a bad omen. -It foretells sickness, poverty and imprisonment. It also forewarns -you some male friend is perfidious. <b>Oxen.</b>—Dreaming of oxen -denotes a year of plenty and fruitfulness. But if they appear -poor and lean it threatens a year of scarcity and famine. To dream -you feed oxen is a good sign, but to see oxen go to water is a bad -sign. <b>Old Man.</b>—For a woman to dream she is courted by an -old man, is a sure prognostic that she will receive a sum of money -and be successful in her undertakings. For a maid to dream of -it, shows that she will marry a rich young fellow, and have many -children by him, who will all become rich. <b>Old Woman.</b>—For a -man to dream he is courting an old woman, and that she returns -his love, is a very fortunate omen. It prefigures success in worldly -concerns, that he will many a beautiful young woman, have lovely -children, and be very happy. <b>Oranges.</b>—Dreaming that you see -and cut oranges, signifies wounds, grief and vexation, whether -they be ripe or not. <b>Organ.</b>—Dreaming that you hear the sound -of an organ, signifies joy. <b>Orchard.</b>—To dream that you are in an -orchard, denotes that you will become rich, that you will marry -much to your advantage. For a married person to dream of being -in an orchard, shows an increase of children, who will become -rich and live happy. In love, it denotes affection and constancy -in your sweetheart. <b>Offend.</b>—To dream that some one has greatly -offended you, is an indication that you are going a long journey -to some one you greatly esteem. If you dream that you have offended -some one you love, it signifies that you are about to be visited -by a friend whom you have not seen for a long time. <b>Offer.</b>—For -a female to dream that she has received an offer of love from one -of the male sex, portends troubles and sorrows await her. For -one to dream that she has rejected an offer of marriage, betokens<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span> -that she will be surprised with the news that a near relative is -dead and left her a large some of money.</p> - -<p><b>Pain.</b>—To dream you are suffering great pain from toothache, -headache, rheumatism, or in any part or your body, denotes that -you are about to receive some glad tidings from one who has been -long absent from you. <b>Passion.</b>—To dream that you are very passionate -with some one, denotes that you are likely to be afflicted -with some dangerous sickness, probably unto death. If you dream -that some one is in a passion with you, it betokens some good fortune -is about to attend you. <b>Pedestrian.</b>—To dream of making -a long journey on foot, betokens great hardships, false friends, -loss of money, unhappy marriage connections and final retirement -from the world. <b>Peddler.</b>—To dream of a peddler, signifies that -you have a false estimate of your friends’ value, and that time will -show them to be hypocrites. <b>Physician.</b>—To dream of a physician, -signifies good in many forms; if he is relieving you, you -have made a favorable impression where you most desire it; if, as a -friend, you meet him in society, look for true, happy love. -<b>Pleasure.</b>—If you dream you are enjoying great pleasure, you -may expect serious disappointment and difficulty in some project -that engages your mind. <b>Puzzle.</b>—If you dream that you are -puzzled with some intricate matter, and cannot unravel the mystery, -be sure that some one is about to confer a great favor on you. -<b>Ploughing.</b>—To dream of ploughing is good; but if the horse -seems to sink into the ground, it portends loss of labor, dearth of -corn, and ill harvest weather. <b>Pail.</b>—To dream of milking in a -dirty pail, is not a good sign. <b>Paper.</b>—To dream of paper is a -good omen, but if it appears rumpled, it will give you much pain. -<b>Peaches.</b>—Dreaming of peaches in season, denotes content, health -and pleasure. <b>Pears.</b>—Dreaming of pears well baked, denotes -great success and expedition in business. <b>Pies.</b>—Dreaming of -making pies is joy and profit. <b>Pigeons.</b>—Dreaming you see -pigeons is good. <b>Pine Trees.</b>—Dreaming that you see a pine tree, -denotes idleness and remissness. <b>Pile.</b>—Dreaming that you pile -anything against the wall, denotes assistance in business. <b>Poverty.</b>—To -dream of being in poverty, signifies good to some, but cross -fortune to those that make commodity of their tongue and fair -speech. <b>Prayers.</b>—To dream you offer up prayers and supplications -to God, signifies happiness. <b>Predecessors.</b>—Dreaming of -your predecessors, as grandfathers and other ancestors, signifies -care. <b>Pit.</b>—To dream of falling into a pit, shows that in some -way heavy misfortune is about to attend you; that your sweetheart -is false, and prefers another. To a sailor, it forebodes some -sad disaster at the next port you touch at. To dream you are in -a pit, and that you climb out of it, foreshows that you will have -many enemies and experience much trouble, but that you will -overcome them, marry well, and become rich; to sailors, it denotes -that they will experience shipwreck, and be cast on a foreign -shore, where they will be hospitably received, and marry rich -and handsome wives and live at ease. <b>Plays.</b>—To dream you<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span> -are at play, is the forerunner of good luck. It betokens great -happiness in the marriage state, and success in business. To a -maid, it shows speedy marriage with a young man, who will be -very successful in life, and acquire riches and honors and make -her happy. <b>Purse.</b>—To dream of finding a purse, is a very favorable -omen. It denotes great happiness, and unlooked for prosperity. -In love, it is the sure token of a speedy marriage, and of being -dearly beloved by the object of your affection. To dream you -lose your purse, shows the loss of a friend. In other respects, -it denotes that some pleasant adventure is about to happen to you, -by which you will be the gainer; to the sailor, it denotes the loss -of his sweetheart whilst at sea. <b>Plums.</b>—To dream of plums, -augurs but little good to the dreamer; they are the forerunners -of ill luck, and show loss of goods and reputation. They are indicative -of infidelity in lovers and much vexation in the married -state. <b>Palm.</b>—If one dreams that he sees or smells the palm, it -signifies prosperity. If it be a woman that dreams so, she shall -bear children. If it be a maid, she will be suddenly married. -<b>Partridges.</b>—Dreaming of partridges, is a sign that a man shall -have to do with women that are malicious, ungrateful, and void of -conscience. <b>Plague.</b>—If any one dreams he hath the plague, it -signifies his hidden store will be discovered, and he will run the -risk of losing it. <b>Plant.</b>—Dreaming that you see a plant come -out of your body, is death. To dream of plants quick of growth, -as the vine and the peach tree, denotes that the good and evil -portended shall quickly happen. But trees that are slow of growing, -as the oak, olive, &c., show that the good or evil that shall -happen to us shall be long in coming. <b>Polecat.</b>—If a man -dreams he has a polecat, he shall have some ill natured woman. -<b>Pond.</b>—Dreaming that you see a little pond, signifies the love of -a beautiful woman. If a woman have that dream, she shall have -her design accomplished. To dream that your pond is dried up, -signifies poverty or death. To dream that you are in a boat, upon -a pond of clear water, is very good, and signifies joy and success -in affairs. <b>Pot Herbs.</b>—To dream that you see pot herbs, especially -such as have a strong smell, signifies a discovery of hidden -secrets and domestic concerns. <b>Precipices.</b>—Dreaming that you -see great precipices, signifies much injury to person and goods. -<b>Prisoners.</b>—To dream of seeing prisoners executed, is a good -dream, signifies a boldness of courage and a very clear conscience. -<b>Paths.</b>—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">To dream in path both straight and fair,</div> -<div class="verse">Your work doth happiness declare;</div> -<div class="verse">But crooked ways denote much ill</div> -<div class="verse">To those who have a headstrong will.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="noindent"><b>Peacock.</b>—To dream of seeing this beautiful bird, is a very good -omen. It denotes great success in trade. To a man, a very beautiful -wife, much riches, and a good place. To a maid, a good -and rich husband. To a widow, that she will be courted by one -who will tell her very fine tales without being sincere. It also denotes -prosperity by sea and a handsome wife in a distant port.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span> -<b>Pictures.</b>—To dream you are looking at beautiful pictures, foreshows -that you will be allured by false appearances into some unprofitable -concern, that you will waste your time on some idle project, -and that you will always be in pursuit of happiness without -attaining it. In love, it denotes great pleasure in the enjoyment -of the beloved object. It promises a handsome wife, a good -husband, and beautiful children. <b>Pomegranates.</b>—To dream -of pomegranates, foretells some very unexpected legacy, by which -you will be enabled to make a fortune. They denote that your -sweetheart is of good temper, sings well, and is very faithful. To -the married, they show an increase of riches and children, and -great success in trade.</p> - -<p><b>Quagmire.</b>—To dream one is falling into a quagmire, shows -obstructions and difficulty in business. <b>Quails.</b>—Dreaming of -quails signifies bad news. <b>Quicksilver.</b>—To dream of this -mineral is a sign of trouble, discontent and unhappiness in the -married state. To the lover, it is a sure sign of quarrel; to the -sick, a slow recovery. <b>Quartan.</b>—To dream of having this complaint -is good, particularly to a married person. <b>Quack.</b>—To -dream that you are under the care of quacks, is unfortunate, and -foretells to the person dreaming that he beware of these nuisances -in society. <b>Quinces.</b>—To dream of quinces, is favorable to the -dreamer. If you are in prison, you will be shortly liberated; if -you are in trouble, a change will take place that will relieve you -from it; if you are sick, you will soon recover; if you are in -love, you will marry and become rich and happy. <b>Quilting.</b>—To -dream you are quilting, foretells to an unmarried female that -she will soon be wedded. It is also a good and lucky dream to a -man. To be at a quilting party is good. <b>Quiver.</b>—For either sex, -if unmarried, to dream of a quiver, is prognostic of success in -love; but to the married, it is a token of uneasiness to the dreamer. -<b>Quoits.</b>—If woman dreams she is playing at quoits, it denotes -that she will have some disagreeable and laborious undertaking -to go through. To a man, it is a sign of quarreling. Quoits -were always considered a harbinger of ill luck by the gipsies. -<b>Quarreling.</b>—To dream you are quarreling, denotes that some -unexpected news will reach you, and that your sweetheart is -about to be married to another.</p> - -<p><b>Radishes.</b>—To dream of radishes signifies a discovery of secrets -or domestic jars. To lovers they foretell misfortune. <b>Rain.</b>—To -dream of being in a shower of rain, is particularly favorable -to lovers. It denotes constancy, affection and sweet temper. If -it be very heavy rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, -then expect to be assailed by thieves. <b>Rats.</b>—To dream of seeing -rats is a sign of having many enemies. If you are attacked by rats, -and get the better, it betokens you will overcome your difficulties. -If they should tear you, and make you run away, then expect some -heavy misfortune. <b>Riding.</b>—To dream you are riding, if it be -with a woman, is very fortunate. If you are in trade, business will -decay. <b>Ring.</b>—To dream of a ring is favorable, if it be on your<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span> -finger. If you are in love, expect to be speedily united to the person -on whom you have placed your affections. To dream your -ring falls off your finger, betokens evil, also the death of some -near friend. To a woman with child, it shows that the child with -which she is pregnant will encounter many difficulties, and be far -from being happy. To a maiden, it is a warning to beware of her -present lover. <b>Roses.</b>—To the married, foretell the loss of their -children. To the lover, infidelity in the sweetheart. <b>Reading.</b>—To -dream you are reading an agreeable book, shows you will -be successful in love, and that you will become rich. In trade, it -is propitious. <b>Ribs.</b>—If one dreams he hath his upper ribs -broken or sunk, he will have some dissensions with his wife. If -he dreams his lower ribs are broken, he will be afflicted by his -female relations and kindred. If one dreams his limbs are grown -longer and stronger than ordinary, he will take delight in his wife. -<b>Rice.</b>—To dream of eating rice, denotes abundance of instruction. -<b>Rasp.</b>—Dreaming that you see a rasp, is unfortunate to the married. -To a virgin, it is a caution for her to beware of her lover. -To the lover, it denotes that he will travel by sea. <b>Rub.</b>—To -dream that you are rubbing anything, denotes to the lover that he -will marry a very industrious girl, and be successful in business. -<b>Rusk.</b>—To dream that you are baking them, is good; but to -dream that you see others bake them, is bad. <b>Racing.</b>—To dream -you are running a race, is a token of good; presages much success -in life, and that you will speedily hear some joyful news. In love, -it denotes that you will conquer all your rivals, and be happy in -the union with the object of your affections. To dream you are -riding a race, shows disappointment and anger, bad success in trade -and in love. To a married woman, it denotes the loss of her husband’s -affections, and that her children will be in trouble. <b>Rouse.</b>—To -dream you rouse a person from sleep, is good. <b>Rainbow.</b>—To -dream you see a rainbow, denotes great traveling and change -of fortune; it also foretells sudden news of a very agreeable -nature; it announces that your sweetheart is of good temper and -very constant, and that you will be very happy in marriage; -great success in business, through the means of trading with foreign -ports. <b>Raspberries.</b>—To dream of raspberries, foretells -you of success in marriage, fidelity in your sweetheart, and some -news from beyond the sea to your advantage. <b>Ravens.</b>—To -dream you see a raven, is a very unfavorable omen. It denotes -mischief and adversity. In love, it shows falsehood; to the married, -they forebode much mischief, through the adultery of your -conjugal partner. To the sailor, they betoken shipwreck and -much distress on a foreign shore. <b>River.</b>—To dream you see a -flowing river, and that the waters are smooth and clear, presages -happiness and success in life. If the water appears disturbed and -muddy, or has a yellow tinge, then it denotes that you will acquire -considerable riches. <b>Rhinoceros.</b>—To dream of this East India -animal, denotes success to the man of business, but disappointment -in love matters. But to dream they injure you, is unfavorable<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span> -to the dreamer. If you dream you see one dead, you will -soon lose a relative. <b>Rhubarb.</b>—If a person dreams that he -handles good rhubarb, he will be taken into favor with those he -was not on good terms with before; but to dream of the dried Turkey -rhubarb, denotes sickness. <b>Rabbits.</b>—To dream that you are -among rabbits, denotes that, if you are a married person, you will -have a numerous family of healthy children. For a single person -to dream of being among rabbits, indicates a speedy marriage. -To dream you are shooting rabbits, foretells sorrow and distress -to the dreamer. <b>Ragged.</b>—To dream you are in a ragged dress, -and that you are suffering from privations, indicates that you will -shortly be raised to a higher position in society. <b>Rowing.</b>—To -dream that you are rowing in a boat, signifies that you will be successful -in love and business. <b>Run.</b>—For a man to dream that he -would run, and yet cannot lift up his feet, shows he hath an -earnest desire to accomplish somewhat, which he will find very -difficult. When a sick person dreams he runs, it is a good sign.</p> - -<p><b>Scorpions.</b>—To dream you see scorpions, signifies ill luck and -misfortunes. <b>Saviour.</b>—To dream that you behold the Saviour of -mankind suffering on the cross, denotes that you will be annoyed -by some vile aspersions on your character, but will eventually -vindicate yourself successfully, and be honored and respected by -all whose opinion you value. <b>Scandal.</b>—To dream that you are -scandalized by one from whom you expected different treatment, -is an indication that you will be the recipient of a legacy from -a distant relative from whom you did not expect anything of the -kind. <b>Scared.</b>—To dream that you are scared by some frightful -spectacle, denotes that you will be shortly overjoyed by hearing -some pleasing intelligence from one whom you dearly love. -<b>Separation.</b>—To dream of being separated from one whom you -highly esteem and value, betokens much enjoyment to the dreamer -from an unexpected source. <b>Sickness.</b>—To dream one is sick, -signifies idleness and want of work. To dream one comforts the -sick, and prescribes them medicine, denotes profit and felicity. -<b>Sparrows.</b>—To dream you see sparrows jumping about your door -step, is a sign of good fortune attending any project you may set -your mind on accomplishing. <b>Spirit.</b>—To dream that you see a -spirit before you of a comely aspect, and attired in white, denotes -joy and consolation; but if it be deformed and black, it signifies -deceit and temptation to sin. <b>Seat.</b>—To dream that one has fallen -from his seat, and would fain get into it again signifies that whatever -office or employment he is in, he shall be displaced from it, -and not be able to recover it again. <b>Serpent.</b>—To dream you see -a serpent turning and winding himself, signifies danger and imprisonment. -It denotes also sickness and hatred. To dream you -kill a serpent, is a sign that you will overcome your enemies. To -dream of beating serpents is very good, and if a serpent approaching -near to do you harm, but does it not, it is a sign that some ill -woman shall be disappointed in her designs. <b>Strange Place.</b>—To -dream of being in a strange place, denotes a good legacy from<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span> -a relation while in prison. To the lover, they show inconstancy -and want of affection in the object of your love. To the sailor, -sickness on the next voyage. <b>Starching.</b>—To dream you are -starching linen, shows you will be married to an industrious person, -and you will be successful in life and save money. It also -shows that you are about to receive a letter containing some pleasant -news. <b>Squirrel.</b>—To dream of a squirrel, shows that enemies -are endeavoring to slander your reputation. To the lover, it shows -your sweetheart is of a bad temper, and much given to drinking. -If you have a lawsuit, it will surely be decided against you. If -you are in trade, sharpers will endeavor to defraud you, and you -will quarrel with your principal creditor. <b>Sleep.</b>—To dream you -sleep or slumber, is evil to all, except to those who are in doubt or -expectation of some danger, for this delivers them from pain and -care. To dream you sleep in a churchyard, is death to the sick -and hindrance to others. <b>Sold.</b>—To dream of being sold, or set up -for sale, is fair to those who wish to change their condition and -to those who are in poverty and servitude. But to the rich, and -the sick, and those who are placed in honor and authority, it is ill. -<b>Soldiers.</b>—To see soldiers in your dream, shows troubles, persecution -and lawsuits. To the lover, they denote that the object of -your affections will be obliged to quit the present place of residence -by command of a father, on your account. To the tradesman, -they presage loss of goods and quarrels with creditors. To dream -they are pursuing you, shows that you will be imprisoned and -meet with heavy losses, and be much disliked by your rich neighbors; -this is one of those dreams after which the dreamer is advised -to change quarters. <b>Spinning.</b>—To dream of spinning is good, -and shows a person to be diligent and industrious. <b>Son.</b>—To -dream that a man talks with his son, signifies some damage that -will suddenly accrue to him. <b>Statues.</b>—To dream of seeing -brazen statues moving, signifies riches. But to dream you see great -statues moving, like monsters, denotes terror and perils. <b>Stings.</b>—To -dream of stings, signifies grief and care. To many, they -have signified love and injuries by wicked persons. <b>Shipwreck.</b>—To -dream you suffer shipwreck, the ship being overwhelmed, is -dangerous to all, except to those detained by force. To them it -signifies liberty. <b>Single Combat.</b>—To dream of a single combat, -signifies lawsuits and marriages. <b>Scratched.</b>—To dream of being -scratched, betokens to him that is in debt, that he shall acquit -himself. To others it foretells hurt. <b>Sisters.</b>—To dream you see -your deceased brothers and sisters, signifies long life. <b>Shaving.</b>—To -dream you are being shaved, or that your head has been -shaved, is a very unfavorable omen; in love, it denotes treachery -and disappointment; and in the married state, infidelity and discord. -To the tradesman, it denotes loss of goods and business; to -the sailor, an unpleasant and stormy voyage; to the farmer, it prefigures -bad crops and diseases amongst his live stock. <b>Sheep.</b>—To -dream you see a flock of sheep feeding, is a very favorable -omen; it denotes success. To dream you see them dispersing, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span> -running away from you, shows that pretended friends are endeavoring -to do you an injury, and that your children will meet -with persecution and great troubles. In love, such a dream -shows your sweetheart to be fickle and little calculated to make -you happy. To dream you see sheep shearing, is indicative of loss -of property and the affections of the person you love; also of your -liberty. To dream you are shearing them yourself, shows that -you will gain an advantage over some person who meant to harm -you, and that you will get the better of difficulties and marry the -object of your affection. <b>Supreme.</b>—To dream you have supreme -command over any place, is unfortunate, particularly if the person -is sick and helpless. <b>Surprise.</b>—To dream that you surprise any -one, denotes good luck to the dreamer and great success in trade. -<b>Sycamore.</b>—To dream you see this tree, denotes jealousy to the -married; and to the virgin, she shall shortly be married. <b>Strawberries.</b>—To -dream of strawberries, denotes to a woman with -child a good time and a boy. To a maiden, speedy marriage with -a man who will become rich and make her happy. To a youth, -they denote that his wife will be sweet tempered, and bring him -many children, all boys. They foretell riches to the tradesman -and to the sailor. They are a very fortunate dream to the farmer. -<b>Sun.</b>—To dream you see the sun shine, shows acquisition of -riches, and enjoyment of honorable posts in the state; also success -to the lover. To dream you see the sun rise, promises fidelity -in your sweetheart and good news from friends. To dream you -see the sun set, shows infidelity in your sweetheart, and disgraceful -news. To the tradesman, loss of business. To dream you see -the sun under a cloud, foretells many hardships and troubles -about to befall you, and that you will encounter some great -danger. <b>Swallows.</b>—To dream of these harbingers of summer is -a very favorable omen. They denote success in trade and riches -to the dreamer. In love, they denote a speedy marriage with the -object of your affections. <b>Swimming.</b>—To dream you are swimming, -with your head above the water, denotes great success in -your undertakings, whether they be in love, trade, sea or farming. -To dream you are swimming with your head under water, shows -that you will experience some great trouble and hear some very -unpleasant news from a person you thought dead. In trade, it -shows loss of business. <b>Shooting.</b>—To dream you are out shooting, -is very favorable, if you kill much game. To the lover, it -shows a mistress kind and good humored, who will make him an -excellent and notable wife. To the tradesman and farmer, success -and riches. To the sailor, wealth acquired in a distant country. -But if you dream you kill little or no game, then it presages bad -luck, and disappointment in love. To dream you are shooting -with a bow and arrow, is a very favorable dream, particularly to -the lover and tradesman. <b>Silk.</b>—To dream you see silk, either in -pieces or for sewing, signifies prosperity and success in undertakings. -To dream you are clothed in silk, foretells that you will -do honors in the state, and become rich, but that you will quarrel<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span> -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 a harlot, who will go near to ruin him. If -a maiden dreams of it, she will speedily see her lover. <b>Snakes.</b>—To -dream you see snakes and serpents, shows that you will be -imprisoned, and encounter many dangers. If you are in love, -your sweetheart will be false; to dream you kill a snake, shows -you will overcome difficulties and enemies and be successful in -love, trade or farming, but unsuccessful at sea. <b>Swoon.</b>—To -dream you see a person swoon is unfortunate to the maid. To the -married, it is a sign they will become rich and prosperous. To -those who are nervous it is bad. <b>Scabs.</b>—To dream you are -covered with scabs, is the sure forerunner of great success and -riches. <b>School.</b>—To dream you begin again to go to school, and -yet cannot say your lessons right, shows you are about to undertake -something you do not understand. <b>Sea.</b>—To dream of walking -upon the sea, is good to him that would travel; as also to a -servant, and to him that would take a wife, or who hath a lawsuit. -To a young man, this dream is love of a beautiful young woman. -To a woman, it signifies she leads a desolate life; for the sea is like -a harlot, because it hath a fair appearance and show, but in the end -brings many to evil. To dream you walk in the sea, or on the -shore, or catch fish, is a bad dream. <b>Ship.</b>—To dream of seeing -ships freighted with goods, denotes prosperity. If you dream of -seeing ships endangered by a tempest, it signifies fear. <b>Shoes.</b>—To -dream of losing one’s shoes and walking barefooted, signifies -pain in the feet and sickness. It also denotes loss of reproaches -to those of a sanguine complexion, and more especially if this -dream comes to you in the first days of the moon. <b>Silver.</b>—If -one dreams he gathers up silver, it signifies deceit and loss; to see -silver eaten, denotes great advantage; to eat silver, signifies wrath -and anger. <b>Spectre.</b>—Few dreams are more certain of good luck -to the dreamer, than to dream of spectres. It prognosticates business -to the merchant, work for the artist and mechanic, and marriage -to the maiden. <b>Sepulchre.</b>—To dream of a sepulchre is a -sign of great good to the dreamer. <b>Singing.</b>—If any one dreams -he sings, it signifies he will be affected and weep. To dream you -hear singing or playing upon instruments, signifies consolation in -adversity, recovery of health to those that are sick. To dream -you hear birds sing, signifies love, joy and delight. <b>Small-pox.</b>—To -dream one is full of the small-pox, denotes profit and wealth -without infamy. <b>Snow.</b>—To dream you see the ground covered -with snow is a good omen. <b>Stars.</b>—To dream you see stars clear -and fair, is good for a traveler, for it shows prosperity and advantage -to a voyage or journey, also good news; but, on the contrary, -to see them dusky and pale-colored, signifies all sorts of mischief. -Seeing the stars vanish and disappear, signifies poverty, vexation -and disturbing cares to those that are rich, and death to those that -are poor. <b>Splendor.</b>—To dream that you are surrounded with -great splendor, and living luxuriously, is an indication that you<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span> -will soon be laid on a bed of affliction and perhaps death. -<b>Stealing.</b>—To dream that you are accused of stealing something, -is an indication that you will have a handsome present given you. -<b>Storm.</b>—To dream that you are exposed to a violent storm, denotes -that a reconciliation is about to take place between you and -one with whom you have been at variance. <b>Stockings.</b>—For -a female to dream that she is darning stockings, denotes that she -will be gladdened by hearing of something to her advantage. For -a person to dream of having lost his or her stockings, is an indication -that trouble and distress will assail the dreamer. <b>Success.</b>—To -dream that you have been successful in some enterprise in -which you have been engaged, denotes that you will hear of some -person’s death whom you highly esteemed. <b>Swan.</b>—To see a -swan in your dream, signifies joy, revealing of secrets and health -to the dreamer; but if it sings, it foretells death. <b>Sweethearts.</b>—If -a man dreams of his sweetheart that is absent, and she seems -to be more fair than usual, it is a sign she is chaste or constant; -but if she looks black or sickly, you may be assured she hath -broken her faith and has become altogether inconstant. <b>Swine.</b>—In -dreams, swine denote lazy persons, who think of nothing but -how to prey on other people’s goods; they signify also covetous -persons. To dream you trade in swine, signifies sickness. To -dream you see a sow with a litter of pigs, denotes distress.</p> - -<p><b>Talking.</b>—To dream that you are talking loudly of some matter -or person with whom you are not on the most friendly terms, -signifies that troubles are about to visit you. To dream that some -person is talking about you, is an indication that you will be gladdened -by having a proposal made to you that will be to your interest -to agree to. <b>Tandem.</b>—To dream that you are driving tandem, -denotes that you will be prosperous in business and in the -marriage state. <b>Tears.</b>—To dream that you are shedding tears -from some heavy trouble, denotes that you will be speedily -removed to a situation in which you will enjoy much happiness. -<b>Tradesmen.</b>—To dream you see those you employ at work, signifies -that they are honest in their dealings with you. To dream -you work yourself, betokens a happy contented life. <b>Thorns.</b>—To -dream you walk upon thorns, signifies destruction to your enemies. -<b>Throat.</b>—If any one dreams his throat is cut, he will be -injured by some person or other. If he dreams he cuts the throat -of another, he will do himself some great injury. <b>Torch.</b>—To -dream of holding a burning torch in the hand, is a good sign to -those that are young, for it signifies they shall enjoy their loves, -accomplish their designs, overcome their enemies, and gain honor -and good from all persons. To dream you see a torch extinguished -or darkened, signifies sadness, sickness and poverty. <b>Torture.</b>—To -dream that you are undergoing some torture from false accusation, -denotes that you will be blessed with much happiness and -contentment in your future life. <b>Telescope.</b>—For a person to -dream of looking through a telescope at some distant object, is an -indication that the dreamer will shortly receive a letter from a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span> -friend in a far-distant country. <b>Thirst.</b>—If any one dreams his -thirst is quenched, and that he has drank his fill of water, if the -water appeared clear and acceptable to him, he will live joyfully -and become very wealthy; if the water be troubled, lukewarm, -stinking or dirty, he will end his days in affliction. <b>Tamarinds.</b>—To -dream of tamarinds denotes vexation and uneasiness through a -woman, bad success in trade, a rainy season and news from beyond -the sea that is disagreeable. In love, it denotes disappointment. -<b>Teeth.</b>—To dream you lose a tooth, denotes the loss of some friend -by death, and that troubles and misfortunes are about to attend you. -To dream you cut new teeth, denotes the birth of a child, who -will make a great figure in the world. <b>Thunder.</b>—To dream of -thunder, signifies affliction to the rich, but to the poor repose. -<b>Traveling.</b>—If one dreams that he is traveling through a wood -and that he sticketh in the briars and bushes, it betokens many -troubles and hindrances. To travel over high hills and mountains -and rocky places, signifies advancement, but with much difficulty -obtained. <b>Trees.</b>—To dream that you fell trees, signifies loss; to -dream you are climbing them, signifies future honor. To see -withered trees, deceit; to see trees bear fruit, gain. <b>Tempests.</b>—To -dream you are in a storm or tempest, shows that you will after -many difficulties arrive at great happiness; that you will become -rich and marry well. For a lover to dream of being in a tempest, -denotes that he will have rivals, over whom, after a great deal of -vexation, he will triumph. It also foretells that you will receive -some good news from a long absent friend, who will overcome -many difficulties. <b>Thunder and Lightning.</b>—To dream you -hear thunder and see lightning is a very good dream. It denotes -success in trade, good crops to the farmer and a speedy and happy -marriage to the lover. If you are soliciting a place, you will obtain -it; if you have a lawsuit, you will gain it. It also indicates -speedy news from a far distant country. <b>Toads.</b>—To dream you -see these venomous reptiles, argues ill to the dreamer. It shows -enemies and disappointment among friends. To the lover, it denotes -infidelity in your sweetheart. In trade, loss by swindlers -and spoiling of goods. To dream you kill a toad, denotes that you -will overcome an enemy and discover a person who is robbing -you and in whom you place great confidence. <b>Tombs.</b>—To dream -of being amongst the tombs denotes a speedy marriage, great success -in business and the gaining of a lawsuit, also the birth of -children and unexpected news. <b>Trumpet.</b>—To dream you hear -the sound of a trumpet is a bad omen, and denotes troubles and -misfortunes. To the tradesman, it presages loss of business; to -the farmer, bad crops; to the lover, insincerity in the object of -his affections. <b>Tarts.</b>—To dream one makes tarts, signifies joy -and delight. <b>Treasure.</b>—To dream you find a treasure in the -earth, is very ominous. It shows that you will be betrayed by -some one whom you make your bosom friend; that your sweetheart -is unfaithful and grossly deceives you; and should you not be -able to carry it away, then it denotes that you will have some very<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span> -heavy loss, and that you will be waylaid by robbers, who will ill-treat -you. <b>Turnips.</b>—To dream of being in a turnip field, or that -you see this wholesome vegetable, denotes acquisition of riches, and -high employments in the state. To the lover, they augur great -fidelity and an exceedingly good temper in your sweetheart, and -that if you marry you will be very happy, have fine children and -thrive in the world. <b>Turkey.</b>—To dream you see a turkey strutting -about, is a sign you will overcome your enemies. To dream -you see or are amongst a drove of turkeys, betokens success in -your undertakings about this time. To dream of dead turkeys denotes -that you will encounter trouble that you will soon surmount. -<b>Tumbler.</b>—To dream you break a tumbler, is prognostic of secrets -being discovered that have long remained a mystery. To drink -from a clear tumbler, denotes health and activity; to drink from -a dirty one, the reverse. <b>Tops.</b>—To dream you are spinning tops -is ill. <b>Teapots.</b>—If a person dream of teapots they will soon -form new friendships.</p> - -<p><b>Urn.</b>—To dream of this vessel has a happy signification, for it -foretells the marriage either of yourself, a near relative or a dear -companion. <b>Ugly.</b>—For a person to dream of being ugly or deformed, -indicates that the dreamer will be surprised by hearing -from a long absent friend a communication of a pleasing and gratifying -nature. <b>Undertaker.</b>—For a single person to dream of seeing -an undertaker enter the house, and attend to the mournful -obsequies of a funeral, denotes that the dreamer will be married in -a short time. For a married person to dream of seeing an undertaker -attending to his duties, is an indication that his family will -be increased in a short time.</p> - -<p><b>Vermin.</b>—To dream that you are surrounded and attacked by -vermin, some creeping over your body, and others assailing you in -various parts of your frame, signifies that you will be gladdened -and rejoiced to learn that you have become entitled to the possession -of considerable property through the death of a relative. -<b>Villainy.</b>—To dream that you are exposed to some villainy by -one from whom you expected different conduct, denotes that you -will be astonished to learn that you have had a fortune left to you -by one who was no relation. <b>Virgin.</b>—A virgin dreaming -that she has lost her virginity, signifies great danger. <b>Vow.</b>—To -dream that you have made a vow and broken it, is bad to all. -<b>Velvet.</b>—To dream you trade with a stranger in velvet and other -silks, is a sign of profit and joy. <b>Vote.</b>—To dream you are voting -is bad, particularly to sick persons. For a newly-married woman -to dream of voting, is a sure sign her first child will be a boy, who -will come to great honors. <b>Vulture.</b>—To dream of the vulture is -unfortunate to all except sick persons, to whom it foretells a speedy -recovery. <b>Victuals.</b>—To dream of victuals and that you eat a -variety of them, signifies loss. <b>Vines.</b>—To dream of vines denotes -health and wealth to the dreamer. To dream you are a vine, -foretells abundance and fertility; for which we have the example -of Astyages, King of the Medes, who dreamed that his daughter<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span> -brought forth a vine, which was a prognostic of the grandeur, -riches and felicity of Cyrus, who was born of her body after this -dream. <b>Vinegar.</b>—To dream you drink vinegar, signifies sickness. -<b>Violin.</b>—To dream one plays or sees another play upon the -violin or other musical instrument, signifies good news and concord -between man and wife, master and apprentice, brother and -sister, &c. <b>Vomit.</b>—To dream of vomiting, whether of blood, -meat or phlegm, signifies to the poor, profit, to the rich, hurt. -<b>Venison.</b>—To dream about venison, denotes change in affairs. -To dream you eat of it, signifies misfortune. <b>Volcano.</b>—To dream -about volcanos forbodes liberty to a person in prison, and peace -and happiness to those out of it.</p> - -<p><b>Walking.</b>—To dream one is walking in the dirt, or among -thorns, signifies sickness. To dream one is walking in the water, -or some torrent, signifies adversity and grief. <b>War.</b>—To dream -of war and affairs of war, signifies trouble and danger. <b>Washing.</b>—For -a man to dream he washes or bathes himself in baths or -hot-houses, signifies riches, prosperity and health to the sick. But -to dream he washes or bathes himself contrary to the common -custom, or in his clothes, is evil and betokeneth sickness and great -danger. To dream that you were in fountains, ponds or current -water, and in fair and clear floods, is good, but not that you swim, -for that is a sign of danger and sickness. Washing is a sure sign -of removal. <b>Wedding.</b>—For a man that is sick to dream that he -is wedded to a maid, shows he shall die quickly. If any one -dream he is wedded to a deformed woman, it signifies discontent. -If to a handsome woman, joy. <b>Wife.</b>—If a man dreams he sees -his wife married to another, it denotes change of affairs or condition. -If a woman dreams she is married to another man, it is the -same. <b>Want.</b>—For a person to dream that he or she comes to -sudden want in temporal things, denotes that an unexpected good -fortune awaits them by the death of a wealthy relative or the success -of some speculation or business bargain. <b>Water.</b>—To dream you are -drinking water, denotes great trouble and adversity. In trade loss of -business and being arrested; to the lover, it shows your sweetheart is -false, prefers another, and will never marry you. <b>Watermill.</b>—To -dream of being in a water-mill is a favorable omen. To the tradesman -it denotes great increase of business; to the farmer, abundant crops; -in love, success, a rich sweetheart and a happy marriage. <b>Wasps.</b>—To -dream that you are stung by wasps, signifies vexation and -trouble by envious persons. <b>Weasel.</b>—To dream of weasels, -shows a man in love with some ill-natured woman, by whom he -will be ensnared, or some domestic who will cajole his master by -subtlety. <b>Whales.</b>—If you dream you are sitting on a whale’s -back, it is good. As the whale is the greatest of the water animals, -so the one so dreaming will become a great person and live in -peace many years. <b>Wild Boar.</b>—The wild boar, in dreams, signifies -a furious enemy, well furnished with all things necessary. -And thus, if any one dreams he has hunted or taken a wild boar, -he will chase or take some enemy that hath the same qualities as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span> -the wild boar. <b>Wrist.</b>—To dream that your wrists are broken, is -very good. It foretells that you will marry your present lover and -be very happy. <b>Walls.</b>—To dream you are walking on a crazy, -old and narrow wall, denotes that you will engage in some very -dangerous enterprise that will cause you much trouble and vexation. -If you get down without hurting yourself, or the wall’s falling, -then you will succeed. If the wall should fall whilst you are -upon it, you will be disappointed. If you are walking between -walls and the passage is very narrow and difficult, you will be engaged -in some quarrel, or disagreeable affair, from which it will -require great circumspection and caution on your part to disengage -yourself. But if you get from between them safe, you will -settle well in life, marry an agreeable partner, have children and -become rich and happy. <b>Weeping.</b>—To dream one weeps or -grieves, whether it be for a friend departed or any other cause, is -joy and mirth. <b>Wheat.</b>—To dream you see or are walking in a -field of wheat, is a very favorable omen, and denotes great prosperity -and riches. In love, it argues a completion of your most -sanguine wishes and foretells much happiness, with fine children, -when you marry. If you have a lawsuit, you will gain it and you -will be successful in all your undertakings. <b>Wood.</b>—To dream -you are cutting or chopping wood, clearly shows that you will be -happy in your family, and become rich and respectable in life. -To dream you are carrying wood upon your back, shows that you -will rise to affluence by your industry, but that your partner will -be of a bad temper and your children undutiful. If you dream -you are walking or sitting alone in an extensive wood by a running -stream, it denotes that you will quickly fall in love, and also -that you will be often married. To dream that you are walking -or sitting there with a worthy object of your affections, betokens -your speedy union, which will prove so felicitous that you will be -called “the happy couple.” <b>Wool.</b>—To dream you are buying -or selling wool, denotes prosperity and great affluence, by means -or industry and trade. To the lover, it is a favorable omen. Your -sweetheart is thereby shown to be of an amiable disposition, very -constant and deeply in love with you. <b>Will.</b>—Dreaming of -making your will signifies that you will live a long time in uninterrupted -happiness and joy. For a woman with child to dream -that she has made her will, is unfortunate, as it denotes an unfortunate -trial of labor. <b>Wren.</b>—To dream of this little bird is good, -as the wren is noted for its innocence; the person so dreaming is -certain of having a noble friend. But to dream you kill it, is bad. -<b>Walnuts.</b>—To dream of walnuts, portends difficulties and misfortunes -in life. If you have children, your eldest son will marry -a woman who will make him very unhappy. In love, it foretells -infidelity and disappointment. To the seaman, storms and shipwreck. -To the tradesman, loss of goods and reputation through a -confidential servant. <b>Well.</b>—If a young man dreams that he -draws water out of a well, it signifies a speedy marriage to a fair -maid, who will bring him a portion. If the water be troubled, he<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span> -will be disturbed by her, and suddenly fall sick. If he seems to -give to others clear well water to drink, it denotes that he will enrich -them. But if the water be troubled, he will afflict them. If -he dreams that he sees a person fall into a well, it signifies that the -person dreamed of shall die quickly. <b>Wounds.</b>—To dream you -are wounded, is a very favorable omen, especially if it be with a -sword. To the lover, it denotes success in your amours, and with -an agreeable partner, who will be faithful and affectionate. To -the tradesman, profit; and to the farmer, increase in his cattle and -plentiful crops. To the sailor, a profitable voyage, with success in -love. <b>Wager.</b>—To dream you have laid a wager on some matter -in dispute, or on some event that has to come off, denotes that you -are in danger of being subjected to a serious accident, and that -through the interposition and courage of a friend you are permitted -to escape with only a slight injury. <b>Wages.</b>—For a -workingman to dream that he has had his wages reduced, signifies -that he is about to be removed to a more lucrative situation. To -dream that he has had his wages advanced, denotes that he will -shortly be without employment. <b>Waves.</b>—To dream that you are -on the sea-shore, and surrounded by the waves, is an indication that -you will be shortly placed in very difficult and distressing circumstances, -out of which it will require all your energy and perseverance -to escape. <b>Waltzing.</b>—To dream you are waltzing with -some agreeable partner, is an indication that you will be subjected -to some unpleasant treatment from one from whom you expected -nothing but kindness. <b>Widow.</b>—For a newly married woman to -dream that she is a widow, signifies that she will be blessed with -comfort and happiness in domestic life and be the mother of dutiful -and obedient children. <b>Wig.</b>—For one who has no lack of -hair to dream that he wears a wig, signifies that he will be compelled -to stand before a judge in a court of law, either as a criminal -or as a witness. <b>Witchcraft.</b>—For a person to dream that -he has been to visit a supposed fortune-teller, denotes that misfortune -shall befall him, unpleasantness in his family, treachery in his -place of business and deception in those he supposed his best -friends. <b>Worms.</b>—To dream that you see a great number of -worms in your path, is an indication that the death of either yourself -or of some one dear to you may shortly be expected. For a -young woman to dream that she has trod upon a worm that was -crawling in her path, signifies that the engagement between her -and her lover will be in danger of being broken off through the -machinations of a jealous rival, but eventually a reconciliation will -be accomplished. <b>Wreath.</b>—For a young woman to dream that -her head is adorned with the bridal wreath, is an indication that -death will shortly visit either herself or some one dear to her. -<b>Wreck.</b>—To dream that you are witnessing the wreck of some -vessel at a short distance from the sea-shore, is an indication that -one in whom you reposed great confidence will deceive you. -<b>Writing.</b>—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Dreaming of writing ever means nerve;</div> -<div class="verse">’Twill grant or deny, will give or refuse.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span></p> - -<p><b>Yew Tree.</b>—To dream of a yew tree, is an indication of the funeral -of a very aged person, by whose death the dreamer will -derive some benefit or protecting hand among the relations of the -deceased person. <b>Yeast.</b>—If a young housewife dreams that she -is kneading bread with yeast, she may conclude that she will be -the mother of a large family of children.</p> - -<p><b>Zodiac.</b>—To dream of the twelve signs of the zodiac, shows to -a man that he will be a great traveler, and sail once around the -world. To a woman, that she will wed a foreigner who is deeply -skilled in astronomy.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<h2>PHYSIOGNOMY.</h2> - -<p>The principles of philosophy demonstrate that the human features -are a reflex of the mental and physical workings of the system, -as it is from time to time operated upon by surrounding -circumstances, and they therefore act an important part in depicting -the lights and shades of temperament and disposition. So, -also, the color and nature of the hair are indicative of character. -In the pages immediately following will be found fully presented -prognostics to be drawn from the latter, as also from the forehead, -eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, chin, and the whole assemblage of -features.</p> - -<p>The gentleman whose hair is very black and smooth, hanging -far over his shoulders, and in large quantity, is mild, but resolute; -cool until greatly provoked; not much inclined to excesses; constant -in his attachments; not liable to many misfortunes.</p> - -<p>A lady with the same kind of hair is moderate in her desires of -every kind; addicted to reflection; not violent in love, but steady -in her attachments.</p> - -<p>If the hair is very black, short and curling, the gentleman will -be very much given to liquor; somewhat quarrelsome and of unsettled -temper; desirous of riches, but will often be disappointed -in his wishes therein.</p> - -<p>A gentleman with dark brown, long and smooth hair, is generally -of a robust constitution; obstinate in his temper, eager in his -pursuits, a lover of the fair sex, fond of variety in his ordinary -pursuits, exceedingly curious, and of a flexible disposition. He -will live long, unless guilty of early intemperance.</p> - -<p>A lady with the same kind of hair will be nearly the same as -the gentleman, but more steady in her conduct and attachments, -especially in love. She will be of a good constitution, have many -children, enjoy good health and a reasonable share of happiness.</p> - -<p>If the hair is short and bushy it will make very little alteration -in the gentleman or lady, but that the gentleman will be more forward -to strike when provoked and the lady will be more of a scold.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span></p> - -<p>A gentleman with light brown, long, smooth hair, is of a peaceable, -even, and rather generous temper; will prevent mischief if -in his power, but when very much provoked will strike furiously; -but is afterwards sorry for his passion and soon appeased; strongly -attached to the company of ladies and will protect them from -insult. Upon the whole, he is in general of an amiable character, -affable and kind.</p> - -<p>A lady with the same kind of hair is tender-hearted, but hasty -in temper; neither obstinate nor haughty; her inclination to love -never unreasonable; her constitution will be good, but she will be -seldom very fortunate.</p> - -<p>A gentleman with fair hair will be of a weak constitution; his -mind given much to reflection, especially on religious matters. -He will be assiduous in his occupation, but not given to rambling; -very moderate in his amorous wishes; but he will not live to an -old age.</p> - -<p>A lady with this colored hair is on the contrary of a good constitution; -never to be diverted from her purpose; passionate in -love affairs, never easy unless in company, and delights in hearing -herself praised, especially for beauty; delights in dancing and -strong exercises and commonly lives to a great age.</p> - -<p>A gentleman with long red hair is cunning, artful and deceitful; -he is much addicted to traffic of some kind, restless in his -disposition, constantly roving and desirous of enjoying the pleasures -of love. He is covetous of getting money and spends it -foolishly; he is indefatigable and no obstacle will induce him to -forsake his enterprise until he has seen the issue of it. He is -inclined to timidity, but by reflection may correct it and pass for a -man of courage.</p> - -<p>A lady with the same kind of hair, is glib of tongue, talkative -and vain; her temper is impatient and fiery and will not submit -to contradiction; she has a constant flow of spirits and is much -given to the pleasures of love. However delicate her person may -seem, her constitution is generally vigorous; but she seldom lives -to see old age, for obvious reasons. Her promises are seldom to -be depended upon, because the next object that engrosses her attention -makes her forgetful of everything that preceded it, and -she will always resent any disappointment she may meet with.</p> - -<p>If the hair falls off at the fore part of the head, the person will -be easily led, though otherwise rational, and will often be duped -when he thinks he is acting right; he will likewise frequently -meet with disappointments in money matters, which will either -hurt his credit, or force him to shorten his expenses.</p> - -<p>If the hair falls off behind, he will be obstinate, peevish, passionate -and fond of commanding others, though he has no right, -and will grow angry if his advice is not followed. However preposterous, -he will be fond of hearing and telling old stories and -tales of ghosts and fairies, but will be a good domestic man and -provide for his family to the utmost of his power.</p> - -<p>If the hair forms an arch around the forehead, without being<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span> -much indented at the temples, both the lady and the gentleman -will be innocent, credulous, moderate in all their desires, and -though not ardent in their pursuits, will still be persevering. They -will be modest, good-natured, prosperous and happy.</p> - -<p>If the hair is indented at the temples, the person will be affable, -steady, good-natured, prudent and attentive to business, of a good -constitution and long-lived.</p> - -<p>If the hair descends low upon the forehead, the person will be -selfish and designing; of a surly disposition, unsociable and given -to drinking. He will be addicted to avarice and his mind will be -always intent upon the means of carrying on his schemes.</p> - -<p>The forehead that is large, round and smooth, announces the -lady or gentleman to be frank, open, generous and free, good-natured -and a safe companion; of a good understanding and -scorns to be guilty of any mean action; faithful to his promises, -just in his dealings, steadfast in his engagements and sincere in his -affections; he will enjoy a moderate state of health.</p> - -<p>If the forehead is flat in the middle, the gentleman or lady will -be found to be vainglorious and but little disposed to generosity; -very tenacious of his honor, but brave; he will be fond of prying -into the secrets of others, though not with the intention of betraying -them; he will be fond of reading newspapers, history, novels, -and plays; ardent, and very cautious of his own reputation.</p> - -<p>If there be a hollow across the forehead, in the middle, with a -ridge as of flesh, above, and another below, the gentleman will be -a good scholar, and the lady a great manufacturer, or attentive to -whatever occupation she may be engaged in. They will be warm -in argument or debate; they will be firm and steady in any point -they fix their minds upon and by their perseverance will generally -carry their object; yet they will meet with many crosses, but will -bear them with patience.</p> - -<p>If the forehead juts out immediately at and over the eyebrows, -running flat up to the hair, the gentleman or lady will be sullen, -proud, insolent, imperious and treacherous; they will be impatient -when contradicted, apt to give great abuse, and to strike if they -think they can do it with advantage. They will also impose upon -any person, never forgive any injury and by their misconduct -make themselves many enemies.</p> - -<p>If the temples are hollow, with the bones advancing towards -the forehead on either side, so that the space between must be -necessarily flat, with a small channel or indentation rising from the -upper part of the nose to the hair, the gentleman or lady will be of -a daring and intrepid temper, introducing themselves into matters -where they have no business, desirous of passing for wits, and of -a subtle and enterprising nature; greedy of praise, quick in quarrel, -and of a wandering disposition; very lewd, and full of resentment -when they feel their pride hurt. In short, they delight in -mischief, riots, &c.</p> - -<p>If the eyebrows are very hairy, and that hair long and curled, -with several of the hairs starting out, the gentleman or lady is of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span> -a gloomy disposition, litigious and quarrelsome, although a coward; -greedy after the affairs of this world, perpetually brooding -over some melancholy subject and not an agreeable companion. -He will be diffident, penurious, and weak in his understanding; -never addicted to any kind of learning. He will pretend much -friendship, but will make his affected passion subservient to his -pecuniary designs, and given to drinking, &c.</p> - -<p>If a gentleman or lady has long eyebrows, with some long hairs, -they will be of a fickle disposition, weak-minded, credulous and -vain, always seeking after novelties and neglecting their own business; -they will be talkative, pert, and disagreeable in company; -very fond of contradiction, and will not bear disappointment -patiently; and also much addicted to drinking, &c.</p> - -<p>If the eyebrows are thick and even, that is, without any or few -starting hairs, the lady or gentleman will be of an agreeable temper, -sound understanding and tolerable wit; moderately addicted -to pleasure, fearful of giving offence, but intrepid and persevering -in support of right; charitable and generous, sincere in their professions -of love and friendship and enjoy a good constitution.</p> - -<p>If the eyebrow is small, thin of hair, and even, the lady or gentleman -will be weak-minded, timorous, superficial and not to be -depended on; they will be desirous of knowledge, but will not -have patience and assiduity to give it the necessary attention; -they will be desirous of praise for worthy actions, but will not -have the spirit or perseverance to perform them in that degree of -excellence that is requisite to attract the notice of wise men. They -will be of a delicate constitution.</p> - -<p>If the eyebrow is thick of hair towards the nose and goes off -suddenly very thin, ending in a point, the lady or gentleman will -be surly, capricious, jealous, fretful and easily provoked to rage; -in their love they will be intemperate.</p> - -<p>The eye that is large, full, prominent and clear, denotes a lady -or gentleman to be of an ingenious and candid disposition, void of -deceit and of an even, agreeable and affable disposition; modest -and bashful in love, though by no means an enemy to its gratification; -firm, though not obstinate; of a good understanding, of -an agreeable but not brilliant wit; but clear and just in argument; -inclined to extravagance and easily imposed upon.</p> - -<p>The eye that is small, but advanced in the head, shows the lady -or gentleman to be of a quick wit, sound constitution, lively genius, -agreeable company and conversation, good morals, but rather inclined -to jealousy; attentive to business, fond of frequently changing -his place, punctual in fulfilling his engagements, warm in love, -prosperous in his undertakings and generally fortunate in most -things.</p> - -<p>The lady or gentleman whose eyes are sunk in the head is of a -jealous, distrustful, malicious and envious nature; deceitful in -their words and actions, never to be depended upon; cunning in -overreaching others, vainglorious and associates with lewd and bad -company.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span></p> - -<p>The gentleman or lady who squints, or have their eyes turned -awry, will be of a penurious disposition, but punctual in their -dealings.</p> - -<p>A black eye is lively, brisk and penetrating, and proves the person -who possesses it to be of a sprightly wit, lively conversation, -not easily imposed upon, of a sound understanding, but if taken on -the weak side, may be led astray for a while.</p> - -<p>A hazel eye shows the person to be of a subtle, piercing and -frolicsome turn, rather inclined to be arch, and sometimes mischievous, -but good-natured at the bottom. He will be strongly -inclined to love and not over delicate in the means of gratifying -that propensity.</p> - -<p>A blue eye shows the person to be of a meek and gentle temper, -affable and good-natured, credulous and incapable of violent -attachment; over-modest, cool and undisturbed by turbulent passions, -of a strong memory, in constitution neither robust nor delicate, -subject to no violent impression from the vicissitudes of life, -whether good or bad.</p> - -<p>A gray eye denotes the person to be of weak intellect, devoid of -wit, but a plain, plodding, downright drudge, that will act as he is -spirited by others. He will be slow in learning anything that -requires attention; he, however, will be just to the best of his -understanding.</p> - -<p>A wall eye denotes the person to be of a hasty, passionate and -ungovernable temper, subject to sudden and violent anger; haughty -to his equals and superiors, but mild and affable to his inferiors.</p> - -<p>A red, or as it is vulgarly called, a saucer eye, denotes the -person to be selfish, deceitful and proud; furious in anger, fertile -in the invention of plots and indefatigable in his resolution to bring -them to bear.</p> - -<p>A nose that comes even on the ridge, flat on the sides, with -little or no hollow between the eyes, declares the man to be sulky, -insolent, disdainful, treacherous and self-sufficient; if it has a point -descending over the nostrils, he is avaricious and unfeeling, vainglorious -and ignorant; peevish, jealous, quick in resentment, yet -a coward at the bottom.</p> - -<p>A nose that rises with a sudden bulge a little below the eyes, -and then falls again into a kind of hollow below, is petulant and -noisy, void of science and of a very light understanding.</p> - -<p>The nose that is small, slender and peaked, shows the person to -be of a fearful disposition, jealous, fretful and insidious, ever suspicious -of those about him, catching at every word that he can -interpret to his own advantage to ground his dispute upon and also -very curious to know what is said and done.</p> - -<p>The nose that is small, tapering round in the nostrils and cocked -up, shows the person to be ingenious, smart, of a quick apprehension, -giddy and seldom looking into consequences; but generous, -agreeable, so as to carefully avoid giving offence; but resolute in -doing himself justice when he receives an injury.</p> - -<p>The lips that are thick, soft and long, announce the person to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span> -be of weak intellect, credulous and slightly peevish, but by a little -soothing easily brought back to a good humor. He is much -addicted to the pleasures of love, and scarcely moderate in his enjoyment -of them; yet he is upright in his conduct and of a timorous -temper.</p> - -<p>If the under lip is much thicker than the upper, and more -prominent, the person is of a weak understanding, but artful, -knavish and given to chicanery to the full extent of his ability.</p> - -<p>The lips that are moderately plump and even, declare the person -to be good-humored, humane, sensible, judicious and just, -neither giddy nor torpid, but pursuing in every particular a just -medium.</p> - -<p>The lips that are thin, show the person to be of a quick and -lively imagination, ardent in the pursuit of knowledge, indefatigable -in labor, not too much attached to money, eager in the -pursuit of love, more brave than otherwise and tolerably happy in -life.</p> - -<p>The lips that are thin and sunk inwards, denote the person to -be of a subtle and persevering disposition, everlasting in hatred -and never sparing any pains to compass his revenge; in love or -friendship much more moderate and uncertain.</p> - -<p>The chin that is round, with a hollow between it and the lip, -shows the person to be of a good-humored disposition, kind and -honest; he is sincere in his friendship and ardent in his love; his -understanding is good and his genius capacious. If he has a dimple -it makes him better.</p> - -<p>The chin that comes down flat from the edge of the lips and -ends in a kind of a chisel form, shows the person to be silly, credulous, -ill-tempered and greedy of unmerited honors; captious, wavering -and unsteady; he will affect great modesty in the presence -of others, though he will not scruple to do the vilest actions when -he thinks himself secure from discovery.</p> - -<p>The chin that is pointed upwards shows the person to be much -given to contrivances. However fair he may speak to you, you -can never depend on his friendship, as his purpose is only to make -you subservient to his own designs. In love his generosity will be -of the same stamp.</p> - -<p>Of the face in general, the person whose features are strong, -coarse and unpleasant to the eye, is of a selfish, brutal, rough and -unsocial disposition; greedy of money, harsh in expressions, but -will sometimes fawn with a bad grace to gain his ends.</p> - -<p>The face that is plump, round and ruddy, denotes the person to -be of an agreeable temper, a safe companion, hearty, jovial, fond of -company, of sound principles and a clear understanding, faithful -in love, &c.</p> - -<p>The face that is thin, smooth and even, with well-proportioned -features, shows the person to be of a good disposition, but penetrative -and active; somewhat inclined to suspicion, yet of an agreeable -conversation; assiduous in the pursuits of love and strongly -addicted to the delights of love.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span></p> - -<p>A face whose cheek bones jut out with thin jaws, is of a restless -and thinking disposition; fretful, &c.</p> - -<p>A face that is pale by nature, denotes a timorous disposition, -but greatly desirous of carnal pleasures.</p> - -<p>A face that is unequally red, whether streaked or appearing in -spots, shows the person to be weak both in body and mind, yielding -easily to affliction and sickness.</p> - -<p>A face blotched shows the person to be addicted to drinking -and vice, though frequently possessing the art to conceal the inclination -therefor.</p> - -<p>The head that is large and round shows that the person has a -tolerable understanding, but not near so good as he imagines.</p> - -<p>The head that is small and round, or if the face comes tapering, -shows the person of an acute, penetrating disposition, much given -to bantering humor, but of great sensibility.</p> - -<p>The head that is flat on either side, and deep from the face to -the back, shows the person to be of a good understanding, deep -penetration, great memory and of an agreeable temper; of slow -belief and not easily imposed upon.</p> - -<p>Big and broad ears signify a simple man, of no understanding; -sluggish, slothful and of an ill memory. Small ears denote a good -understanding; but very small ears signify nothing but mischief -and malice. Those that have them well proportioned, and neither -too small nor too large, are persons of good understanding, wise, -discreet, honest, shamefaced and courageous. Those that have -them somewhat long and thin, are bold, impudent, unlearned, gluttons -and very proud and scornful.</p> - -<p>A thin, soft beard denotes a person lustful and effeminate, of a -tender body, fearful, delicate and inconstant.</p> - -<p>A red beard denotes first, a placid forehead, and the person is -courteous and friendly, but not without some craft; is a very great -flatterer, very soon angry and affects consequence.</p> - -<p>A dark beard is good, but the possessor is usually of a melancholy -disposition; yet it denotes a person to be ingenious, sincere, -thoughtful, constant, cordial, bold and fit to make a warrior.</p> - -<p>A pale beard denotes a phlegmatic person, who is temperate -enough and tolerably prudent.</p> - -<p>He that hath a decent beard, handsome and thick of hair, is -good-natured and reasonable in all things.</p> - -<p>Those who have little or no beard, but a small mustache, are of -an ill humor, but very luxurious.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CHIROMANCY, OR PALMISTRY.</h2> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/palm.jpg" width="500" height="275" alt="Diagram of palm of a right hand, lines marked out" /> -</div> - -<p>The practical part of chiromancy is that which gathers probable -predictions from lines, the places of the planets in the hand, and -from the notes and characters everywhere posted and marked out -in the hands and fingers. These lines and their planetary relevancy -are thus defined:</p> - -<table summary="An explanation of the diagram given in the illustration"> - <tr> - <td class="right">1.</td> - <td><i>Cardiaca</i>, or the line of life.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">2.</td> - <td><i>Hepatica</i>, or the love’s line; also called the natural mean.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">3.</td> - <td><i>Cephalica</i>, or the line of the head and brain.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">4.</td> - <td><i>Thoralis</i>, or the table line.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">5.</td> - <td><i>Restricta</i>, or the dragon’s tail.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">6.</td> - <td><i>Via Solis</i>, or the sun’s way.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">7.</td> - <td><i>Via Lactea</i>, or the milky way.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">8.</td> - <td><i>Via Saturnia</i>, or Saturn’s way.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">9.</td> - <td><i>Cingulum Veneris</i>, or the girdle of Venus.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">10.</td> - <td><i>Via Martis</i>, or the way of Mars.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">11.</td> - <td><i>Mons Veneris</i>, or the mound of Venus.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">12.</td> - <td><i>Cavea Martis</i>, or the cave of Mars.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">13.</td> - <td><i>Mons Jovis</i>, or Jupiter’s mount.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">14.</td> - <td><i>Mons Saturn</i>, or Saturn’s mount.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">15.</td> - <td><i>Mons Solis</i>, or the sun’s mount.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">16.</td> - <td><i>Locus Luna</i>, or the moon’s place.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">17.</td> - <td><i>Mons Mercurii</i>, or the mount of Mercury.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">18.</td> - <td><i>Mensa</i>, or the table containing the part of fortune.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">19.</td> - <td><i>Pollex</i>, or the thumb.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">20.</td> - <td><i>Index</i>, or the forefinger.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">21.</td> - <td><i>Medius</i>, or the middle finger.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">22.</td> - <td><i>Annularis</i>, or the ring finger.</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="right">23.</td> - <td><i>Auricularis</i>, or the little finger.</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span></p> - -<p>The question often arises as to whether judgment should be -given by the right hand or the left. It is certain that in one hand -the lines and other signatures are very often more manifest, and -are thus more plain to be seen than the other, as well in the hands -of gentlemen as ladies. That hand is the proper one (in both sexes) -which shows and exhibits the lines thereof most clearly, and -abounds with a series of characters and signs, yet so as that the -other, whose lines are more obscure, may pay its contribution. If -in both hands they consent, and appear to be fair and comely, -they declare a constancy of fortune and health. The cause of diversity -is that he who is born in the daytime, and has a masculine -planet (the Sun, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars) lord of his geniture, -bears the more remarkable signs in his right hand, especially when -the sign ascending is also masculine. The contrary happens to -those born at night, as often as a feminine planet predominates. -If both hands agree, it must be that in a diurnal nativity the feminine -planets rule, or that there falls out a mixture of masculine -and feminine; so in the nights by the contrary reason.</p> - -<h3>I.—OF THE LINE OF LIFE. -THIS IS CALLED CARDIACA, OR THE HEART LINE.</h3> - -<p>This being broad, of a lively color, and decently drawn in its -bounds, without intersections and points, shows the party long -lived and subject to few diseases.</p> - -<p>If slender, short and dissected with obverse little lines, and deformed -either by a pale or black color, it presages weakness of the -body, sickness and a short life.</p> - -<p>If orderly joined to the natural mean, and beautified in the -angle with parallels, or a little across, it argues good wit, or an -evenness of nature.</p> - -<p>If the same have branches in the upper parts thereof, extending -themselves towards the natural mean, it signifies riches and honor.</p> - -<p>If these branches be extended towards the restricta, it threatens -poverty, deceits, and unfaithfulness of servants.</p> - -<p>If in this line there be found some confused lines, like hairs, be -assured of diseases, and they happen in the first age. When they -appear below, if towards the cavea, in the middle; if towards the -patica, in the declining age.</p> - -<p>If this line be anywhere broken, it threatens extreme danger of -life in that part of the age which the pace of the breach shows. -For you may find out the dangerous or diseased years of your age; -this line being divided into seventy parts, you must begin your number -and account from the lower part thereof, near the restricta, for -the number falling where the branch is determines the year.</p> - -<p>If the character of the sun (as commonly it is made by astrologers) -be ever found in this line, it presages the loss of an eye; -but, if two such characters, the loss of both eyes.</p> - -<p>A line descending from the vital, beneath the congress of it and -the hepatica, to the tuberculum of Saturn, shows an envious man,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span> -who rejoices at another’s calamity, the sight of others concurring. -This also frequently shows a most perilous Saturnine disease in -that wherein it touches the vital, and it is much worse if it cut the -same.</p> - -<p>But such a line passing from the vital to the annular, to the ring -finger, promises honors to ensue, from or by the means of some -famous lady.</p> - -<p>The vital lines being thicker than ordinary at the end under the -fore finger, denotes a laborious old age.</p> - -<p>A line passing through the vitals to the cavea of Mars, foretells -of wounds and fevers, and also of misfortunes in journeys.</p> - -<h3>II.—OF THE HEPATICA, OR NATURAL MEAN.</h3> - -<p>This line being straight, continued, and not dissected by obverse -little lines, denotes a healthful body.</p> - -<p>If it be short or broken, and reach not beyond the concave of -the hand, it shows diseases and shortness of life.</p> - -<p>By how much more the same is produced, by so much longer -the life may be warranted.</p> - -<p>If cut at the end thereof by a small intervening line, it threatens -poverty in old age.</p> - -<p>If in the upper part it be distant from the vital by a great space, -it shows distemperatures of the heart, as palpitations, syncope, &c.</p> - -<p>This also shows prodigality, especially if the table be broad.</p> - -<p>If tortuous (that is, if it wind and turn several ways), unequal, -of a different color and dissected, it argues an evil constitution of -the liver, and thence diseases, proceeding from the weakness thereof. -Covetousness also, and a depravity both of nature and wit, -especially if it be under the region of the middle finger, and near -the cardiaca, thereby making a short or narrow triangle.</p> - -<p>If decently drawn and well colored, it is a sign of a cheerful -and ingenious disposition.</p> - -<p>If it has a sister, it promises inheritances.</p> - -<p>If continued with some little hard knots, it denotes manslaughters, -either perpetrated, or to be committed, according to the number -of these said knots.</p> - -<p>If therein a cross be found under the region of the middle finger, -it announces death to be at hand.</p> - -<p>If it terminates with a fork towards the ferient, it is a sign of -depraved wit, of hypocrisy, and of evil manners.</p> - -<p>When it tends to the mensa, it is a token of a slanderous tongue -and of envy.</p> - -<p>When it projects a remarkable cleft through the vital to the -mons veneris, and the sister of Mars, especially if the same be of a -ruddy color, it warns you to beware of thieves, and also intimates -fraud and deceit of enemies.</p> - -<p>This cleft likewise insinuates a most vehement heat of the liver, -proceeding from the rays of Mars; so that the life becomes in -danger, seeing that the line of life is dissected.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span></p> - -<p>This line having some branch, yet such a one as nevertheless -seems to be continued, shows that the manner of life will be, or is -already changed; and this in a declining age if the breach be under -the ring finger; but, if under the middle finger, in strength of -years.</p> - -<h3>III.—OF THE CEPHALICA.</h3> - -<p>This is called the line of the head and brain, which, if (arising -from its place in a due proportion) it connects the lines of the liver -and heart in a triangular form, have a lively color, and no intersection -falling out between, declares a man of admirable prudence, -and one of no vulgar wit and fortune.</p> - -<p>By how much more decent the triangle is, so much the better -shall the temperature, wit and courage be; but if it be obtuse, it -argues an evil disposed nature, and a man that is rude; if no triangle, -far worse.</p> - -<p>The superior being a right angle, or not very acute, foretells the -best temperature of the heart; but when it is too acute, especially -if it touch the line of life, upon the region of the middle finger, it -argues covetousness.</p> - -<p>The left angle, if it be made upon the natural mean in the ferient, -and be a right angle, confirms the goodness of intellect.</p> - -<p>But when the cephalica projects unequal clefts to the mons -lunæ, thereby making unusual characters, in the gentleman it denotes -weakness of the brain, and dangerous sea voyages. But in -the lady’s hand it shows frequent sorrows of mind, and difficulties -in child bearing.</p> - -<p>Equal lines (thus projected) presage the contrary in both sexes, -viz., in gentlemen, a good composure of the brain, and fortunate -voyages by sea; in ladies, cheerfulness and felicity in child bearing.</p> - -<p>This one thing is peculiar to the cephalica: if it project a cleft -or a manifest star, upwards to the cavea martis, it signifies boldness, -&c. But if it let fall the same downwards, thefts, &c.</p> - -<p>The cephalica, jointed to the dragon’s tail by a remarkable concourse, -promises a prudent and a joyful age.</p> - -<p>The same drawn upwards in the shape of a fork, towards the -part of fortune, signifies subtlety in managing affairs, and also -craftiness either to do good or evil.</p> - -<p>If in this said fork a mark appears resembling the part of fortune, -as it is noticed by astrologers, that gives an assurance of -riches and honor to succeed by ingenuity and art.</p> - -<h3>IV.—OF THE THORAL LINE.</h3> - -<p>This is also called the line of fortune; it is termed likewise the -mensa, because it makes up the table of the hand. Which said -line, when it is long enough, and without incisures, argues a due -strength in the principal members of man, and also constancy; -the contrary if it be short, crooked, cut or parted.</p> - -<p>If it terminate under the mount of Saturn, it shows a vain fellow.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span></p> - -<p>If projecting small branches to the mount of Jupiter, it promises -honors.</p> - -<p>If there it be naked and simple, it is a sign of poverty and want.</p> - -<p>If cutting the mouth of Jupiter, cruelty of mind and disposition, -with excessive wrath.</p> - -<p>If it projects a branch between the fore and middle finger in a -gentleman, it threatens a wound in his head; in a lady, danger in -child bearing.</p> - -<p>Three lines ascending upwards from this line, viz., one to the -space between the middle and fore finger, a second to the space between -the middle and ring finger, and a third to the space between -the ring and the little finger, argues a contentious person in many -respects.</p> - -<p>A little line only thus drawn to the interval or space between -the middle finger and the ring finger, sorrow or labor.</p> - -<p>If annexed to the natural mean, so that it makes an acute angle, -it brings sorrow and labor.</p> - -<p>If the natural mean be wanting, and the thoral annexed to the -vital, it threatens decollation or a deadly wound.</p> - -<p>If no mensa at all, it shows a man malevolent, contentious, -faithless, inconstant and of base condition.</p> - -<p>Confused little lines in the mensa, denote sickness; if under -Mercury, in the former part of the age; under the sun in the prime -thereof; under the middle finger, in old age.</p> - -<p>When in this line there are certain points observed, they argue -strength of the genitals and burning lust.</p> - -<h3>V.—OF THE CAUDA DRACONIS, OR THE RESTRICTA, -AND THE LINES ARISING THEREFROM.</h3> - -<p>If this be double or treble, and drawn by a right and continued -track, it promises a good composure of the body.</p> - -<p>That line which is nearest the hand continued, and of a good -color, assures great riches.</p> - -<p>But if the same line be cut in the middle, crooked and very -pale, it announces debility of body and want of all things.</p> - -<p>A cross or star upon the restricta, foreshadows tranquility of -life in old age.</p> - -<p>If there be a star, simple or double, or any lines near the tuberculum -of the thumb, in ladies, they denote misfortune or infamy.</p> - -<p>A line running from the restricta through the mons veneris, -presages adversities, either by the means of some kindred or a wife.</p> - -<p>A line extending from the restricta to the mons lunæ, denotes -adversities and private enemies; if it be crooked, it doubles the -evil, and betokens perpetual servitude.</p> - -<p>Such a line also being clear and straight, and reaching as far -as the region of the moon, foretells many journeys by sea and land.</p> - -<p>If it extend to the tuberculum of the fore finger, it informs the -gentleman that he shall live in a foreign country in great estimation.</p> - -<p>If to the hepatica, it argues honest behavior, and prolongs life.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span></p> - -<p>If to the mons solis (be it simple or double), it argues exceeding -goodness, and enables to govern or rule in great affairs.</p> - -<p>By the same reason, if it pass to the mons Mercurii, it betokens -the gentleman is of a sufficient capacity for any employment; -but if it reach not the mons Mercurii, but is broken about the -middle and end beneath the mons Mercurii, that makes out a prating -fellow, &c.</p> - -<p>If directly ascending to the mons Saturni, it signifies a good -position of Saturn in the geniture, whose decree shall shortly follow; -but, if crookedly towards the restricta and the hepatica especially, -it shows man laborious, &c.</p> - -<h3>VI.—OF THE VIA SOLIS, OR THE SUN’S WAY.</h3> - -<p>This being whole, equally drawn and well colored, promises -the favor of great men and great honor; but, if dissected and -unequal, the contrary, and exposes to divers impediments, and -envy in attaining the same.</p> - -<h3>VII.—OF THE VIA LACTEA, OR THE MILKY WAY.</h3> - -<p>This well proportioned and continued, presages that journeys -will be fortunate both by sea and land, as ready wit and the favor -of the ladies (Venus assenting), and of a composed and graceful -speech; but if it be distorted, it argues infelicity and lies; but -whole and ascending to the little finger, it is a sign of happiness.</p> - -<h3>VIII.—OF THE SATURNIA, OR LINE OF SATURN.</h3> - -<p>This being wholly and fully protracted to the middle finger, is -an argument both of profound cogitations and likewise of fortunate -events in counsels and actions.</p> - -<p>Combust or deficient, an evil sign, portending many misfortunes, -unless other positions favor it.</p> - -<p>Bending backwards in the cavea of the hand, towards the ferient, -in the form of a semi-circle, threatens imprisonment.</p> - -<p>A line drawn from the vital, through the hepatica, to the tuberculum -of Saturn (if it touch the Saturnia), the same.</p> - -<h3>IX.—OF THE CINGULUM VENERIS, OR THE GIRDLE -OF VENUS.</h3> - -<p>If this line have a sister, it argues intemperance and lust in both -sexes, and baseness in the gratification of lewd desires; and if -dissected and carefully examined, it shows losses and infamy by -reason of this vice.</p> - -<h3>X.—OF THE VIA MARTIS, THE WAY OR LINE OF -MARS, OR THE VITAL SISTER.</h3> - -<p>This line (as often as it appears), augments and strengthens -the things signified by the cardiaca; but particularly it promises -good success in war, provided it be clear and red.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span></p> - -<h3>SOME OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING LINES.</h3> - -<p>The quantity of lines must be wisely observed, that is, the -length and depth, so likewise their quality, that is, their complexion -and shape, whether they are crooked or straight; next their -action, which is to touch or cut other lines. Their passion to be -touched or cut of others; and lastly, their place and position.</p> - -<p>We must know that the lines are sometimes prolonged until -certain years of our age, otherwise shortened; now they wax pale, -then they become plain and strong, and as it were luxuriate with a -kind of redness, and this as well in the principal as less principal -lines. Again, as touching the less principal, and such as are found -in the tubercula of the planets, it is most certain that some do at -one time quite vanish, and that at another time others arise of a -different shape and complexion; the cause of which is supposed -to be no other than the various progressions of the alphabetical -places in their nativities; that is, fortunate and unfortunate to the -influence whereof man himself is wonderfully subject. The signs -of his hands are presented at different times with different faces. -<em>Such a virtue, such a love resideth in the imagination of the greater -world towards the lesser.</em> And, therefore, the most studious in chiromancy -cannot attain the knowledge of particulars by one inspection -only, made to a certain year of the person’s age; things -that worthily merit our observations, yet known or approved of by -a few.</p> - -<h3>OF THE PLANETS.</h3> - -<p>The planets also administer not a little judgment from their respective -places, for if they are happy and benevolent, good things -are portended, but being unhappy and froward, judge the contrary. -Here we must also note that these planets are termed benevolent, in -whose tubercula and places the accustomed lines are found equal, -their characters fair and proportionable, as a cross, stars, three or -four parallel lines, ladders, little branches, a quadrangular, the -character of Jupiter. But the froward and unfortunate are those -planets whose tubercula and places are deformed with troubled -lines and uncouth figures; as a lame and interrupted semi-circle -gridirons the character of Saturn. This is to be duly observed in -the lines of the hand. Now, as touching the planets, let us proceed -according to the general rules of art.</p> - -<h3>XI.—OF VENUS.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Venus</span> shining well and happily (that is) when in her tuberculum, -she presents a clear star, or furrows that are red and transversely -parallel, and so often as her tuberculum is much elevated, -makes such men to be merry, cheerful and luxurious; yet amorous, -comely and libidinous, very honest and just, with whom an uninterrupted -tie of friendship once made is permanent.</p> - -<p>She renders the body somewhat tall, the eyes pleasant and -sparkling with the splendor of beauty, full of allurement and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></span> -temptation, the hair thick and curling; she instills a spotless and -noble mind, yet oftentimes gives men that are full of boasting and -inconsistency. She inclines the mind to music, &c.; sometimes -according to the strength of the geniture, she produces priests, -apothecaries, &c.</p> - -<p>But being unfortunate, she causes lasciviousness, incontinency -and boasting, and if you find a cross also, near the first joint of -the thumb, it denotes an adulterer, or such a person on whom a -misfortune has happened in some luxurious matter. If the place -of Venus be untilled, it points out an effeminate, rude and sorrowful -person, foolishly and ridiculously addicted to be merry and -jesting.</p> - -<h3>XII.—MARS.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Mars</span> is fortunate, so often as his sister appears red, clear and -decently drawn, and when either star or cross is found in his cavea. -Thus, therefore, he denotes such as are bold and full of courage, -stout, warlike, contentious, strong and lusty; imperious; the hair -for the most part yellow; the eyes from black waxing red and -terrible. If Jupiter participate, he possesses the gall, the reins, the -back, the liver, &c. If with Venus, those parts of the body -under her dominion. But if he be froward and unfortunate, he -describes men to be litigious, violent, deceitful, passionate, &c.</p> - -<h3>XIII.—JUPITER.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Jupiter</span> is happy or fortunate when in his region he exhibits -signs that are auspicious—that is, if there be a star or double cross, -parallel lines, or a line decently drawn from the vital to his -tuberculum, &c. For thus he signifies men that are noble, honest, -benevolent, affable, honorable, merry, just, equitable, beautiful, -formidable and happy, such as have comely eyes, thick hairs -and a grave gesture; likewise such as are bashful, and likewise -such as will keep their promises, &c. These men are preferred -to great dignities, and solicited by many great men, and do highly -favor and esteem their wives, sons, honest and good men. In -men, Jupiter rules the liver, blood, ribs, lungs and gristles. But, -if he is unfortunate, he oftentimes throws a man headlong from a -great estate to great calamities; if there be half a gridiron in his -tuberculum, it betokens losses, especially by means of the more -potent sort of women; otherwise thus constituted, he causes grief -of the heart, cramps, inflammations of the lungs and other diseases -proceeding from wind; if a line transversely cut his tuberculum, -and afterwards tend to the place of Saturn, making those -little hairs, it threatens apoplexy. But, if you find a cross especially, -or a clear and red star in his tuberculum, he gives splendid -honors, confers riches and public rewards from great personages or -princes.</p> - -<h3>XIV.—SATURN.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Saturn</span> is happily placed when we find his line wholly running -to his region, but less happy when he presents some inauspicious<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></span> -characters; unhappily, if he shows confused and unfortunate -signs; he governs the spleen, bones and bladder. When he is -fortunate he makes men silent, provident, of good and profound -counsels, such as think and study much and are somewhat sorrowful; -men that are puffed up with an ambitious spirit, and whose -aim is honors. And these are slender of body, somewhat tall, pale -and feeble, their hair blackish, eyes hollow; they are fortunate in -tilling of ground, and in metals of all sorts, yet more careless of -their wives, and less addicted to the pleasures of love; foolishly -laughing and jesting, also tenacious and worldly minded, unjust, -&c. But, if Saturn be unfortunate or froward, he makes men -sorrowful, laborious, sordid, humble, covetous, liars, malicious, -envious, &c., and encumbered with perpetual griefs and anxieties.</p> - -<p>A gross line running from the interval of the middle and fore -finger to the mensa, and breaking or interrupting it, denotes diseases -or wounds in the lower part of the body.</p> - -<h3>XV.—SOL.</h3> - -<p>If the <span class="smcap">Sun</span> fortunately rules, he makes men faithful, ingenious, -honored, high minded, wise, humane, religious, just, moderate, -aged, and such as always manage their affairs honestly. He gives -a body well composed, and adorns it with yellow hair; he governs -the heart, midriff, nerves, &c.</p> - -<p>But, if unfortunate, he gives men that are proud and highly -elated, manifesting their access to dignities by unjust means, -boasters and immodest. He brings fluxes of rheum upon the eyes, -and thereby hurts both them and the mouth, trembling of the -heart, syncope, &c.</p> - -<h3>XVI.—LUNA.</h3> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Moon</span> happy and fortunate, makes men famous, honest -and honorable and of a large body; yet well proportioned, pleasant -also, and sometimes voyages by sea and walking by the sides of -rivers; but, if any way dissenting in the other, unconstant both in -life and action, yet tending for the most part to the best. She -rules the brain, stomach and belly, but if unfortunate she portends -a various and inconstant kind of line, weakness, and increase of -griefs and anxieties, she thus causes paralysis, &c. A commotion -of the members, oftentimes an epilepsy and canker, spots in the -body, severe colic, and whatever else proceeds from abundance of -cold and moisture, and more especially when the lines found in -the tuberculum of the moon do appear very pale; if there be fair -and comely signatures near the ferient, they denote happiness to -the man in his journeys and messages, and in foreign countries. -To the woman, felicity and fertility in bearing of children, ominous -signs do show the contrary.</p> - -<h3>XVII.—MERCURY.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Mercury</span>, happy and fortunate, makes men ingenious, desirous -of science, and seeking diligently after secrets, such as are<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[67]</a></span> -apt for any thing, orators, poets, philosophers, astrologicians, fortune-tellers, -eloquent, variable, mathematicians, and men addicted -to merchandise, &c. He governs the tongue and memory.</p> - -<h3>XVIII.—THE MENSA, OR PART OF FORTUNE.</h3> - -<p>This space being great and broad, and the figure decent, declares -a liberal man, magnanimous and of long life.</p> - -<p>But if small and narrow, it indicates a slender fortune and fearfulness.</p> - -<p>A cross or star within it, clear and well proportioned, especially -under the region of the ring finger, betokens honors and dignities -to ensue from, or by means of great and noble personages. If the -character of Jupiter, it then promises great ecclesiastical dignities, -&c.</p> - -<p>The same star or cross tripled, portends good fortune; but if it -be cut by confused little lines, the good fortune is thereby diverted, -and anxieties and labors threatened in defending his honors, especially -if they are under the region of the ring finger.</p> - -<p>A cross or star in the uppermost part of the mensa, is a sign of -fortunate journeys.</p> - -<p>The mensa sharpened by the concourse of the thoral and cardiac -lines, points out deceit and danger of life.</p> - -<p>If no mensa be shown in the hand, it shows obscurity both of -life and fortune.</p> - -<p>Good and equal lines in this space do declare the fortune to be -good, but if evil and decomposed they quite overthrow it.</p> - -<p>A little circle shows perfection of wit, and the obtaining of -science, the others assenting thereunto.</p> - -<h3>XIX.—THE POLLEX, OR THUMB.</h3> - -<p>Overthwart lines, that are clear and long underneath the nail -and joint of the thumb, confer riches and honor. A line passing -from the upper joint of the thumb to the cardiaca, threatens a violent -death or danger by means of some married lady. Lines much -dispersed in the lower joint of the thumb, describe men that are -contentious, and such as rejoice in scolding, &c. A line surrounding -the thumb, in the middle joint, portends the man shall be -hanged. Equal furrows drawn under the lower joint thereof, -argue riches and possessions. If the first or second joint want incisures, -it shows drowsiness and idleness.</p> - -<h3>XX.—THE INDEX, OR FORE FINGER.</h3> - -<p>Many lines in the uppermost joint, and they proceeding overthwartly, -denote inheritances; by running so in the middle joint, -an envious and evil disposed person.</p> - -<p>Right lines running between these joints, declare (in the ladies) -a numerous issue; in gentlemen, bitterness of tongue. If they are -in the first joint, near unto Jupiter’s mouth, they manifest a jovial<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a></span> -disposition, that is, they point to the man whom Jupiter favored -well in his nativity. That who hath a star in the same place, may -certainly be pronounced unchaste and lascivious.</p> - -<h3>XXI.—MEDIUS, OR THE MIDDLE FINGER.</h3> - -<p>This finger presenting little gridirons in the joints thereof, -plainly declares an unhappy and melancholy wit, but if equal -lines, it manifests fortune by metals, &c. A star there presages a -violent death by drowning, &c. If a gross line be extended from -the root thereof, upwards, through the whole finger into the end -of the last joint, it argues folly and madness.</p> - -<h3>XXII.—ANNULARIS, OR THE RING FINGER.</h3> - -<p>A line arising from mons solis, and ascending by a right track -through the joints thereof, it shows a noble frame. Equal lines in -the first joint demonstrate honors and riches; overthwart lines, -the enmity of great men. Howbeit, if these lines be intersected, it -is better, because they argue impediments.</p> - -<h3>XXIII.—AURICULARIS, OR LITTLE FINGER.</h3> - -<p>From the joint thereof, as from the mouth itself, are judgments -and decrees passed concerning merchandise, favors, and a -star in its first joint near the tuberculum, argues ingenuity and -eloquence.</p> - -<p>Other obtuse signs the contrary, but when there appear unfortunate -signs in the first and second joints, they mark out a thief -and a very deceitful person. If adverse lines in the last joint, perpetual -inconstancy.</p> - -<p>Some there are who predict the number of wives from the little -lines in the mons Mercurii at the outermost part of the hand, and -have often observed them come at the truth.</p> - -<p>If the end of this finger reach not so far as to touch the last -joint of the ring finger, it signifies a wife most imperious in all -things, the truth thereof is often proved.</p> - -<h3>CONSIDERATIONS ON THE MOUNTS AND FINGERS.</h3> - -<p>As the mounts being adorned with good figures and characters -indicate a good and happy issue, so likewise being vitiated with -confused lines, they threaten the contrary, and this as well on the -fingers as mounts, except they are restrained by the confederacy of -other lines which are of themselves good and fortunate.</p> - -<p>There are likewise the twelve signs of the Zodiac upon the fingers. -The signification of the lines proceeding from the mounts -of the different planets upon the fingers, show their effect chiefly -when the sun, or their principal significator, as lord of the ascendant, -&c., is in these signs, ruling the parts where they terminate, -as a line passing from the mount of Saturn to the first point of the -middle finger would give improvement when the sun was in Pisces;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></span> -if to the second, in Aquarius. Observe also that the first joint -near the mount of the finger must be attributed to the first part of -the age, the second to the prime of life, and the last unto old age.</p> - -<p>Lastly. The structure of the hand itself is really admirable -in respect to the proportion it bears to the face, and certain parts -thereof, which is this:</p> - -<p>The whole hand is of equal length with the face.</p> - -<p>The greater joint of the forefinger (which adjoins upon the tuberculum -of Jupiter) equals the height of the forehead.</p> - -<p>The other two (to the extremity of the nail) are just the length -of the nose, viz.: from the intercelia, or place between the eyebrows, -to the tip of the nostrils.</p> - -<p>The first and greater joint of the middle finger is just as long as -it is between the bottom of the chin and the top of the under lip.</p> - -<p>But the third joint of the same finger is of equal length with -the distance that is between the mouth and the lower part of the -nostrils.</p> - -<p>The largest joint of the thumb gives the width of the mouth.</p> - -<p>The distance between the bottom of the chin and the top of the -lower lip, the same.</p> - -<p>The lesser joint of the thumb is equal to the distance between -the top of the lower lip and the lower part of the nostrils. The -nails obtain just the half of their respective uppermost joints, -which they call omychios.</p> - -<h3>OF THE NAILS OF THE FINGERS.</h3> - -<p>Broad nails show the person to be bashful and fearful, but of a -gentle nature. When there is a certain white mark at the extremity -of them, it shows that the person has more honesty than subtilty, -and that his worldly substance will be impaired through negligence. -White nails and long, denote much sickness and infirmity, -especially fevers, and are an indication of strength, and deceit in -women. If upon the white anything appears at the extremity that -is pale, it denotes short life by sudden death, and the person to be -given to melancholy. When there appear a sudden mixed redness -of divers colors at the beginning of the nail, it shows the person -to be choleric, and very quarrelsome. When the extremity is -black, it is a sign of husbandry. Narrow nails denote the person -to be inclined to mischief and to do injury to his neighbor. -Long nails show the person to be good natured, but mistrustful, -and loves reconciliation rather than differences. Oblique nails signify -deceit and want of courage. Little and round nails denote -obstinate anger and hatred; if they be crooked at the extremity, -they show pride and fierceness. Round nails show a choleric -person, yet soon reconciled and a lover of secret sciences. Fleshy -nails denote the person to be mild in temper, idle and lazy. -Pale and black nails show the person to be very deceitful to his -neighbor, and subject to many diseases. Red and marked nails -signify a choleric and martial nature, given to cruelty: and as -many little marks as there are, they speak of so many evil desires.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CELESTIAL PALMISTRY.</h2> - -<p>The Moon exercises an influence over the children of men, -which varies with her monthly age, in like manner as that of the -sun is varied according to his progress through the signs of the -zodiac. Her term is completed in thirty days and recurs twelve -times annually. The probable fate of each individual through -life is to be gathered from the aspect of the day on which he was -born; and the issue of any particular event or undertaking from -the day of its occurrence or transaction or commencement; counting -in both cases from the <em>new moon</em>, as is shown in the following -calendar. She has power over dreams and visions; and exercises -it more particularly on certain days.</p> - -<p>A child born within twenty-four hours after the new moon will -be fortunate and live to a good old age. Whatever is dreamed on -that day will be pleasing to the dreamer.</p> - -<p>The second day is very lucky for discovering things lost, or -hidden treasure; the child born on this day will thrive.</p> - -<p>The child born on the third day will be fortunate through persons -in power, and whatever is dreamed will prove true.</p> - -<p>The fourth day is evil; persons falling sick on this day rarely -recover.</p> - -<p>The fifth day is favorable to begin a good work and dreams -will be tolerably successful; the child born on this day will be -vain and deceitful.</p> - -<p>The child born on the sixth day will not live long, and his -dreams will not immediately come to pass.</p> - -<p>On the seventh day do not tell your dreams, for much depends -on concealing them; if sickness befalls you on this day you will -soon recover; the child born on this day will live long, but have -many troubles.</p> - -<p>On the eighth day whatever is dreamed will come to pass; -whatever business a person undertakes on this day will prosper.</p> - -<p>The ninth day differs very little from the former; the child -born on this day will arrive at great riches and honor.</p> - -<p>The tenth day is likely to be fatal to those who fall sick; but -the child born on this day will live long and be a great traveler.</p> - -<p>The child that is born on the eleventh day will be much devoted -to religion, and of an engaging form and manners.</p> - -<p>On the twelfth day dreams are rather fortunate and the child -born then shall live long.</p> - -<p>On the thirteenth day the dreams will prove true in a very short -time.</p> - -<p>If you ask a favor of any one on the fourteenth day, it will be -granted.</p> - -<p>The sickness that befalls a person on the fifteenth day is likely -to prove mortal.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a></span></p> - -<p>The child that is born on the sixteenth day will be of very ungraceful -manners and unfortunate; it is nevertheless a good day -for buying and selling merchandise.</p> - -<p>The child born on the seventeenth day will be very foolish; it -is a very unfortunate day to transact any kind of business or contract -marriage.</p> - -<p>The child born on the eighteenth day will be valiant, but will -suffer considerable hardships; if a female, she will be chaste and -industrious and live respected to a great age.</p> - -<p>The nineteenth day is dangerous; the child born during it will -be very ill-disposed and malicious.</p> - -<p>On the twentieth day the dreams are true, but the child born -during it will be dishonest.</p> - -<p>The child born on the twenty-first day will grow up healthy -and strong, but selfishly inclined and of low habits.</p> - -<p>The child born on the twenty-second day will be fortunate; he -or she will be of cheerful countenance, religious, and much beloved.</p> - -<p>The child that is born on the twenty-third day will be of an -ungovernable temper, will forsake his friends and wander about in -a foreign country, unhappy through life.</p> - -<p>The child born on the twenty-fourth day will achieve many -heroic actions and be much admired for his extraordinary abilities.</p> - -<p>The child born on the twenty-fifth day will be very wicked; he -will meet with many dangers and will probably come to an ill end.</p> - -<p>On the twenty-sixth day the dreams are certain; the child then -born will be rich and greatly esteemed.</p> - -<p>The twenty-seventh day is very favorable for dreams, and the -child then born will be of a sweet and amiable disposition.</p> - -<p>The child born on the twenty-eighth day will be the delight of -his parents, but will not live to a great age.</p> - -<p>The child born on the twenty-ninth day will experience many -hardships, though in the end they may turn out happily. It is -good to marry on this day, and business begun on this day will be -prosperous.</p> - -<p>And, finally, the child that is born on the thirtieth day will be -fortunate and happy and well skilled in arts and sciences.</p> - -<h3>CHILDREN BORN ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.</h3> - -<p><i>Sunday.</i>—The child shall be of long life and obtain riches.</p> - -<p><i>Monday.</i>—Weak and of an effeminate temper, which seldom -brings a man to honor.</p> - -<p><i>Tuesday.</i>—Worse; though he may, with extraordinary vigilance, -conquer the inordinate desires to which he will be subject; -still he will be in danger of dying by violence, if he has not great -procreation.</p> - -<p><i>Wednesday.</i>—He shall be given to the study of learning and -shall profit thereby.</p> - -<p><i>Thursday.</i>—He shall arrive at great honor and dignity.</p> - -<p><i>Friday.</i>—He shall be of a strong constitution, yet perhaps remarkably -lecherous.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a></span></p> - -<p><i>Saturday.</i>—Is another bad day; but, notwithstanding, the child -may come to good, though it be seldom; but most children born -on this day are of a heavy, dull and very dogged disposition.</p> - -<h3>SICKNESS—LUCKY AND UNLUCKY DAYS.</h3> - -<p>Whoever, in the first day of any month, fall sick, or is attacked -with any infirmity, the third day ensuing is to be feared, which, if -he pass, he shall escape.</p> - -<p>Those falling ill on the second day of any month, though they -be long confined, yet shall recover.</p> - -<p>Any illness commencing on the third day will certainly terminate -favorably.</p> - -<p>Those falling sick on the fourth day will probably linger until -the twenty-eighth, which, if they pass, may possibly recover.</p> - -<p>Those taken ill on the fifth day may become very low, but will -recover.</p> - -<p>Persons falling sick on the sixth day may recover, if they pass -the fifth day of the ensuing month, but they will stand a poor -chance of recovery.</p> - -<p>The seventh is a lucky day, and one falling sick on this day may -recover, even though having to endure great suffering.</p> - -<p>The eighth day is an unfortunate one, and those falling ill on it -will not be likely to survive.</p> - -<p>Illness commencing on the ninth day will not usually prove fatal, -though sometimes so.</p> - -<p>On the tenth day, the contrary.</p> - -<p>The eleventh day is remarkably fortunate for those falling sick; -they will recover speedily.</p> - -<p>It is a bad omen to be taken sick on the twelfth of any month; -for unless you recover within two or three days, you will most -certainly die within the year.</p> - -<p>Those falling sick on the thirteenth day, if they pass five days, -they will quite likely recover.</p> - -<p>The fourteenth is a lucky day, and those taken sick on it will -recover in forty-eight hours.</p> - -<p>On the contrary, those falling ill on the fifteenth day may experience -long and lingering illness, which will probably prove fatal.</p> - -<p>Those taken on the sixteenth day, may escape, after some weeks -of illness.</p> - -<p>Persons falling ill on the seventeenth day are almost sure to die -within three weeks.</p> - -<p>The eighteenth is a lucky day and those falling sick on that -day will undoubtedly recover.</p> - -<p>The nineteenth, the same—though the sickness may last much -longer.</p> - -<p>The twentieth is an uncertain day, and sickness commencing on -this day frequently terminates fatally, if it continue more than five -days.</p> - -<p>The twenty-first day perils one’s life for ten days—that time -passed, you will recover.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a></span></p> - -<p>Those falling sick on the twenty-second, will die within forty-eight -hours, or after that time will certainly recover.</p> - -<p>Those taken sick on the twenty-third will stand a chance of -lingering illness, which will probably terminate favorably.</p> - -<p>The twenty-fourth is another unlucky day, and those falling ill -on that day, though they be partially restored, will probably die -within three months.</p> - -<p>On the contrary, the twenty-fifth is a very favorable day, and -those falling sick will get well speedily.</p> - -<p>The twenty-sixth portends a protracted illness, which will terminate -favorably.</p> - -<p>The twenty-seventh threatens death, though the chances of recovery -are fair.</p> - -<p>Those falling ill on the twenty-eighth, menace death.</p> - -<p>Persons who are taken sick on the twenty-ninth day will have -a very protracted illness and recover slowly.</p> - -<p>The thirtieth and thirty-first are uncertain days, and persons falling -sick on either of these days, it cannot be known whether they -will recover or not.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<h2>ASTROLOGICAL MISCELLANY.</h2> - -<h3>DAYS OF THE MONTH.</h3> - -<h4>I.—<span class="smcap">Fortunate.</span></h4> - -<p>In January, six days: the 1st, 2d, 15th, 26th, 27th and 28th.</p> - -<p>In February, four days: the 11th, 21st, 25th and 26th.</p> - -<p>In March, two days: the 10th and 24th.</p> - -<p>In April, five days: the 6th, 15th, 16th, 20th and 28th.</p> - -<p>In May, three days: the 3d, 18th and 31st.</p> - -<p>In June, five days: the 10th, 11th, 15th, 22d and 25th.</p> - -<p>In July, three days: the 9th, 15th and 28th.</p> - -<p>In August, six days: the 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th, 19th and 25th.</p> - -<p>In September, five days: the 4th, 8th, 17th, 18th and 23d.</p> - -<p>In October, five days: the 3d, 7th, 16th, 21st and 22d.</p> - -<p>In November, three days: the 5th, 14th and 20th.</p> - -<p>In December, six days: the 15th, 19th, 20th, 22d, 23d and 25th.</p> - -<h4>II.—<span class="smcap">Unfortunate.</span></h4> - -<p>In January, seven days: the 3d, 4th, 6th, 13th, 14th, 20th and -21st.</p> - -<p>In February, seven days: the 3d, 7th, 9th, 12th, 16th, 17th and -23d.</p> - -<p>In March, eight days: the 1st, 2d, 5th, 8th, 12th, 16th, 28th and -29th.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span></p> - -<p>In April, two days: the 24th and 25th.</p> - -<p>In May, five days: the 17th, 20th, 27th, 29th and 30th.</p> - -<p>In June, eight days: the 1st, 5th, 6th, 9th, 12th, 16th, 18th and -24th.</p> - -<p>In July, four days: the 3d, 10th, 17th and 18th.</p> - -<p>In August, two days: the 15th and 20th.</p> - -<p>In September, two days: the 9th and 16th.</p> - -<p>In October, six days: the 4th, 9th, 11th, 17th, 27th and 31st.</p> - -<p>In November, four days: the 3d, 9th, 10th and 21st.</p> - -<p>In December, two days: the 14th and 21st.</p> - -<h3>IMPORTANT ADVICE.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">To Females.</span>—It has often been observed, and experience has -shown the observation to be a true one, that some event of importance -is sure to happen to a woman in her thirty-first year, whether -it prove for her good or it be some great evil or temptation; therefore -we advise her to be circumspect in all her actions. If she is -a maiden or widow, it is probable she will marry this year. If a -wife, that she will lose her children or husband. She will either -receive riches or travel into a foreign land; at all events, some circumstance -or other will take place during this remarkable year of -her life, that will have great effect on her future fortunes and existence.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">To Males.</span>—The like is applicable to men in their forty-second -year, of which there are so many instances that there is not a doubt -of its truth. Observe always to take a lease for an odd number of -years; an even number is not prosperous. The three first days of -the moon are the best for signing papers; and the first five days, -as well as the twenty-fourth, for any fresh undertaking.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<h2>MOLES.<br /> -<span class="smaller">THEIR SITUATION AND THE INDICATION THEY GIVE OF A PERSON’S -DISPOSITION AND FUTURE LOT IN LIFE.</span></h2> - -<p>Though moles are, in their substance, nothing else than excrescences, -or ebullitions which proceed from the state of the blood -whilst the fœtus is confined in the womb, yet they are not given in -vain, as they are generally characteristic of the disposition and -temper of those that bear them; and it is also proved by daily experience -that from the shape, situation and other circumstances, -they bear a strong analogy to the events which are to happen to a -person in future life. Herein are given the common prognostications -by moles found in all the various parts of the body, according<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[75]</a></span> -to the doctrine of the ancients. The larger the mole, the -greater the prosperity or adversity of the person; the smaller the -mole, the less will be his good or evil fate. If the mole is round, -it indicates good; if angular, it gives a mixture of good and evil; -if oblong, a moderate share of fortunate events; the deeper the -color, the more favor or disgrace; the lighter, the less of either. -If it is very hairy, much misfortune may be expected; but if few -long hairs grow upon it, it denotes that your undertakings will be -prosperous.</p> - -<p>A mole that stands on the right side of the forehead, or right -temple, signifies that the person will arrive at sudden wealth and -honor, according to their birth and situation in life; which must -always be attended to with due consideration.</p> - -<p>A mole on the right eyebrow announces speedy marriage; and -that the person to whom you will be married will possess many -amiable qualities and a good fortune.</p> - -<p>A mole on the left of either of these three places announces -unexpected disappointment in your most sanguine wishes.</p> - -<p>A mole on the outside corner of either eye denotes the person -to be of a sober, steady and sedate disposition; but will be liable to -a violent death.</p> - -<p>A mole on either cheek signifies that the person shall never rise -above mediocrity in point of fortune; though at the same time he -will never fall into real poverty.</p> - -<p>A mole on the nose shows that the person will have good success -in most of his or her undertakings.</p> - -<p>A mole on the lip, either upper or lower, proves the person to -be fond of delicate things and much given to the pleasures of love, -in which he or she will most commonly be successful.</p> - -<p>A mole on the chin foreshows the person will be attended with -prosperity and be highly esteemed.</p> - -<p>A mole on the side of the neck shows that the person will narrowly -escape suffocation; but will afterward rise to great consideration -by an unexpected legacy or inheritance.</p> - -<p>A mole on the throat denotes that the person shall become rich -by marriage.</p> - -<p>A mole on the right breast declares the person to be exposed to -a sudden reverse from comfort to distress, by unavoidable accidents. -Most of his children will be girls.</p> - -<p>A mole on the left breast signifies success in undertakings and -an amorous disposition.</p> - -<p>A mole on the bosom portends mediocrity of health and fortune.</p> - -<p>A mole under the left breast, over the heart, foreshadows that -the man will be of a warm disposition, unsettled in mind, fond of -rambling and light in his conduct. In a lady, it shows sincerity in -love, quick conception and easy travail in childbirth.</p> - -<p>A mole on the right side, over any part of the ribs, denotes the -person to be pusillanimous, and slow in understanding anything -that may be attended with difficulty.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span></p> - -<p>A mole on the belly, denotes the person to be addicted to sloth -and gluttony, selfish in almost all articles and seldom inclined to be -nice or careful in point of dress.</p> - -<p>A mole on either hip shows that the person will have many -children and such of them as survive will be healthful, lusty and -patient in all hardships.</p> - -<p>A mole on the right thigh shows that the person will become -rich and also fortunate in marriage.</p> - -<p>A mole on the left thigh denotes that the person suffers much -by poverty and want of friends, as also by the enmity and injustice -of others.</p> - -<p>A mole on the right knee signifies that the person will be fortunate -in the choice of a partner for life and meet with few disappointments -in the world.</p> - -<p>A mole on the left knee portends that the person will be rash, -inconsiderate and hasty, but modest when in cold blood, honest and -inclined to good behavior.</p> - -<p>A mole on either leg shows that the person is indolent, thoughtless -and indifferent as to whatever may happen.</p> - -<p>A mole on either ankle denotes a man to be inclined to effeminacy -and elegance of dress—a lady, to be courageous, active and -industrious, with some spice of the termagant.</p> - -<p>A mole on either foot forebodes sudden illness or unexpected -misfortune.</p> - -<p>A mole on the right shoulder signifies prudence, discretion, secrecy -and wisdom.</p> - -<p>A mole on the left shoulder declares a testy, contentious and ungovernable -spirit.</p> - -<p>A mole on the right arm denotes vigor and undaunted courage. -On the left arm, resolution and victory in battle.</p> - -<p>A mole near either elbow declares restlessness, a roving and unsteady -temper, also a discontentedness with those whom they are -obliged constantly to live with.</p> - -<p>A mole between the elbow and the wrist promises the person -prosperity, but not until he has undergone and suffered many -hardships.</p> - -<p>A mole on the wrist, or between it and the ends of the fingers, -denotes industry, parsimony, fidelity and conjugal affection.</p> - -<p>A mole against the heart denotes wickedness. If a woman -have a mole on her right knee, she will be honest and virtuous; if -on the left, she will have many children.</p> - -<p>If a woman have a mole on her lower jaw, it signifies she will -pass her life in sorrow and pain of body.</p> - -<p>A mole in the midst of the forehead, near the hair, denotes a -discourteous, cruel mind and of unpleasant discourse; if it is of a -honey color, the person will be beloved; if red, sullen and furious; -if black, inexpert and wavering; if raised more like a wart, very -fortunate. But if a woman, it shows her to be a slut; and if in -her forehead black, treacherous, consents to evil and murder.</p> - -<p>A mole on the left side of the forehead, near the hair, predicts<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a></span> -misery and abundance of tribulations to a man, by means of his -own misconduct; if honey-colored or red, his sorrows are lessened; -but if black, unfortunate in every undertaking.</p> - -<p>A mole on the left side of the forehead, about the midway, -threatens a man with persecutions from his superiors; if of honey -color, he prodigally wastes his estate; if red, he will become poor; -if black, let him beware of the wrath or malice of great men; if -a woman, it threatens sorrow by the perfidy of some men; if black, -she will partake of the extremity of misery.</p> - -<p>A mole on the left side of the forehead, a little above the temple, -if it appear red, denotes a man has excellent wit and understanding; -if black, he is in danger of being branded for his falsehoods; -if he has a wart, his fate is mitigated. To a woman it -signifies justification of innocence, though not deserved; if black, -malignity, and it represents every evil.</p> - -<p>A mole appearing on the right temple, above the eye, near the -head, denotes a long life and good fortune; if pale, or red, he is -studious; to a woman, it signifies good and happy fortune in marriage, -as she will be of careful conduct.</p> - -<p>A mole on the right temple, inclining towards the neck, promiseth -ingenuity and riches, as also long life; if honey or red -colored, good fortune; if black, trouble; but if as a wart, he shall -obtain all good things.</p> - -<p>A mole on the left side, towards the upper part of the eye, signifies -sickness; if black, a short life; if as a wart, it denotes a -good end. To a woman, moderate health, loss of favor of friends, -perverse children and enemies; if black, many miseries.</p> - -<p>A mole on the ear signifies riches and respect.</p> - -<p>If either in a man or woman’s hand a mole appears, it denotes -great prosperity and enjoyment of children.</p> - -<p>A mole on the left side of the stomach shows a luxurious person.</p> - -<p>A mole on the left side of the belly denotes afflictions.</p> - -<p>A mole under the hollow of the right eye signifies the party to -be furious.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<h2>CHARTOLOGY, -OR DIVINATION BY CARDS.</h2> - -<p>Take a pack of cards, shuffle and cut them three different times, -lay them on a table, nine in a row; if a man, he may choose one -of the kings to represent himself; if a woman, she must select one -of the queens; then the queen of the chosen king or the king of the -chosen queen, will stand for a husband or wife, mistress or lover, -of the party whose fortune is to be told; and the knave of the suit<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a></span> -for the most intimate person of their family. Remember that -everything is within your circle as far as you can count nine, any -way from the card that represents the person, his wife, or her husband, -and their intimate friend; also, that the ninth card, every -way, is of the greatest consequence.</p> - -<h3>CLUBS.</h3> - -<p><i>Ace of Clubs</i> promises great wealth, much prosperity in life and -tranquillity of mind.</p> - -<p><i>King of Clubs</i> announces a man who is humane, upright, affectionate -and faithful in all his undertakings; he will be happy himself -and make his connections so if he can.</p> - -<p><i>Queen of Clubs</i> shows a tender, mild and rather amorous disposition, -one who will probably yield herself to a kind lover before -the matrimonial knot is tied; but they will be happy, love each -other and be married.</p> - -<p><i>Knave of Clubs</i> shows an open, sincere friend, who will exert -himself warmly in your interest and welfare.</p> - -<p><i>Ten of Clubs</i> denotes that riches will come speedily from an -unexpected quarter; it also threatens the loss of some dear friend.</p> - -<p><i>Nine of Clubs</i> shows that you will displease some of your friends -by a too steady adherence to your own opinion.</p> - -<p><i>Eight of Clubs</i> shows the person to be covetous and extremely -fond of money; that he will obtain it, but that it will rather prove -a torment than a comfort to him, as he will not make a proper use -of it.</p> - -<p><i>Seven of Clubs</i> promises the most brilliant fortune and the most -exquisite bliss that this world can afford; but beware of the opposite -sex, as from these alone can you experience misfortune.</p> - -<p><i>Six of Clubs</i> shows you will enter into a very lucrative partnership -and that your children will behave well.</p> - -<p><i>Five of Clubs</i> declares that you will be shortly married to a -person who will improve your circumstances.</p> - -<p><i>Four of Clubs</i> shows inconstancy for the sake of money and -change of object.</p> - -<p><i>Trey of Clubs</i> shows that you will be three times married and -each time to a wealthy person.</p> - -<p><i>Deuce of Clubs</i> shows that there will be some unfortunate opposition -to your favorite inclination which will disturb you.</p> - -<h3>DIAMONDS.</h3> - -<p><i>Ace of Diamonds</i> signifies a letter.</p> - -<p><i>King of Diamonds</i> shows a man of fiery temper, continued anger, -seeking revenge and obstinate in his resolutions.</p> - -<p><i>Queen of Diamonds</i> signifies that the woman will be fond of -company, be a coquette and not over virtuous.</p> - -<p><i>Knave of Diamonds</i>, however nearly related, will look more -after his own interest than yours; he will be tenacious of his own -opinion and will fly off if contradicted.</p> - -<p><i>Ten of Diamonds</i> promises a country husband or wife, with<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[79]</a></span> -great wealth and many children; the card next to it tells the number -of children; it also signifies a purse of gold.</p> - -<p><i>Nine of Diamonds</i> declares that the person will be of a roving -disposition, never contented with his lot, and forever meeting with -vexations and disappointments.</p> - -<p><i>Eight of Diamonds</i> shows that the person, in youth, will be an -enemy to marriage and thus run the risk of dying unmarried; but -that if he does marry, it will be late in life and then it will be with -a person whose disposition is so ill assorted to his own that it -will be the cause of misfortune.</p> - -<p><i>Seven of Diamonds</i> shows you will be tormented by the infidelity -of your conjugal partner and waste of goods.</p> - -<p><i>Six of Diamonds</i> shows an early marriage and premature widowhood, -but a second marriage will probably be worse.</p> - -<p><i>Five of Diamonds</i> shows that you will have good children, who -will keep you from grief.</p> - -<p><i>Four of Diamonds</i> shows the incontinence of the person you -will be married to, and great vexation to yourself through the -whole course of your life.</p> - -<p><i>Trey of Diamonds</i> shows that you will be engaged in quarrels, -lawsuits and domestic disagreements; your partner for life will be -a vixen and of abusive temper, fail in the performance of the -nuptial duties and make you unhappy.</p> - -<p><i>Deuce of Diamonds</i> shows that your heart will be engaged in -love at an early period; that your parents will not approve of your -choice, and that if you marry without their consent they will hardly -forgive you.</p> - -<h3>HEARTS.</h3> - -<p><i>Ace of Hearts</i> signifies feasting and pleasure; if the ace is attended -by spades it foretells quarrelling; if by hearts, it shows affection -and friendship; if by diamonds, you will hear of some absent -friend; if by clubs, merry-making.</p> - -<p><i>King of Hearts</i> shows a man of good natured dissipation, but -hot and hasty, rash in his undertakings, and very amorous.</p> - -<p><i>Queen of Hearts</i> denotes a woman of fair complexion, faithful -and affectionate.</p> - -<p><i>Knave of Hearts</i> is a person of no particular sex, but always the -dearest friend or nearest relation of the consulting party. You -must pay great attention to the cards that stand next to the knave, -as from them alone you can judge whether the person it represents -will favor your inclinations or not.</p> - -<p><i>Ten of Hearts</i> shows good nature and many children; it is a -corrective of bad tidings of the cards that stand next to it; its -neighboring cards are of good report and it ascertains and confirms -their value.</p> - -<p><i>Nine of Hearts</i> promises wealth, grandeur and high esteem; if -cards that are unfavorable stand near it, you must look for disappointments, -and a reverse if favorable cards follow; these last at a -small distance, except to retrieve your losses whether of peace or -of goods.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[80]</a></span></p> - -<p><i>Eight of Hearts</i> is a sign of drinking and feasting.</p> - -<p><i>Seven of Hearts</i> shows the person to be fickle and of an unfaithful -disposition; addicted to vice, incontinent, and subject to the -mean art of recrimination to excuse themselves although without -foundation.</p> - -<p><i>Six of Hearts</i> shows a generous, open and credulous disposition; -easily imposed upon, ever the dupe of flatterers, but the good -natured friend of the distressed. If this card comes before your -king or queen, you will be the dupe; if after, you will have the -better.</p> - -<p><i>Five of Hearts</i> shows a wavering and unsteady disposition, never -true to one object, but free from every violent attachment.</p> - -<p><i>Four of Hearts</i> shows the person will not be married until very -late in life, which will proceed from too great a delicacy in making -a choice.</p> - -<p><i>Trey of Hearts</i> shows that your own imprudence will greatly -contribute to your experiencing much ill-will from others.</p> - -<p><i>Deuce of Hearts</i> shows that extraordinary success and good fortune -will attend the person; though, if unfavorable cards attend, -this will be a long time delayed.</p> - -<h3>SPADES.</h3> - -<p><i>Ace of Spades</i> totally relates to affairs of love, without specifying -whether lawful or unlawful; it also denotes death when the -card is upside down.</p> - -<p><i>King of Spades</i> shows a man ambitious and successful at court, -or with some great man, who will have it in his power to advance -him; but let him beware of a reverse.</p> - -<p><i>Queen of Spades</i> shows that a person will be corrupted by the -rich of both sexes; and, if she is handsome, great attempts will be -made on her virtue.</p> - -<p><i>Knave of Spades</i> shows a person who, although they have your -welfare at heart, will be too indolent to pursue it with zeal, unless -you frequently raise their attention.</p> - -<p><i>Ten of Spades</i> is a card of bad import; it will in a great measure -counteract the good effects of the cards near you.</p> - -<p><i>Nine of Spades</i> is the worst card in the pack; it portends dangerous -sickness, a total loss of fortune, cruel calamities and endless -dissension in your family.</p> - -<p><i>Eight of Spades</i> shows you will experience strong opposition -from your friends, or those you imagine to be such. If this card -comes close to you, leave your plan and adopt another.</p> - -<p><i>Seven of Spades</i> shows the loss of a most valuable friend, whose -death will plunge you in very great distress.</p> - -<p><i>Six of Spades</i> announces a mediocrity of fortune, and very -great uncertainty in your undertakings.</p> - -<p><i>Five of Spades</i> will give very little interpretation of your success; -it promises good luck in the choice of your companion for -life, that you will meet with one fond of you, and immoderately -attached to the joys of Hymen; it shows your temper rather sullen.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[81]</a></span></p> - -<p><i>Four of Spades</i> shows much sickness, and that your friends will -injure your fortune.</p> - -<p><i>Trey of Spades</i> shows that you will be fortunate in marriage, -but that your partner will be inconstant, and that you will be -made very unhappy thereby.</p> - -<p><i>Deuce of Spades</i> always signifies a coffin, but who it is for must -depend entirely on the other cards near it.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<h2>PROGNOSTICATIONS BY DICE.</h2> - -<p>This is a certain and innocent way of finding out common occurrences -about to take place. Take three dice, shake them well -in the box with your left hand, and then cast them out on a board -or table, on which you have previously drawn a circle with chalk.</p> - -<p><i>Three.</i>—A pleasing surprise.</p> - -<p><i>Four.</i>—A disagreeable one.</p> - -<p><i>Five.</i>—A stranger who will prove a friend.</p> - -<p><i>Six.</i>—Loss of property.</p> - -<p><i>Seven.</i>—Undeserved scandal.</p> - -<p><i>Eight.</i>—Merited reproach.</p> - -<p><i>Nine.</i>—A wedding.</p> - -<p><i>Ten.</i>—A christening.</p> - -<p><i>Eleven.</i>—A death that concerns you.</p> - -<p><i>Twelve.</i>—A letter speedily.</p> - -<p><i>Thirteen.</i>—Tears and sighs.</p> - -<p><i>Fourteen.</i>—Beware that you are not drawn into some trouble or -plot by a secret enemy.</p> - -<p><i>Fifteen.</i>—Immediate prosperity and happiness.</p> - -<p><i>Sixteen.</i>—A pleasant journey.</p> - -<p><i>Seventeen.</i>—You will either be on the water or have dealings -with those belonging to it, to your advantage.</p> - -<p><i>Eighteen.</i>—A great profit, rise in life, or some most desirable good -will happen almost immediately; for the answers to the dice are -always fulfilled within nine days. To show the same number -twice at one trial, portends news from abroad, be the number what -it may. If the dice roll over the circle, the number thrown goes -for nothing, but the occurrence shows sharp words; and if they -fall to the floor, it is blows. In throwing out the dice, if one remains -on top of the other, it is a present of which I would have -them take care.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[82]</a></span></p> - -<h2>AUGURIES BY DOMINOES.</h2> - -<p>Lay them with their faces on the table and shuffle them; then -draw one, and see the number.</p> - -<p><i>Double-six.</i>—Receiving a handsome sum of money.</p> - -<p><i>Six-five.</i>—Going to a public amusement.</p> - -<p><i>Six-four.</i>—Lawsuits.</p> - -<p><i>Six-three.</i>—Ride in a coach.</p> - -<p><i>Six-two.</i>—Present of clothing.</p> - -<p><i>Six-one.</i>—You will perform a friendly action.</p> - -<p><i>Six-blank.</i>—Guard against scandal, or you will suffer by your -inattention.</p> - -<p><i>Double-five.</i>—A new abode to your advantage.</p> - -<p><i>Five-four.</i>—A fortunate speculation.</p> - -<p><i>Five-three.</i>—A visit from a superior.</p> - -<p><i>Five-two.</i>—A water party.</p> - -<p><i>Five-one.</i>—A love intrigue.</p> - -<p><i>Five-blank.</i>—A funeral, but not of a relation.</p> - -<p><i>Double-four.</i>—Drinking liquor at a distance.</p> - -<p><i>Four-three.</i>—A false alarm at your house.</p> - -<p><i>Four-two.</i>—Beware of thieves or swindlers. Ladies take note, -this means more than it says.</p> - -<p><i>Four-one.</i>—Trouble from creditors.</p> - -<p><i>Four-blank.</i>—Letter from an angry friend.</p> - -<p><i>Double-three.</i>—Sudden wedding, at which you will be vexed, and -by which you will lose a friend.</p> - -<p><i>Three-two.</i>—Buy no lottery tickets, nor enter into any game of -chance, or you will lose.</p> - -<p><i>Three-one.</i>—A great discovery at hand.</p> - -<p><i>Three-blank.</i>—An illegitimate child.</p> - -<p><i>Double-two.</i>—Vexations from a jealous partner.</p> - -<p><i>Two-one.</i>—You will mortgage or pledge some property soon.</p> - -<p><i>Double-one.</i>—You will find something to your advantage.</p> - -<p><i>Double-blank.</i>—The worst presage in all the set; you will meet -trouble from a quarter for which you are quite unprepared.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[83]</a></span></p> - -<h2>TALISMEN, CHARMS, SPELLS AND INCANTATIONS.</h2> - -<h3>TALISMAN FOR WAR AND BATTLE.</h3> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 300px;"> -<img src="images/talisman-1.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="Talisman for war and battle" /> -</div> - -<p>This Talisman, which is to -be made of highly tempered -steel, bears on it the powerful -words, and also the awful sign, -which were conveyed to the -Emperor Constantine from -heaven, in daylight, and in the -presence of his whole army, -and whereby he was victorious -in battle. It is to be tied around -the sword arm.</p> - -<p>An ancient manuscript says -of it, “He that beareth this sign -about him, shall be helpen in -every need and necessity.”</p> - -<h3>A TALISMAN FOR DESTROYING INSECTS AND REPTILES.</h3> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> -<img src="images/talisman-2.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="Talisman for destroying insects and reptiles" /> -</div> - -<p>This Talisman is to be made -of iron, when the sun and -moon enter the sign Scorpio. -It has been proved to be powerful -in effect; so much so, -that no kind of venomous reptile -or troublesome insect can -come within some yards of the -house or place in which it is. -The manuscript from which -the account of this talisman is -taken cost a very large sum, -and a medical gentleman, to -whom it belonged, affirms that -he has himself proved its efficacy; -for being at one time -much annoyed by beetles, he -made a talisman, according to instructions here given, and screwed -it to the floor, when these troublesome insects immediately disappeared; -but afterwards, when the servant removed it, through -ignorance, they returned in great numbers; when he again nailed it -to the floor, and they again disappeared.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[84]</a></span></p> - -<h3>TALISMAN FOR LOVE.</h3> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 300px;"> -<img src="images/talisman-3.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="Talisman for love" /> -</div> - -<p>This Talisman is said to be -wonderfully efficacious in procuring -success in amours and -love adventures. It must be -made when Venus, the planet -of love, is the evening star. -It should be made of pure silver -and worn directly over the -heart, on the left breast.</p> - -<h3>TALISMAN AGAINST ENEMIES.</h3> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> -<img src="images/talisman-4.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="Talisman against enemies" /> -</div> - -<p>This Talisman is to be cast of -the purest grain tin, and during -the increase of the moon. -The characters are to be engraved -on it also during the -increase of the moon. It may -be suspended about the neck, -or worn on any part of the -body, so that it be kept from the -sight of all but the wearer. Its -effects are to give victory over -enemies, protection against -their machinations, and to inspire -the wearers thereof with -most remarkable confidence.</p> - -<h3>TALISMAN FOR HEALING DISEASE.</h3> - -<p class="center monospace">A B R A C A D A B R A<br /> -A B R A C A D A B R<br /> -A B R A C A D A B<br /> -A B R A C A D A<br /> -A B R A C A D<br /> -A B R A C A<br /> -A B R A C<br /> -A B R A<br /> -A B R<br /> -A B<br /> -A</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[85]</a></span></p> - -<p>The letters which compose this charm must be inscribed in a -pyramidical form, as above, on the purest white beeswax, of the -ordinary thickness, and of a size sufficiently large to admit of the -letters being distinctly written by the individual who is sick; or, if -he is too sick, by his dearest friend next at hand. Use for writing -them a pen made of the quill of a raven, and ink compounded -of the smoke of a concentrated taper and rain water. Let the party -who is afflicted with the disease wear the charm hung around his -neck, enclosed in a bag of virgin parchment, during the time that -the moon performs one circuit through the twelve signs of the -zodiac, and let it be commenced on the day of the full moon. The -wearer must have full faith in Divine Omnipotence, and repeat the -letters of the talisman in some one of the different directions in which -they may be read, daily.</p> - -<p>If it be required to perform a cure upon one at a distance, or -without the afflicted party’s knowledge thereof, write the talisman -as above and then you may perform the cure by scraping out one -line of the talisman every day with a new knife kept for the express -purpose. At the scraping out of each line, say, “So as I destroy -the letters of this talisman, <i>Abracadabra</i>, so, by virtue of this -sacred name, may all grief and dolor depart from [here mention -the name of the sick person]. So I destroy this disease. Amen.”</p> - -<p>Many have healed divers diseases in this way; the disease wearing, -little by little, away.</p> - -<h3><i>Charms to be used on particular Eves of Feasts and Festivals, to -procure Dreams, Tokens, and other Insights into Futurity.</i></h3> - -<h4>FEAST OF ST. ANNE’S.</h4> - -<p>This is a hard trial, but what is not possible to any young lady -who wishes to know her lot in marriage?—that most important -change in human life.</p> - -<p>Prepare yourself three days previous to the eve of this female -saint, by living on bread and water and sprigs of parsley, and touch -no other thing whatever, or your labor will be lost. The eve begins -at the sixth hour. Go to bed as soon as convenient, and speak -not a word after you once begin to undress; get into bed, lie on -your left side with your head as low as possible, and repeat the following -verse three times:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">St. Anne, in silver clouds descend,</div> -<div class="verse">Prove thyself a female’s friend;</div> -<div class="verse">Be it good or be it harm,</div> -<div class="verse">Let me have knowledge from the charm;</div> -<div class="verse">Be it husbands one, two, three,</div> -<div class="verse">Let me in rotation see;</div> -<div class="verse">And if Fate decrees me four,</div> -<div class="verse">(No good maid could wish far more),</div> -<div class="verse">Let me view them in my dream,</div> -<div class="verse">Fair and clearly to be seen;</div> -<div class="verse">But if the stars decree</div> -<div class="verse">Perpetual virginity,</div> -<div class="verse">Let me sleep on, and dreaming not,</div> -<div class="verse">I shall know my single lot.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[86]</a></span></p> - -<h4>MAGIC ROSE.</h4> - -<p>Gather your rose on the 27th of June; let it be full blown, and -as bright a red as you can get; pluck it between the hours of three -and four in the morning, taking care to have no witness of the -transaction; convey it to your chamber, and hold it over a chafing -dish or any convenient utensil for the purpose, in which there is -charcoal and sulphur of brimstone; hold your rose over the -smoke for about five minutes, and you will see it have a wonderful -effect on the flower. Before the rose gets the least cool, clap it in -a sheet of writing paper, on which is written your own name and -that of the man you love best; also the date of the morning star -that has the ascendancy at that time; fold it up and seal it neatly -with three separate seals, then run and bury the parcel at the -foot of the tree from which you gathered the flower. Here let it -remain untouched till the 6th of July; take it up at midnight, -go to bed and place it under your pillow, and you will have a singular -and eventful dream before morning, or, at least, before your -usual time of rising. You may keep the rose under your head -three nights without spoiling the charm. When you have done -with the rose and paper be sure to burn them.</p> - -<h4>CUPID’S NOSEGAY.</h4> - -<p>On the first night of the new moon in July, take a red rose, a -white rose, a yellow flower, a blue one, a sprig of rue and rosemary, -and nine blades of long grass; bind all together with a lock -of your own hair; kill a white pigeon, sprinkle the nosegay with -the blood from the heart, and some common salt; wrap the flowers -in a white handkerchief, and lay it under your head, on the pillow, -when you go to rest; and, before morning, you will see your fate -as clear as if you had your nativity cast by the best astrologer in -the world; not only in respect to love, lovers, or marriage, but in -the other most important affairs of your life. Storms, in this -dream, foretell great trouble; and graves or churchyards are fatal -tokens, and so is climbing steep and dangerous places.</p> - -<h4>LOVE’S CORDIAL.</h4> - -<p class="center"><i>To be tried the Third Night of a New Moon.</i></p> - -<p>Take brandy, rum, gin, wine and the oil of amber, of each a -teaspoonful; a teaspoonful of cream, and three of spring water; -drink it as you get into bed; repeat—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">This mixture of love I take for my potion,</div> -<div class="verse">That I of my destiny may have a notion;</div> -<div class="verse">Cupid befriend me, new moon be kind,</div> -<div class="verse">And show unto me the fate that’s designed.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>You will dream of drink, and, according to the quality or manner -of it being presented, you may tell the condition to which you -will rise or fall by marriage. Water is poverty; and, if you dream -of a drunken man, it is ominous that you will have a drunken -mate. If you dream of drinking too much, you will fall, at a -future period, into that sad error yourself, without great care; and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[87]</a></span> -what is a worse sight than an inebriated female? She cannot -guard her own honor, ruins her own and family’s substance, and -often clothes herself with rags. Trouble is often used as an excuse -for this vicious habit; but it gives more trouble than it takes away.</p> - -<h4>THE NINE KEYS.</h4> - -<p>Get nine small keys; they must all be your own by begging or -purchase (borrowing will not do, nor must you tell what you want -them for); plait a three-plaited band of your own hair, and tie -them together, fastening the ends with nine knots; fasten them -with one of your garters to your left wrist on going to bed, and -bind the other garter around your head; then say—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">St. Peter, take it not amiss,</div> -<div class="verse">To try your favor I’ve done this;</div> -<div class="verse">You are the ruler of the keys,</div> -<div class="verse">Favor me, then, if you please:</div> -<div class="verse">Let me then your influence prove,</div> -<div class="verse">And see my dear and wedded love.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>This must be done on the eve of St. Peter’s, and is an old charm -used by the maidens of Rome in ancient times, who put great faith -in it.</p> - -<h4>THE WITCHES’ CHAIN.</h4> - -<p>Let three young women join in making a long chain, about a -yard will do, of Christmas juniper, and mistletoe berries; and at -the end of every link put an oak acorn. Exactly before midnight -let them assemble in a room by themselves, where no one can disturb -them; leave a window open, and take the key out of the key-hole -and hang it over the chimney-piece; have a good fire, and -place in the midst of it a long thinnish log of wood, well sprinkled -with oil, salt and fresh mould; then wrap the chain around it, each -maiden having an equal share in the business; then sit down, and -on her left knee let each maiden have a prayer book, opened at -the matrimonial service. Just as the last acorn is burned, the -future husband will cross the room; each one will see her own -proper spouse, but he will be invisible to the rest of the wakeful -virgins. Those that are not to wed will see a coffin, or some misshapen -form, cross the room. Go to bed instantly, and you will all -have remarkable dreams. This must be done either on a Wednesday -or Friday night, but no other.</p> - -<h4>LOVE LETTERS.</h4> - -<p>On receiving a love letter that has any particular declaration in -it, lay it wide open; then fold it in nine folds, pin it next to your -heart, and thus wear it till bedtime; then place it in your left hand -glove, and lay it under your head. If you dream of gold, diamonds, -or any costly gems, your lover is true, and means what he -says; if of white linen, you will lose him by death; and if of -flowers, he will prove false. If you dream of his saluting you, he -is at present false and means not what he professes, but only to -draw you into a snare.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</a></span></p> - -<h4>STRANGE BED.</h4> - -<p>On going to rest, take a glass of water, half fill it with salt, and -drink it off as quick as you can; do not speak afterwards, but -compose yourself to sleep, and thirst will cause you to dream; -which, joined to a strange bed, will have a true effect.</p> - -<h4>THE MAGIC RING.</h4> - -<p>Borrow a wedding ring, concealing the purpose for which you -borrow it; but no widow’s or pretended marriage ring will do—it -spoils the charm. Wear it for three hours at least before you retire -to rest, and then suspend it by a hair off your head, over your pillow; -write within a circle resembling a ring, the sentence from the -matrimonial service beginning with, <i>With this ring I thee wed</i>, and -around the circle write your own name at full length, and the -figures that stand for your age; place it under your pillow, and your -dream will fully explain whom you are to marry, and what kind -of a fate you will have with them. If your dream is too confused -to remember it, or you do not dream at all, it is a certain sign you -will never be married.</p> - -<h4>HYMENIAL CHARM.</h4> - -<p>The night before your nuptials, write your name on a piece of -paper, as small as possible, with the name of your spouse elect, the -date of the wedding day, the month and the year; enclose all in a -circle of blood drawn from one of your fingers, fold the paper into -nine folds, place it in the stocking drawn from your left leg, and -place it between your head and the pillow, and by your dreams of -that night you may guess what will be the fate attending your -nuptial life.</p> - -<h4>FOR A GIRL TO ASCERTAIN IF SHE WILL SOON MARRY.</h4> - -<p>Find a green pea-pod with exactly nine peas in it, and hang it -over the door of a room or entry-way, without letting any person -know that you have done so; you must then watch the door and -see who goes through first; if it is a bachelor, or an unmarried -young man, you will positively be married before the current crop -of peas is disposed of; if it is a woman, you will have to sigh in -single blessedness another year; if a married man, be careful and -not allow your lover too much liberty in his attentions.</p> - -<h4>VALENTINE CHARM.</h4> - -<p>If you receive one of those love tokens, and cannot guess the -party who sent it, or are in any doubt, the following method will -explain it to a certainty: Prick the fourth finger of your left hand, -and with a crow quill write on the back of the valentine the day -and hour in which you were born, and the date of the year; also -of the present one, the moon’s age, and the name of the present -morning star, all of which you will find in the almanac, and the -sign into which the sun has entered. Try this on the first Friday<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[89]</a></span> -after you receive the valentine, but do not go to bed till midnight; -place the paper in your left shoe, and put it under your pillow, lie -on your left side, and repeat three times:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">St. Valentine, pray condescend</div> -<div class="verse">To be this night a maiden’s friend;</div> -<div class="verse">Let me now my lover see,</div> -<div class="verse">Be he of high or low degree;</div> -<div class="verse">By a sign his station show,</div> -<div class="verse">Be it weal or be it woe.</div> -<div class="verse">Let him come to my bedside,</div> -<div class="verse">And my fortune thus decide.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>The young woman will be sure to dream of the identical person -who sent the valentine and be enabled to guess if he is to be her -husband.</p> - -<h4>ACORN CHARM.</h4> - -<p>This is to be tried on the third day of the months between -September and March. Let any number of young women (not -exceeding nine, and minding that there is an odd one in the -company) assemble together, and each string nine acorns on a -separate string, or as many acorns as there are females in company, -but not more; wrap them around a long stick of wood, and -place it in the fire just as the clock strikes twelve at night. Say -not a word, but sit around the fire till all the acorns are consumed; -then rake out the ashes and retire to bed almost directly, repeating:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">May love and marriage be the theme,</div> -<div class="verse">To visit me in this night’s dream:</div> -<div class="verse">Gentle Venus be my friend,</div> -<div class="verse">The image of my lover send.</div> -<div class="verse">Let me see his form and face,</div> -<div class="verse">And his occupation trace;</div> -<div class="verse">By a symbol or a sign,</div> -<div class="verse">Cupid, forward my design.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<h4>CHRISTMAS SPELL.</h4> - -<p>Steep mistletoe berries, to the number of nine, in a mixture of -ale, wine, vinegar and honey; take them on going to bed, and -you will dream of your future lot. A storm in this dream is very -bad; it is most likely you will then marry a sailor, who will suffer -shipwreck at sea; but to see either sun, moon or stars, is an excellent -presage; so are flowers; but a coffin is an index of a disappointment -in love.</p> - -<h4>LENT CHARM.</h4> - -<p>To be tried on any Friday in Lent, Good Friday excepted, -when it is improper to try anything of the kind, and the mind -ought to be more seriously disposed. Write twelve letters of the -common alphabet on separate pieces of card, also twelve figures, -and the same number of blank cards; then put them in a bag and -shake them well, and let each one present draw one. A blank -shows a single life; a figure, intrigue; and a letter, a happy marriage.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[90]</a></span></p> - -<h4>CHARMS TO KNOW WHO YOUR HUSBAND SHALL BE.</h4> - -<p><i>On St. Agnes’ Day.</i>—This falls on the 21st of January. You -must prepare yourself by a twenty-four hours fast, touching nothing -but pure spring water, beginning at midnight on the 20th, to -the same again on the 21st; then go to bed, and mind you sleep by -yourself, and do not mention what you are trying to any one, or it -will break the spell. Go to rest on your left side, and repeat these -lines three times:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">St. Agnes, be a friend to me;</div> -<div class="verse">In the gift I ask of thee;</div> -<div class="verse">Let me this night my husband see,</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="noindent">and you will dream of your future spouse. If you see more men -than one in your dream, you will wed two or three times; but if -you sleep and dream not, you will never marry.</p> - -<p><i>By Bride Cake.</i>—A slice of the bride cake thrice drawn through -the wedding ring, and laid under the head of an unmarried woman, -will cause her to dream of her future husband.</p> - -<p><i>By the Garter and Stocking.</i>—The party inquiring must live in -a different county from that in which she commonly resides, and, -on going to bed, must knit the left garter about the right legged -stocking, letting the other garter and stocking alone; and as you -rehearse the following verse, at every comma knit a knot:</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">This knot I knit, to know the thing I know not yet,</div> -<div class="verse">That I may see, the man that shall my husband be,</div> -<div class="verse indent3">How he goes and what he wears,</div> -<div class="verse indent3">And what he does all days and years.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Accordingly, in a dream he will appear, with the insignia of his -trade or profession.</p> - -<h4>TO KNOW WHETHER A WOMAN SHALL HAVE THE MAN SHE -WISHES.</h4> - -<p>Get two lemon peels and wear them all day, one in each pocket, -and at night rub the four posts of the bedstead with them; if she -is to succeed, the person will appear in her sleep, and present her -with a couple of lemons; if, not, there is no hope.</p> - -<h4>TO KNOW IF A WOMAN WITH CHILD WILL HAVE A GIRL OR A BOY.</h4> - -<p>Write the proper names of the father and the mother, and the -month she conceived with child; add together the letters in these -words, and divide the amount by seven; if the remainder be even, -it will be a girl; if uneven, it will be a boy.</p> - -<h4>TO KNOW IF A NEW-BORN CHILD SHALL LIVE OR NOT.</h4> - -<p>Write the proper names of the father and the mother, and of the -day the child was born; count the letters in these words, and to -the amount add twenty-five, and then divide the whole by seven; if -the remainder be even the child shall die, but if uneven, the child -shall live.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[91]</a></span></p> - -<h4>TO KNOW WHAT FORTUNE YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND WILL HAVE.</h4> - -<p>Take a walnut, a hazel nut and a nutmeg; grate them together, -and mix them with butter and sugar, and make them up into -small pills, of which exactly nine must be taken on going to bed, -and, according to your dreams, so will be the state of the person -you will marry. If a gentleman, your dream will be of riches; if -a clergyman, of white linen; if a lawyer, of darkness; if a tradesman, -of odd noises and tumults; if a soldier or sailor, of thunder -and lightning; if a servant, of rain.</p> - -<h4>CHARM TO CURE THE HEADACHE.</h4> - -<p>If the pain be on the <em>right</em> side of the head, make a comb out of -the <em>right</em> horn of a ram; and if the head be combed with it, it will -take away the pain. But if the pain be on the <em>left</em> side of the head, -then make a comb out of the <em>left</em> horn of a ram, and if the head be -combed therewith, it will stop the pain.</p> - -<h4>CHARM TO MAKE A TREE BEAR FRUIT.</h4> - -<p>The seeds of roses, with mustard seed, and the foot of a weasel, -tied together in something, and hung among the boughs or -branches of a tree which bears but little fruit, will remedy the defect, -and render the tree amazingly fruitful.</p> - -<h4>CHARM TO HINDER FROM THE BITE OF A MAD DOG.</h4> - -<p>The tooth of a mad dog which has bitten any human being, -tied in leather and hung at the shoulder, will preserve and keep -the wearer from being bitten by any mad dog so long as he wears -it. It may be worn next to the skin, or concealed in the clothing.</p> - -<h4>CHARM AGAINST PERIL BY FIRE OR WATER.</h4> - -<p>Repeat reverently and with sincere faith, the following words, -and you will be protected in the hour of danger:</p> - -<p>“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and -through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest -through the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, neither shall the flame -kindle upon thee.”</p> - -<h4>CHARM AGAINST FURIOUS BEASTS.</h4> - -<p>Repeat reverently, and with sincere faith, the following words, -and you will be protected in the hour of danger:</p> - -<p>“At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, neither shalt -thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.</p> - -<p>“For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and -the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[92]</a></span></p> - -<h4>CHARM AGAINST ENEMIES.</h4> - -<p>Repeat reverently, and with sincere faith, the following words, -and you will be protected in the hour of danger:</p> - -<p>“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid, -for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become -my salvation.</p> - -<p>“For the stars of heaven, and the constellations thereof, shall -not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, -and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.</p> - -<p>“And behold, at eventide, trouble; and before the morning he -is not; this is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them -that rob us.”</p> - -<h4>CHARM AGAINST TROUBLE IN GENERAL.</h4> - -<p>Repeat reverently, and with sincere faith, the following words, -and you shall be protected in the hour of danger:</p> - -<p>“He shall deliver thee in six troubles, yea, in seven there shall -no evil touch thee.</p> - -<p>“In famine he shall redeem thee from death, and in war from -the power of the sword.</p> - -<p>“And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace, -and thou shalt visit thy habitation and shall not err.”</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<h2>MISCELLANEOUS.</h2> - -<h3>SIGNS AND AUGURIES.</h3> - -<p>Should you be the subject of a deep depression of spirits, contrary -to your usual constitutional buoyancy and liveliness, it is a -sign that you are about to receive some agreeable intelligence.</p> - -<p>If the crown of your head itches more than ordinary, you may -expect to be advanced to a more honorable position in life.</p> - -<p>Should the hair on your head come off when combing in greater -quantities than usual, it is a sign that you will soon be subjected -to severe affliction.</p> - -<p>If your right eyebrow should immoderately itch, be assured -that you are going to look on a pleasant sight—a long-absent -friend, or a long-estranged but now reconciled lover.</p> - -<p>Should your left eyebrow be visited with a tantalizing itching, -it is a sign that you will soon look upon a painful sight—the -corpse of a valued friend, or your lover walking with a favored -rival.</p> - -<p>A ringing in your right ear, is an augury that you will shortly -hear some pleasant news.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[93]</a></span></p> - -<p>A ringing in your left ear, is a sign that you will in a short time -receive intelligence of a very unpleasant nature.</p> - -<p>When your left ear tingles, some one is backbiting you.</p> - -<p>A violent itching of the nose, foretells trouble and sorrow to -those that experience it.</p> - -<p>An itching of the lips is a sign that some one is speaking disrespectfully -of you.</p> - -<p>When you are affected by an itching on the back of your neck, -be assured that either yourself or some one nearly related to you -is about to suffer a violent death.</p> - -<p>An itching on the right shoulder, signifies that you will shortly -have a large legacy bequeathed to you.</p> - -<p>When you feel an itching sensation on your left shoulder, be sure -that you are about to bear a heavy burden of sorrow and trouble.</p> - -<p>If your right elbow joint itches, you may expect shortly to hear -some intelligence that will give you extreme pleasure.</p> - -<p>Should you be annoyed by a violent itching on your left elbow -joint, you may be sure that some vexatious disappointment will be -experienced by you.</p> - -<p>If you feel an itching on the palm of your right hand, you may -expect soon to receive some money which you have been long expecting.</p> - -<p>When the palm of your left hand itches, you may expect to be -called upon to pay some money for a debt which you have not -personally incurred.</p> - -<p>An itching on the spine of your back, is a sign that you will -shortly be called upon to bear a heavy burden of sorrow and -trouble.</p> - -<p>An itching on your loins, is an indication that you will soon receive -an addition to your family, if married; if single, that you are -on the eve of marriage.</p> - -<p>When you are affected with an itching of the belly, expect to -be invited to feast upon a choice collection of savory meats.</p> - -<p>When either or both of your thighs itch, be assured that you -are about to change your sleeping apartment.</p> - -<p>If you have an itching sensation in your right knee, depend -upon it that you will shortly undergo a remarkable and beneficial -change in your previous course of life, and become religiously inclined.</p> - -<p>If a similar sensation prevails in your left knee, you may expect -to undergo a change in your situation of an unfavorable -nature.</p> - -<p>An itching sensation on the shin, foretells that you will be visited -by a painful and long-continued affliction.</p> - -<p>When your ankle joints itch, be sure that you are about to be -united to one whom you love, if single; if married, that your domestic -comforts will be largely increased.</p> - -<p>When the sole of your right foot itches, you may feel assured -that you are about to undertake a journey from which you will derive -much pleasure and enjoyment.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[94]</a></span></p> - -<p>Should you experience a similar sensation on the sole of your -left foot, you may expect to be called upon to take a journey of -an unpleasant and melancholy nature.</p> - -<h3>SIGNS OF SPEEDY MARRIAGE, AND GOOD SUCCESS ATTENDING IT -BY SUNDRY SIGNS.</h3> - -<p>For a woman to have the first and last letters of her christian -name the same with the man’s surname, that makes love to her, -denotes a great union and a generous love.</p> - -<p>For a man to have the first and last letters of his christian name -the same with the woman’s surname, denotes the same.</p> - -<p>To think of a party on a sudden waking, without any meditation, -on a Friday morning, that before had a place in the affections -of the man or woman, is a demonstration of love or extraordinary -friendship.</p> - -<p>If a ring accidentally falls off a man’s finger, that is under no -obligation of marriage, and runs directly to the feet of a maid or -widow, it denotes not only that he is in love with the party, but -that a sudden marriage will ensue.</p> - -<p>The singing of a robin-red-breast at your window, in the time -of courtship, on a Wednesday, is a sign you shall have the party -desired.</p> - -<p>If walking abroad with your sweetheart you perceive a pair of -pigeons circle around you, it is a sign of marriage and happiness -to ensue, with much content.</p> - -<p>If a hare cross your path on a Saturday morning, it promises -happy days, riches and pleasure.</p> - -<h3>THE ART OF TELLING FORTUNES BY THE GROUNDS OF A TEA -OR COFFEE CUP.</h3> - -<p>Pour the grounds of coffee or tea into a white cup, shake them -well about in it, so that their particles may cover the whole surface -of the cup; then reverse it into the saucer, that all the superfluous -parts may be drained off and the figures required for fortune -telling be formed. The person that acts the fortune teller must -always bend his thoughts upon him or her that wishes to have -their fortune told, and upon their rank and profession, in order to -give plausibility to their predictions. It is not to be expected, -upon taking up the cup, that the figures will be accurately represented -as they are in cards, but it is quite sufficient if they bear -some resemblance to any of the thirty-two emblems; and the more -fertile the fancy shall be of the person that inspects the cup, the -more he will discover in it. In other respects, every one who takes -pleasure in this amusement must himself be a judge, under what -circumstances he is to make changes in point of time, speaking -just as it suits, in the present, the past, or the future; in the same -manner their ingenuity ought to direct them when to speak more -or less pointedly and detrimentally with regard to sex.</p> - -<p><i>The Roads</i>, or serpentine lines, indicate ways; if they are severed<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[95]</a></span> -with clouds, and consequently in the thick, they are said to be -infallible marks of many past or future reverses. But if they appear -in the clear and serene, are the surest token of some fortunate -change near at hand; encompassed with many points or dots, they -signify an accidental gain of money, likewise long life.</p> - -<p><i>The Ring</i> signifies marriage; if a letter is near it, it denotes to -the person that has his fortune told the initial of the name of the -party to be married. If the ring is in the clear, it portends happy -and lucrative friendship. Surrounded with clouds, denotes that -the party is to use precaution in the friendship he is about to contract, -lest he should be insidiously deceived; but it is most inauspicious -if the ring appears at the bottom of the cup, as it forebodes -an entire separation from the beloved object.</p> - -<p><i>The Leaf of Clover</i> is a lucky sign. Its different position in the -cup alone makes the difference; on the top, it shows that the good -fortune is not far distant; but it is subject to delay if it is in the -middle or at the bottom. Should clouds surround it, it shows that -much disagreeableness will attend the good fortune; in the clear, -it prognosticates serene and undisturbed happiness.</p> - -<p><i>The Anchor</i>, the emblem of hope and commerce, implies successful -business carried on by water or land, if on the bottom of -the cup; at the top and in the clear part, it shows constant love -and unshaken fidelity. In the thick and cloudy parts it also denotes -love, but tinctured with inconstancy.</p> - -<p><i>The Serpent</i>, always the emblem of falsehood and enmity, is -likewise the general sign of an enemy. On the top, or in the -middle of the cup, it promises to the consulting party the triumph -which he desires over his enemy; but he will not obtain it so -easily if the serpent be in the thick and cloudy part. By the letter -which appears near the emblem, the enemy may be easily guessed, -as it makes the initial of his name.</p> - -<p><i>The Letter.</i>—By letters we communicate to our friends either -pleasant or unpleasant news, and such is the case here; if this -emblem is in the clear part, it denotes the speedy arrival of a considerable -remittance of money, but hemmed in by clouds it is quite -the contrary, and forebodes some melancholy or bad tidings, a loss -or some other sinister accident. If it be in the clear, and accompanied -by a heart, lovers may expect a letter, which secures the -party the possession of the beloved object; but in the thick, it denotes -a refusal.</p> - -<p><i>The Coffin</i>, the emblem of death, prognosticates the same thing -here, or at least a long and tedious illness; if it be in the thick, at -the top of the cup, it signifies considerable estate left to the party -by some rich relation; in the same manner at the bottom, it shows -that the deceased is not so nearly related to the consulting party.</p> - -<p><i>The Star</i> denotes happiness if in the clear, and at the top of the -cup; clouded, or in the thick, it signifies long life, though exposed -to various troubles. If dots are about it, it foretells great fortune, -wealth, high respectability, &c. Several stars denote so many good -and happy children, but surrounded with dashes shows that the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[96]</a></span> -person’s children will cause him or her grief and vexation in old -age, and should be prevented by giving them a good education in -time.</p> - -<p><i>The Dog</i>, being at all times the emblem of fidelity or envy, has -a two-fold meaning here. At the top, in the clear, it signifies true -and faithful friends, but if his image be surrounded with clouds -and dashes, it shows that those whom you take for your friends -are not to be depended on; but if the dog be at the bottom of the -cup, you have to dread the effects of extreme envy or jealousy.</p> - -<p><i>The Lily.</i>—If this emblem be at the top or in the middle of the -cup, it signifies that the consulting party either has or will have a -virtuous spouse; if at the bottom, it denotes quite the reverse. In -the clear, the lily further betokens along and happy life; if clouded -or in the thick, it portends trouble and vexation, especially on the -part of one’s relations.</p> - -<p><i>The Cross</i>, be it one or more, generally predicts adversities. Its -position varies, and so do the circumstances. If it be at the top, -and in the clear, it shows that the misfortunes of the party will -soon be at an end, or that he will easily get over them; but if it -appears in the middle, at the bottom, in the thick, the party must -expect many severe trials; if it appears with dots, either in the -clear or the thick, it promises a speedy change in one’s sorrow.</p> - -<p><i>The Clouds.</i>—If they be more light than dark, expect good results -from wishing; but if black, you must give it up. Surrounded -with dots, they imply success in trade and all undertakings; -but, the brighter they are, the greater will be the happiness.</p> - -<p><i>The Sun.</i>—An emblem of the greatest luck and happiness if in -the clear; but in the thick it bodes much sadness; surrounded by -dots or dashes, denotes that an altercation will speedily take place.</p> - -<p><i>The Moon</i>, if it appears in the clear, denotes high honors; in the -dark or thick part, it implies sadness, which will, however, pass -without great prejudice. But if it be at the bottom of the cup, the -consulting party will be fortunate, both on land and water.</p> - -<p><i>Mountains.</i>—If it represents only one mountain, it indicates the -favor of people of high rank; but several of them, especially in -the thick, are signs of powerful enemies; in the clear, they signify -the contrary, or friends in high life who are endeavoring to promote -the welfare of the consulting party.</p> - -<p><i>Trees.</i>—One tree only, be it in the clear or thick part, points out -lasting good health; several trees denote that your wish will be -accomplished. If they are encompassed with dashes, it is a token -that your fortune is in its blossom, and will require some time to -bring it to maturity. If accompanied by dots, it is a sign that you -will make your fortune in the country where you reside.</p> - -<p><i>Child.</i>—In the clear part, it bespeaks innocent intercourse between -the consultor and another person; in the thick part, excess -in love affairs, attended with great expenses; at the bottom of the -cup, it denotes the consequences of amorous excesses.</p> - -<p><i>The Pedestrian</i> denotes, in general, to a merchant, good business, -pleasant news and the recovery of lost things. It also signifies<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_97" id="Page_97">[97]</a></span> -that the consulting party will soon enlist, or get some new engagement.</p> - -<p><i>The Rider</i> denotes good news from abroad in money matters, a -good situation in a foreign country, or good prospects. He that -doubts his fortune is promised a lasting one by this emblem.</p> - -<p><i>Woman</i> signifies much joy in general. If in the clear, this emblem -has a more favorable signification than in the thick; -there it shows very great happiness; here, a great deal of jealousy. -If dots surround the image, it explains the lady’s great wealth. -The different positions in the cup show, at the top and in the -middle, that you will be in love with a virgin; but at the bottom, it -denotes she is a widow.</p> - -<p><i>The Mouse.</i>—As this animal lives by stealth, it is also an emblem -here of theft and robbery; if it be in the clear, it shows you will -get again what you lost, in a wonderful manner; but if it appears -in the thick, you may renounce this hope.</p> - -<h3>HOW TO READ YOUR FORTUNE BY THE WHITE OF AN EGG.</h3> - -<p>Break a new-laid egg, and, carefully separating the yolk from -the white, drop the latter into a large tumbler half full of water; -place this, uncovered, in some dry place and let it remain untouched -for four-and-twenty hours, by which time the white of the -egg will have formed itself into various figures—rounds, squares, -ovals, animals, trees, crosses, &c.—which are to be interpreted in -the same manner as those formed by the coffee-grounds. Of course, -the more whites there are in the glass, the more figures there will -be. This is a very pretty experiment, and much practised by the -young Scotch maidens, who, however, believe it to have more efficacy -when tried on either Midsummer Eve or Hallowe’en (31st -October).</p> - -<h3>HOW TO WRITE LOVE-LETTERS SECRETLY, SO THAT THEY MAY -NOT BE DISCOVERED.</h3> - -<p>Take a sheet of white paper and double it in the middle, and -cut holes through both the half sheets; let the holes be cut like a -pane of glass, or other forms that you may fancy; then with a pin -prick two little holes at each end and cut your paper in two halves; -give one half to your friend to whom you intend to write, lay your -cut paper upon a half sheet of writing paper, and stick two pins -in these holes so that it cannot stir; then, through these holes that -you cut, write your mind to your friend. When you have done, -take off your paper holes again, and then write some other idle -words, both before and after your lines, but if they were written to -make some little sense, it would carry the less suspicion; then seal -it up and send it. When your friend has received it, he must lay -his paper on the same, putting pins into the pin-holes, and then he -can read nothing but your mind that you write, for all the rest of -the lines are covered.</p> - -<p><i>Another.</i>—Write what you please of a letter on one side of a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_98" id="Page_98">[98]</a></span> -sheet of letter paper with common ink; then turn your paper and -write on the other side with milk that which you would have secret, -and let it dry; but this must be written with a clean pen. -Now, when you read it, you must hold that side which is written -with ink to the fire, and the milky letters will then show bluish on -the other side.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<h2>THE SILENT LANGUAGE.<br /> -<span class="smaller">HOW TO CONVERSE WITH ANY PERSON WITHOUT SPEAKING A WORD.</span></h2> - -<p>This art is performed on your hands and fingers, by the twenty-four -letters of the alphabet, which, having learned, you must spell -the words you intend your friend should know. The letters are -very easily learned and as easily remembered. You must understand -that most of the letters are upon the left hand and made with -the fingers of the right and left hand; the forefinger of your right -hand you point to every letter, but sometimes that and the two -next fingers make several letters. The vowels are very easy to remember, -they being the tops or ends of your five fingers on your -left hand, and Y is formed in the palm of your left hand, thus:</p> - -<table summary="How to spell out the letters"> - <tr> - <td>The end of the thumb is</td> - <td class="center"><b>A</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>The end of the fore finger</td> - <td class="center"><b>E</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>The end of the middle finger</td> - <td class="center"><b>I</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>The end of the ring finger</td> - <td class="center"><b>O</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>The end of the little finger</td> - <td class="center"><b>U</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>The table, or palm of the hand</td> - <td class="center"><b>Y</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>One finger on the left thumb</td> - <td class="center"><b>B</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Two fingers on the left thumb</td> - <td class="center"><b>C</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Three fingers on the left thumb</td> - <td class="center"><b>D</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Your two fingers laid together</td> - <td class="center"><b>F</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Thumb, your fists together</td> - <td class="center"><b>G</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Stroke the palm of both hands together</td> - <td class="center"><b>H</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Your fore finger upon the left wrist</td> - <td class="center"><b>K</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>One finger on the back of the left hand</td> - <td class="center"><b>L</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Three fingers on the same</td> - <td class="center"><b>M</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Two fingers on the same</td> - <td class="center"><b>N</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Clench your left hand, or fist</td> - <td class="center"><b>O</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Clench your right hand</td> - <td class="center"><b>P</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Link your little fingers together</td> - <td class="center"><b>Q</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>The backs of your hands together</td> - <td class="center"><b>R</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>The end of your fore finger to the middle joint of the other fore finger</td> - <td class="center"><b>S</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Two fingers upon the little finger of the left hand</td> - <td class="center"><b>T</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Two fingers across</td> - <td class="center"><b>X</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Give two snaps with your fingers</td> - <td class="center"><b>Z</b></td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_99" id="Page_99">[99]</a></span></p> - -<p>Practice a few times and you will soon be perfect. Several -motions represent the likeness of the letter; as, one finger on the -back of the hand is like L, two fingers like N, three like M. The -fore finger to the middle joint of the other fore finger is like T; two -fingers across is like X; likewise B, C, D, are easily remembered; -one finger on the left thumb is B, two fingers C, three fingers D. -But you must always remember to give a snap with the fingers -between the words, so that your friend may distinguish one word -from another. If you are in company, and think some others understand -you, that you would not have, it will be necessary to -change the vowels to some other part of the hand, and then none -but your friend that knows it can understand you. Suppose you -would say to a lady in a large company, “Madam, I am your -humble servant.” It is done thus:</p> - -<table summary="How to spell out this message"> - <tr> - <td>Lay three fingers on the back of your hand</td> - <td class="center"><b>M</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Put your finger to the end of your left thumb</td> - <td class="center"><b>A</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Three fingers upon your left thumb</td> - <td class="center"><b>D</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Your finger again to the thumb</td> - <td class="center"><b>A</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Three fingers again to the back of your hand</td> - <td class="center"><b>M</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>And give a snap with your fingers as a sign the word is spelt.</td> - <td></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Then point to the end of your middle finger</td> - <td class="center"><b>I</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Then snap your fingers.</td> - <td></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Then point to the end of your thumb</td> - <td class="center"><b>A</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Three fingers on the back of your hand</td> - <td class="center"><b>M</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Then snap your fingers.</td> - <td></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Then point to the palm of your left hand</td> - <td class="center"><b>Y</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Then point to the end of your ring finger</td> - <td class="center"><b>O</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Then point to the end of your little finger</td> - <td class="center"><b>U</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Then link your little fingers together</td> - <td class="center"><b>R</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Then snap your fingers.</td> - <td></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Stroke the palms of your hands together</td> - <td class="center"><b>H</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Point to the end of your little finger</td> - <td class="center"><b>U</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Put three fingers on the back of your hand</td> - <td class="center"><b>M</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>One finger on the thumb</td> - <td class="center"><b>B</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>One finger on the back of your hand</td> - <td class="center"><b>L</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Point to the end of your fore finger</td> - <td class="center"><b>E</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Then snap your fingers.</td> - <td></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Put the backs of your hands together</td> - <td class="center"><b>S</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Point to the end of your fore finger</td> - <td class="center"><b>E</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Link your little fingers together</td> - <td class="center"><b>R</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Point to the end of your little finger</td> - <td class="center"><b>V</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Point to the end of the thumb</td> - <td class="center"><b>A</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Lay two fingers on the back of your hand</td> - <td class="center"><b>N</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Point the fore finger to the middle joint of the other fore finger</td> - <td class="center"><b>T</b></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td>Then snap your fingers.</td> - <td></td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p>And thus you may discourse upon any subject; if you practice -it often you will soon learn to do it very quick, even faster than -you can write.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_100" id="Page_100">[100]</a></span></p> - -<h2>PREDICTIONS OF THE WEATHER, ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES, &c.</h2> - -<p>Should the horizon in the north wear a ruddy appearance in -the evening, stormy and boisterous weather may be expected.</p> - -<p>If the clouds in the south are ruddy in the evening, sunshiny -and rainy weather will prevail for some time afterward.</p> - -<p>When the face of the moon is partially obscured by a light, -thin vapor, rain will shortly follow.</p> - -<p>When the rays from the sun at midday are more than ordinarily -dazzling, rainy weather will shortly succeed.</p> - -<p>In summertime, when the swallows fly near to the ground, rainy -weather will assuredly soon follow.</p> - -<p>The shrill crowing of a cock during rainy weather, is a sign -that drought will speedily prevail.</p> - -<p>When the smoke from the chimney falls down toward the -ground, instead of rising upward, it is a sign that rainy weather -will soon follow.</p> - -<p>If on a foggy morning in summer the fog rises upward, it will -be a fine day; if the fog falls to the ground, it will be wet.</p> - -<p>When, in summertime, you see the cattle grazing in a field -gathering together in groups, be assured that a thunderstorm is -approaching.</p> - -<p>When you see the fowls in a farmyard flocking together under -some covert, be assured that ungenial weather is about to succeed.</p> - -<p>When the crows, in flying over your head, make an extraordinary -and discordant cawing, rain will come on shortly.</p> - -<p>When you see your dog or cat more than ordinarily restless, -frisking about the house in all directions, be assured that some -boisterous weather will shortly follow.</p> - -<p>In rainy weather, when you hear the chirping of the sparrows -on the housetop more shrill than usual, it is a sign that clear and -dry weather will quickly succeed.</p> - -<p>When you see a vapory fluid resting upon a stagnant pool in -the fore part of the day, you may conclude that rainy weather will -shortly come on. Should the vapor ascend and clear away, a continued -drought may be anticipated.</p> - -<p>In summer, when the atmosphere is dense and heavy, and there -is scarcely a breath of air, be assured that a thunderstorm is coming -on.</p> - -<p>When the firmament is lighted up with meteoric phenomena, -such as falling stars, globes of fire, &c., changeable and boisterous -weather may be expected to prevail.</p> - -<p>When the rising sun appears like a solid mass of fervent heated -metal, and no rays appear to emanate therefrom, fine and dry -weather may be confidently anticipated.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_101" id="Page_101">[101]</a></span></p> - -<p>When the sun sets in a halo of ruddy brightness, genial and -bright weather may be fully relied on for the coming day.</p> - -<p>When the moon appears of a ruddy hue, stormy and boisterous -weather may be expected to follow.</p> - -<p>When the stars appear of a sparkling brightness, fine and genial -weather may be expected to prevail for some time. Should the -stars appear obscure and dim, changeable and rainy weather may -be anticipated.</p> - -<p>The luminous appearance of the Aurora Borealis, or Northern -Lights, in the firmament, foretells the approach of stormy and -boisterous weather.</p> - -<p>When the setting sun, in the autumn or winter seasons, appears -ruddy, it is a sign that high and boisterous winds may be expected -to blow from the north and northwest. When the sun at its rising, -in the autumn or winter seasons, appears ruddy, it foretells that -high and boisterous winds may be anticipated to blow from the -south and southeast.</p> - -<p>When seabirds are observed flocking toward the shore, storms -and tempests may be confidently expected.</p> - -<p>When in the early autumn season the migratory birds are seen -flocking together and taking their departure, it is a certain sign -that rough and boisterous weather is approaching and that a severe -winter may be anticipated.</p> - -<p>When the doves around a dovecote make a more than ordinary -cooing, and frequently pass in and out of their cote, it is a sign that -a change of weather is near.</p> - -<p>When the robin approaches your habitation, it is a sign that -wintry weather will shortly prevail.</p> - -<p>When there is a thick vapory mist resting on the tops of high -hills in the morning and remains there during the day, it is a sign -that wet and ungenial weather may be anticipated. Should the -mist eventually rise upward and be evaporated by the sun’s rays, -a return to fine dry weather may be looked for; if, however, the -mist falls down into the valley, a continuation of wet weather will -prevail.</p> - -<p>If, in taking a walk, you should see a single magpie, it is a bad -omen, especially if it should fly past you to the left hand; but, if -it should pass you to the right hand, the good will counterbalance -the bad. Should you see two magpies together, expect to hear -of something to your advantage—a proposal of marriage, if single; -or a legacy of money bequeathed to you. Should the magpies fly -past you together, to your right hand, your own marriage, or the -marriage of some one nearly related to you, will occur in a short -time. The seeing of several magpies together is considered a very -fortunate omen.</p> - -<p>May is considered an unlucky month to marry in, therefore -avoid doing so if possible. If you can catch a snail by the horns -on the first of May and throw it over your shoulder, you will be<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_102" id="Page_102">[102]</a></span> -lucky throughout the year. If you place one on a slate on that -day, it will describe by its turnings the initials of your future partner’s -name.</p> - -<p>If a young man or young woman, on going up a flight of stairs, -should stumble in the middle of the flight, it is a sign that his -or her marriage will take place in a short time; if the stumbling -should be near the top of the stairs, then his or her marriage will -be immediately consummated.</p> - -<p>If a marriage procession, on proceeding to church or chapel, -should happen to meet a funeral procession, it is considered an unlucky -omen to the expectant bride; if, on returning after the -solemnization of the rite, a funeral procession should pass the -bridal party, it is an unfavorable sign to the bridegroom.</p> - -<p>If a young person, when seated at the tea-table, should observe -one or more stalks of the tea plant in the newly poured out cup, -and if, on stirring the tea and holding the spoon in the middle of -the liquid, the stalk or stalks should come close to the spoon handle, -it is a token that he or she will be soon married.</p> - -<p>When the house dog is unusually restless, and howls dismally -in the night time, it is a sign that sickness and death are about to -visit the family to whom the dog belongs.</p> - -<p>When the wick of your candle shows a bright spark in the -midst of the flame, it is a sign that a long absent friend is about to -visit you.</p> - -<p>When the ribs of your fire grate are more than usual covered -with flakes of soot, it is a sign that a stranger is about to visit your -habitation.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<h2>DIVINATION<br /> -<span class="smaller">BY THE BIRDS OF THE AIR AND THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD.</span></h2> - -<p>It hath been duly observed, by the learned in all ages of the -world, that our all-wise and beneficent Creator originally implanted -in the frame of nature a means whereby mankind may attain to -the knowledge of such future contingencies as concern their welfare -and happiness; and, more especially, since we observe, even -in the brute creation, that even the most inconsiderable creatures -upon the earth are more or less endowed with a gift of foreknowledge. -Thus the industrious bee, and laborious ant, lay in -their summer store, in order to supply the necessary wants of an -inclement winter, which they foreknow is yet to come; yet, even -of all the whole race of reptiles, the ant, the spider, and the bee, -appear to be endowed with the greatest share of sagacity. The<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_103" id="Page_103">[103]</a></span> -wisdom of the ants is conspicuous in forming themselves into a -kind of republic and therein observing, as it were, their own peculiar -laws and policies; but the cunning of the spider seems to -exceed that of most other insects; its various artifices to ensnare -its prey is no less remarkable than its contrivance of a cell or retreat -behind its web, where it feasts upon its game in safety and -conceals the fragments of those carcasses it has devoured, without exposing -to public view the least remains of its barbarity, which might -tend to distinguish its place of abode, or create the least jealousy -in any sect, that their enemy was near. Into what history can we -look to find people who are governed by laws equal to what we -observe in the republic of bees? What experience can we desire -beyond what we observe in the cunning spider, to teach us to guard -against the artifices of those who lay snares to catch the thoughtless -and unwary? or what can exceed the indefatigable ant, in -teaching us lessons of frugality and industry?</p> - -<p>The badger, the hedgehog and the mole also provide themselves -a magazine of plants and herbs, which they foreknow will enable -them to lie concealed in their holes during the hard frosts of winter, -contented with their prison, which affords them safety. Their -holes are constructed with amazing art, and generally have two -apertures, that in case one should be beset by an enemy, they may -escape by the other. The doublings by the hare, the tricks of the -fox to escape the hounds, are also astonishing indications of -foresight and sagacity. The feathered race are likewise endowed -with a similar faculty and often foretell an approaching storm a -considerable time before it appears, by retiring in flocks to their -holes and hiding places for shelter and protection. The birds of -passage seem to inherit this gift in a remarkable degree, for they -assemble together in prodigious flocks at an appointed hour, and -take their leave before the approach of winter; which they see -will destroy the flies and insects, as they feed on nothing else. -And it is no less extraordinary than true, that these birds return as -early as the sun brings forth this class of insects into new life, -and they have also the sagacity to find out and possess their old -nests and habitations. The wise, provident forecast for self-preservation -and safety is even extended to the innumerable -inhabitants of the immense ocean, where we see the fishes, pressed -by unceasing hunger, indiscriminately prey upon one another, the -large upon the small, even of its own species; whence the smaller -fish in regular gradations, when in danger of being devoured, fly -for an asylum to the shallow waters, where they know their enemy -either cannot or dare not come to pursue them. And this pursuit -of one species of fish after another, is by no means confined to a -single region, for we find shoals of them pursuing one another, -from the vicinity of the pole even down to the equator, and thus -the cod from the banks of the Newfoundland pursues the whiting, -which flies before it, even to the southern shores of Spain. It is -astonishing also, that herrings, which appear to generate towards -the north of Scotland, regularly make their way once a year to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_104" id="Page_104">[104]</a></span> -the British Channel. Their voyage is conducted with the utmost -regularity, and the time of their departure is fixed from the month -of June to August. They always assemble together before they -set out and no stragglers are ever found from the general body. It -is impossible to assign any cause for this emigration, but it doubtless -proceeds from the same instinctive impulse with which all -orders of animated nature are more or less imbued.</p> - -<p>Now observe, that when you go out of your house to do or -transact any kind of business, and in the way you do see a man, -or a bird going or flying, so that either of them do set themselves -before you on your right hand, that is a good signification in -reference to your business; but when you shall go out of your -house on any business whatsoever, and shall see a bird or a man -before you on the left side of you, it is an ill sign in reference to -your said business. When either a man or a bird shall thus pass -before you, coming from the right side of you and bending towards -the left, goeth out of your sight, that is a good sign concerning -your business. When you do find a man going, or a bird -flying, and then he rests himself before you on your right -side, and you seeing it, this is also a good sign of success in your -business. But when you see a man or a bird bending from your -right side to your left, it is an ill sign concerning your business; -when a man or a bird comes behind you, and goes faster than you, -but before he cometh at you he rests, or the same before you came -at him, he rests, and you seeing him on your right side, it is to -you a good sign. But when this happens on the left side, it is an -evil sign. When a man or a bird, coming from your left side, -and passing to the right, goeth out of your sight without resting, -it is a good sign. If a man or bird, coming from your right hand, -passing behind your back to the left, and you see him resting anywhere, -this is an evil sign. All the auspicia which first happeneth -in the beginning of any business, ought not to be taken notice of, -as if in the beginning of any work you find that rats have been -gnawing your clothes, then insist upon your undertakings. If, on -going out of your house, you happen to stumble on the threshold, -or if in the way you happen to dash your foot against anything, -then forbear your journey; if any ill omen ever happens at the -beginning of your business, then put it off for a while, lest you be -completely disappointed therein. If a crow, raven or a jackdaw -do croak over any person, it doth show much evil of a serious nature. -The magpie informs you that you will soon hear news and -come into company; but whether such news be good or bad, observe -whether it comes from the right hand or the left. The -screech owl is always unfortunate, for, about the 17th Oct., 1807, -Grantham church was a repository for a number of owls every -evening, for about one month, when it followed that, before that -time next year, the same church was actually robbed of all its -plate and money, to a large amount, by a gang of villains, in the -dead of the night, to the great loss and detriment of the whole -parish. If you meet sparrows, it is unfortunate, except for love.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_105" id="Page_105">[105]</a></span> -Flies indicate importunity and impudent affronts; cocks meeting -you, or crowing against your house, inform you of visitors coming -and success in your journeys and business. If you meet a hare, -a mule, or a hog, it is an ill omen; to meet horses in a carriage -is good, but if you meet an ass, expect trouble; while to meet -sheep and goats is very good and indicates prosperity in your -affairs; if you either meet a dog or oxen, you may expect the -same success, for it is good; mice indicate that you will soon -meet with danger; locusts making a stand in any place, hindereth -a person from their wishes and is an ill omen; on the contrary, -grasshoppers promote a journey and foretell a good event of -things. The spider weaving a line downwards, signifies hope of -money to come; as also the ants having a nest near your door is -good, because they know how to provide for themselves, and portend -security and riches. If you meet with a snake, take care of -an ill-tongued enemy; a viper signifies lewd women and wicked -children; an eel shows a man that is displeased with everybody. -But of all the various auspices and omens, there is none more -effectual and potent than man, none that doth signify the truth -more clearly. You must, therefore, diligently note and duly observe -the condition of that man you meet, or that meeteth you; -his age, profession, station, gesture, motion, exercise, complexion, -habit, name, words, speech, &c.; for, seeing there are in all other -animals so many discoveries or presages, yet those are all more -efficacious and clear which are infused into the soul of man.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<h2>PHYSIOGNOMY.</h2> - -<p><i>Strength of Body</i> is shown by stiff hair, large bones, firm and -robust limbs, short muscular neck, firm and erect carriage, head -broad and high, forehead short and peaked, bristly hair, large feet, -harsh unequal voice and florid complexion.</p> - -<p><i>Weakness of Body</i> is distinguished by a small, ill-proportioned -head, narrow shoulders, soft skin and pale complexion.</p> - -<p><i>Long Life</i> is indicated by strong teeth, sanguine temperament, -middle size, large, deep and ruddy lines in the hand, large muscles, -stooping shoulders, full chest, firm flesh, clear complexion, slow -growth, wide ears and large eyelids.</p> - -<p><i>Short Life</i> may be inferred from a thick tongue, the appearance -of the molars before the age of puberty, thin uneven teeth, -confused lines in the hand, and quick but small growth.</p> - -<p><i>Intellect</i> is denoted by thin skin, middle stature, bright eyes, -fair complexion, straight and fine hair, eyebrows joined, affable -manner, moderation in mirth, and the temples slightly concave.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_106" id="Page_106">[106]</a></span></p> - -<p><i>A Dunce</i> may be known by a swollen neck, plump arms, sides -and loins, a round head, fleshy forehead, pale eyes, dull, heavy -look, small joints, snuffling nostrils, proneness to laughter, little -hands, ill-proportioned head, either too large or too small, blubber -lips, short fingers and thick legs.</p> - -<p><i>Fortitude</i> is promised from a wide mouth, sonorous voice, slow, -grave and always equal, upright posture, large, open, steadfast -eyes, the hair high above the forehead, the head much compressed -or flattened, the forehead square and high, the extremities large -and robust, the neck firm though not fleshy, large chest, dark -complexion.</p> - -<p><i>Intrepidity</i> often resides in a small body, with ruddy countenance, -frowning eyebrows, small mouth, prominent nose and large -lines in the hand.</p> - -<p><i>Boldness</i> is characterised by a prominent mouth, rugged appearance, -rough forehead, arched eyebrows, large nostrils and teeth, -short neck, strong arms, ample chest, square shoulders and stern -countenance.</p> - -<p><i>Timidity</i> resides where we find a concave neck, pale color, weak -eyes, soft hair, plump breast, shrill voice, small mouth, thin lips, -broad, thin hands and small shambling feet.</p> - -<p><i>Prudence</i> is generally distinguished by a head which is flat on -the sides, broad, square forehead, slightly concave in the middle, -soft voice, broad chest, thin hair, bright eyes, large ears, aquiline -nose.</p> - -<p><i>Irascibility</i> may be seen in an erect carriage, clear skin, solemn -voice, open nostrils, moist temples with superficial veins, thick -neck, quick pace, bloodshot eyes, large unequal teeth.</p> - -<p><i>Melancholy</i> is denoted by a wrinkled face, dejected eyes, slow -pace, fixed look and deliberate respiration.</p> - -<p><i>Amorousness</i> shows a fair slender face, hair exuberant on head, -face and limbs, moist shining eyes, wide nostrils, prominent lips.</p> - -<p><i>Gaiety</i> shows a rosy agreeable countenance, a musical voice, an -agile body and soft flesh.</p> - -<p><i>Envy</i> appears with a wrinkled forehead, frowning, dejected -look, pale countenance and dry, rough skin.</p> - -<p><i>Gentleness</i> may be distinguished by a soft and moist palm, frequent -shutting of the eyes, soft movement, slow speech, fine hair.</p> - -<p><i>Bashfulness</i> may be discovered by moist half-closed eyes, moderate -pace, slow speech, blushing countenance.</p> - -<p><i>Sobriety</i> is accompanied by equal respiration, regular features, -easy carriage and sedate manners.</p> - -<p><i>Mental Strength</i> is signified by straight hair, a small body, shining -eyes, grave intense voice, stout muscular body, broad back -and shoulders.</p> - -<p><i>Good Memory</i> is common in those persons who are small, yet -better formed in the upper than the lower parts, delicate skin, inclined -to baldness, crooked nose, thick teeth, large ears.</p> - -<p><i>Bad Memory</i> is observable in persons who are larger in their -superior than inferior parts, hairy hands and body, coarse skin.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_107" id="Page_107">[107]</a></span></p> - -<p><i>Good Sight</i> is enjoyed by those persons who have black, thick, -straight eyelashes, large bushy eyebrows.</p> - -<p><i>Hearing</i> is most acute in those whose ears are well furnished -with cartilage, well channelled and hairy.</p> - -<p><i>Smelling</i> is most perfect in those who have large noses, descending -very near the mouth, neither too moist nor too dry.</p> - -<p><i>Tasting</i> is dainty in such as have a spongy, soft tongue, well -moistened with saliva.</p> - -<p><i>Delicacy of Touch</i> is remarked in those who have sensitive nerves, -soft skin, moderately warm and dry.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<h2>THE PLEASURES OF DREAMING.</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">“We always dream; the life of man’s a dream,</div> -<div class="verse">In which fresh tumults agitate his breast,</div> -<div class="verse">Till the kind hand of death unbolts the bars</div> -<div class="verse">Which clog the noble and aspiring soul,</div> -<div class="verse">Then, then we truly wake.”—<span class="smcap">Higgins.</span></div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse indent9">—“Shroud thy hated light,</div> -<div class="verse">Thou rising sun; nor summon with such speed,</div> -<div class="verse">The o’erlabored world to toils of a new day;</div> -<div class="verse">Why, flatter’d mortals, will you wake to cares,</div> -<div class="verse">When sleep, in kind delusion, may divert</div> -<div class="verse">Your pensive mind with pleasing images?</div> -<div class="verse">A dream sets free the captive; can restore</div> -<div class="verse">Lost fields to soldiers; to wreck’d merchants wealth.</div> -<div class="verse">In dreams the exile visits his sweet home.</div> -<div class="verse">And o’er the sparkling bowl relates at large</div> -<div class="verse">His past distresses to his wondering friends.</div> -<div class="verse">The lover, too, the sad forsaken lover.</div> -<div class="verse">May dream, and feign the falsest mistress true.”—<span class="smcap">Tate.</span></div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>It has been truthfully observed, that half the life of even the -most miserable is as unruffled as that of the most happy of men, -for that portion is spent in sleep—in the enjoyment of quiet repose—in -peace and in security. A quiet reliance upon Providence, -a conscience void of offence, temperance and regularity, every -person can command, and these are the only requisites to secure -sound and pleasant sleep and pleasant dreams. In these every one -has happy moments—and in this life we cannot expect more than -transient gleams of sunshine—a mixture of sours and sweets, -whose agreeable or distasteful flavor depends much more upon ourselves -than is commonly imagined.</p> - -<p>Addison, the virtuous and religious Addison; often dwells in -his writings upon dreams—published many of his stories as the -result of them—sometimes treated of them seriously and earnestly, -and at others brought all his powers of ridicule into play to expose -their absurdity. “Dreams,” he says, “are an instance of that<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_108" id="Page_108">[108]</a></span> -agility and perfection which is natural to the faculties of the mind, -where they are disengaged from the body. The soul is clogged -and retarded in her operations when she acts in conjunction with -a companion that is so heavy and unwieldy in her motions. But -in dreams it is wonderful to observe with what sprightliness and -alacrity she exerts herself. The flow of speech makes unpremeditated -harangues, or converses readily in languages that they are -but little acquainted with. The grave abound in pleasantries, the -dull in repartee and points of wit. There is not a more painful action -of the mind than invention; yet in dreams it works with that -ease and activity that we are not sensible of when the faculty is -employed. For instance, I believe every one, some time or other, -dreams that he is reading papers, books, or letters, in which case -the invention prompts so readily that the mind is imposed upon, -and mistakes its own suggestions for the compositions of another.” -In another part of the same paper he gives the two following problems: -“Supposing a man, always happy in his dreams and miserable -in his waking thoughts, and that his life was equally divided -between them—whether he would be more happy or miserable? -Were a man a king in his dreams and a beggar awake, and dreamed -as consequentially, and in continued unbroken schemes, as he -thinks when awake—whether he would be in reality a king or a -beggar, or rather, whether he would not be both?”</p> - -<p>Addison was of opinion that some useful instruction might be -derived even from a dream: “Since we have so little time to -spare, that none of it may be lost, I see no reason why we should -neglect to examine those imaginary scenes we are presented with -in sleep, only because they have less reality in them than our waking -meditation. A traveler would bring his judgment in question, who -should despise the directions of his map for want of real roads in it, -because here stands a dot instead of a town, or a cipher instead of -a city, and it must be a long day’s journey to travel through two -or three inches. Fancy in dreams gives us much such another -landscape of life as that does of countries, and though its appearance -may seem strangely jumbled together, we may often observe -such traces and footsteps of noble thoughts, as, if carefully pursued, -might lead us into proper course of action. There is so -much rapture and ecstacy in our fancied misery, that though the -inactivity of the body has given occasion for calling sleep the image -of death, the briskness of the fancy affords us a strong intimation -of something within us that can never die.”</p> - -<p>Addison, however, could treat with a happy ridicule all those -everyday dreams with which most persons are so familiar and gives -several cases from imaginary correspondents, some dissatisfied with -the non-fulfilment of their nocturnal visions, and others annoyed -at being disturbed in the midst of their delightful reveries. “I -have received,” says Addison, “numerous complaints from several -delicious dreamers, desiring me to invent some method of silencing -those noisy slaves, whose occupations lead them to take their early -rounds about the city in the morning, doing a deal of mischief and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_109" id="Page_109">[109]</a></span> -working strange confusion in the affairs of its inhabitants. Several -monarchs have done me the honor to acquaint me, how often -they have been shook from their respective thrones by the rattling -of a coach or by the rumbling of a wheelbarrow; and many private -gentlemen, I find, have been bawled out of vast estates by fellows -not worth three-pence. A fair lady was just upon the point of -being married to a young, rich, handsome, ingenious nobleman, -when an impertinent tinker, passing by, forbade the banns; and a -hopeful youth, who had been newly advanced to great honor and -preferment, was forced by a neighboring cobbler to resign all for -an old song. It has been represented to me that those inconsiderate -rascals do nothing but go about dissolving of marriages, and -spoiling of fortunes, impoverishing rich, and ruining great people, -interrupting beauties in the midst of their conquests and generals -in the course of their victories; a boisterous peripatetic hardly goes -through a street without waking half a dozen kings and princes to -open their shops, or clean shoes, frequently transforming sceptres -into paring-shovels and proclamations into bills. I have by me a -letter from a young statesman, who in five or six hours came to be -Emperor of Europe, after which he made war upon the Great -Turk, routed him horse and foot, and was crowned lord of the -universe in Constantinople; the conclusion of all his successes is -that, on the twelfth instant, about seven in the morning, his Imperial -Majesty was deposed by a chimney sweeper. On the other -hand, I have epistolary testimonies of gratitude from many miserable -people, who owe to this clamorous tribe frequent deliverance -from great misfortunes. A small coalman, by waking one of these -distressed gentlemen, saved him from ten years’ imprisonment; an -honest watchman, bidding a loud good-morrow to another, freed -him from the notice of many potent enemies and brought all their -designs against him to nothing. A certain valetudinarian confesses -he has often been cured of a sore throat by the hoarseness of a carman -and relieved from a fit of the gout by the sound of old shoes.</p> - -<p>“A citizen who is waked by one of these criers, may regard him -as a kind of remembrancer, come to admonish him that it is time -to return to the circumstances he had overlooked all the night -time; to leave off fancying what he is not, and prepare to act suitably -to the condition he is really placed in.”</p> - -<p>That may be called a dream which proceeds either from the -spirit of the phantasy and intellect united together, or by the illustration -of the agent intellect above our souls, or by the true revelation -of some divine power in a quiet and purified mind; for by -this our soul receives true oracles, and abundantly yields prophecies -to us; as in dreams we seem both to ask questions and learn -to find them out. Also many doubtful things, many policies, -many things unknown, unwished for, and never attempted by our -minds, are manifested to us in dreams; also the representation of -things unknown and unknown places appear to us, and the images -of men, both alive and dead; and things to come are foretold, and -also which at any time have happened are revealed, which we<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_110" id="Page_110">[110]</a></span> -know not by any report. And these kind of dreams need not any -interpretation, as those which belong to divination, not to foreknowledge; -and it comes to pass that they who have dreams for -the most part understand them not; for, as to have dreams is from -the strength of imagination, so to understand them is from the -strength of understanding. He, therefore, whose intellect being -overwhelmed by too much commerce of the flesh, is in a deep -sleep, or his fantastic power or spirit is too dull and unpolished, so -that it cannot receive the species and representation which flow -from the superior intellect; this man is altogether unfit for the receiving -of dreams and prophesying by them. Therefore it is -necessary that he who would receive true dreams, should keep a -pure, undisturbed and imaginative spirit; and so compass it that -it may be made worthy of the knowledge and government by the -mind, for such a spirit is most fit for prophesying and is a most -clear glass of all images which flow everywhere from all things. -When, therefore, we are sound in body, not disturbed in mind, our -intellect not made dull by heavy meats and strong drink, not sad -through poverty, nor provoked through lust, nor incited by any -vice, nor stirred up by wrath or anger, not being irreligiously and -profanely inclined, not given to levity, nor lost in drunkenness; -but chastely going to bed, fall asleep, then our pure and divine soul -being free from all the evils above recited, and separated from all -hurtful thoughts, and now freed, by dreaming, is endowed with -this divine spirit as an instrument, and receives those beams and -representations which are darted down as it were, and shine forth -from the divine mind into itself, in a deifying glass. It does more -certainly, more clearly and efficaciously, behold all things, than by -the vulgar inquiry of the intellect and by the discourse of reason. -The divine person instructing the soul, being invited to their society -by the opportunity of the nocturnal solitariness, neither will -that spirit of genius be wanting to him when he is awake, which -rules all our actions. But there are four kinds of true dreams, -viz.: the first, matutine, <i>i. e.</i> between sleeping and waking; the -second, that which one sees concerning another; the third, that -whose interpretation is shown to the same dreamer in the nocturnal -vision; and, lastly, that which is related to the same dreamer -in the nocturnal vision. But natural things and their own co-mixtures -likewise belong unto wise men, and we often use such to -receive oracles from a spirit by a dream, which are either by perfumes, -unctions, meats, drinks, rings, seals, &c. Now those who -are desirous to receive oracles in or through a dream, let them -make themselves a ring of the sun or Saturn for this purpose. -There are likewise images of dreams, which being put under the -head when one goes to sleep, effectually give true dreams of whatever -the mind hath before determined, of which as follows:</p> - -<p>Thou shalt make an image of the sun, the figure whereof must -be a man sleeping upon the bosom of an angel; which thou shalt -make when Leo ascends, the sun being in the ninth house in Aries; -then you must write upon the figure the name of the effect desired,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_111" id="Page_111">[111]</a></span> -and in the hand of the angel the name and character of the intelligence -of the sun, which is Michael.</p> - -<p>Let the same image be made in Virgo ascending, Mercury being -fortunate in Aries in the ninth, or Gemini ascending, Mercury -being fortunate in the ninth house in Aquarius; and let him be -received by Saturn with a fortunate aspect, and let the name of -the spirit (which is Raphael) be written upon it. Let the same -likewise be made, Libra ascending, Venus being received from -Mercury in Gemini in the ninth house, and write upon it the name -of the angel of Venus (which is Annael). Again you make the -same image, Aquarius ascending, Saturn fortunately possessing -the ninth in his exaltation, which is Libra, and let there be written -upon it the name of the angel of Saturn, (which is Cassi-al). The -same may be made with Cancer ascending, the moon being received -by Jupiter and Venus in Pisces, and being fortunately placed in -the ninth house, and write upon it the spirit of the moon (which is -Gabriel).</p> - -<p>There are likewise made rings of dreams of wonderful efficacy, -and there are rings of the sun and Saturn, and the constellation of -them is when the sun or Saturn ascend in their exaltation in the -ninth house of the nativity, and write and engrave upon the rings -the name of the sun or Saturn, and by these rules you may know -how and by what means to constitute more of yourself. But -know this, that such images work nothing (as they are simply images), -except they are vivified by a spiritual and celestial virtue -and chiefly by the ardent desire and firm intent of the soul of the -operator. But who can give a soul to an image, or make a stone, -or metal, or clay, or wood, or wax, or paper to live? Certainly no -man whatever; for this arcanum doth enter into an artist of a stiff -neck; he only hath it who transcends the progress of angels and -comes to the very Archtype himself.</p> - -<p>He who is desirous of receiving true oracles by dreams, let him -abstain from supper, from drink, and be otherwise well disposed, -so his brain will be free from turbulent vapors; let him also have -his bedchamber fair and clean, exorcised and consecrated, then let -him perfume the same with some convenient fumigation, and let -him anoint his temples with some efficacious unguent and put a -ring of dreams upon his finger; then let him take one of the -images we have spoken of and place the same under his head; then -let him address himself to sleep, meditating upon that thing which -he desires to know. So shall he receive a most certain and undoubted -oracle by a dream, when the moon goes through the sign -of the ninth revolution of his nativity, and when she is in the ninth -sign from the sign of perfection.</p> - -<p>This is the way whereby we may obtain all sciences and arts -whatever, whether astrology, occult philosophy, physic, &c., or -else suddenly and perfectly with a true illumination of our intellect, -although all inferior familiar spirits whatsoever conduce to -this effect, and sometimes also evil spirits sensibly inform us intrinsically -and extrinsically.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_112" id="Page_112">[112]</a></span></p> - -<h2>THE WAY TO GET RICH</h2> - -<p>“There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, -leads to fortune.”</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">“He that by the plough would thrive,</div> -<div class="verse">Himself must either hold or drive;</div> -<div class="verse">For age and want save while you may,</div> -<div class="verse">No morning’s sun lasts a whole day;</div> -<div class="verse">Get what you can, and what you get, hold,</div> -<div class="verse">’Tis a stone that will turn all your lead into gold;</div> -<div class="verse">Therefore be ruled by me, I pray,</div> -<div class="verse">Save something for a rainy day.”</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><i>Remember</i>, that time is money, for he that can earn a dollar a -day at his labor, and goes abroad, or sits at home one-half of that -day, though he spend but six cents during his diversion or idleness, -he ought not to reckon that the only expense; he has really -wasted, or rather thrown away, fifty cents besides.</p> - -<p><i>Remember</i>, that credit is money; if a man lets his money lie in -my hands after it is due, because he has a good opinion of my -credit, he gives me the interest, or so much as I can make of the -money during that time; this amounts to a very considerable -sum, where a man has large credit and also makes a good use of it.</p> - -<p><i>Remember</i>, that money is of a prolific or multiplying nature; -money will produce money, and its offspring will produce more; -and so five shillings turned is six, being turned again is seven and -three-pence, and so on, till it becomes a hundred pounds; and the -more there is of it, the more it will produce on every turning, so -that the profits rise quicker and quicker; and he who throws away -a crown, destroys all that it might have produced, even some scores -of pounds.</p> - -<p><i>Remember</i>, that six pounds a year is a groat a day, for this little -sum (which may be daily wasted either in time or expenses unperceived), -if a proper use be made of it, he may, on his own security, -have the constant possession and use of a hundred and twenty -pounds. So much in stock, briskly turned by an industrious man, -will always produce the greatest advantage to the tradesman. -Remember this proverb, that the good paymaster is lord of another -man’s purse, for he who is known to pay punctually and exactly -at the time he promises, may, at any time, and on any occasion, -raise all the money his friend can spare. This is sometimes -of great use; next to industry and frugality nothing can -contribute more to the raising of a man in the world than punctuality -in all his dealings. Therefore, never keep borrowed money -one single hour beyond the time promised, lest the disappointment -should shut up your friend’s purse forever, as the most trifling actions -that affect a man’s credit ought always to be avoided. The -sound of the hammer at five in the morning, or at nine at night,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_113" id="Page_113">[113]</a></span> -being heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but -if he sees you at a gaming table, or hears your voice in a tavern, -when you should be at work, he sends for his money the very next -day and demands it before it is convenient for you to pay him. -Beware of thinking all your own that you possess and of living -accordingly. This is a mistake that many people of credit fall -into; but in order to prevent this, always keep an exact account -both of your expenses and also of your daily income and profits. -For if you will only just take the trouble at first to enumerate particulars, -it will discover unto you how wonderfully trifling expenses -mount up to a large sum; by which you will also discern -what might have been, and also what may for the future be saved -without causing any great inconvenience. In short, the way to -obtain riches, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to the market, -which depends chiefly on two things, viz.: industry and frugality; -and take care that you waste neither time nor money, but daily -make use of both; if you take care of the hours and days, the -weeks, months and years will also take care of themselves. Constant -experience proves that any business being first well contrived, -is more than half done—for a sleeping fox catches no poultry; -there will be sleep enough in the grave, and also, that lost time is -seldom found again, for that which we generally call time enough, -always proves little enough; for sloth makes things difficult, while -industry makes them easy. He that rises late must trot hard all -day and shall scarce overtake his business at night—for laziness -travels so slow that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive your business, -but let not that drive you; for early to bed and early to rise, -is the way to become healthy, wealthy and wise. Industry need -not wish, while he who lives on a vain hope will die fasting; for -we find that there is nothing to be done or accomplished under the -sun without labor. He that hath a trade, hath an estate, and he -that hath a profession, hath an office and profit with honor; -but then the trade must be worked at, and the profession well followed, -or they will not enable you to pay rent and taxes. At the -working man’s house hunger looks in but dares not enter; for industry -pays debts, while despair increases them. Diligence is the -mother of good luck; as Solomon saith: “The diligent hand maketh -rich, while he that dealeth with a slack hand becometh poor; -for God gives all things to industry.” Then plow deep while the -sluggards sleep, and you shall have plenty, while others have reason -to complain of hard times. Therefore keep working while it -is called to-day, for you know not how much you may be hindered -to-morrow; and never leave that business to be done to-morrow -which you can do to-day; for since you are not sure of a single -hour, throw not that away. How many are they who live daily -by their wits, and who often break from want of a stock in hand, -while industry gives comfort, plenty and respect. Keep your shop -well and then your shop will keep you. For it sometimes happens -that the eyes of a master will do more work than both his hands, -and more especially if his head be any reasonable length; for the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_114" id="Page_114">[114]</a></span> -want of care doth more damage than the want of knowledge. If -you do not overlook your workmen, you may just as well leave -them your purse open; the trusting too much to the care of others -has completely ruined many a man. If you would be wealthy, -think of being careful and saving; for</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">“Women and wine, game and deceit,</div> -<div class="verse">Make the wealth small and the wants great.”</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>That which maintains one vice, would bring up two children. -And if you wish to know the value of money, only just go and -try to borrow a little; he that goes borrowing, goes sorrowing, and, -indeed, so doth he who lends it unto such people, when he goes to -try to get it back again. Pride that dines on vanity, sups on content -and often breakfasts with plenty, dines with poverty and sups -with infamy, creates envy, and hastens misfortunes; for it is hard -for an empty bag to stand upright. Creditors have generally -much better memories than debtors, who are also a kind of superstitious -set, great observers of set or appointed days and times; so -that those have but a short Lent who owe money to be paid at -Easter; for expenses are always so constant and certain, that it is -much easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. -Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt. Always do unto -others as you would wish to be done by, is the first fundamental -law of natural justice.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/line-2.jpg" width="200" height="20" alt="Line (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<h2>LEAVES OF DESTINY.</h2> - -<p><i>Directions for Consulting the Sibyl.</i>—Draw for a number from -slips numbered from 1 to 100, and see corresponding number in -Leaves of Destiny; or, simply call out numbers selected.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">1.</div> -<div class="verse">You’ll meet this year on Brighton Strand,</div> -<div class="verse">One destined for your heart and hand.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">2.</div> -<div class="verse">Choose one—if you are shrewd,</div> -<div class="verse">No safety lies in multitude.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">3.</div> -<div class="verse">Endless flirtation</div> -<div class="verse">Doth seem your vocation.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">4.</div> -<div class="verse">Bracing air and embracing arms,</div> -<div class="verse">Give Coney Island especial charms.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">5.</div> -<div class="verse">Young or old? Love or gold?</div> -<div class="verse">Hot or cold? Given or sold?</div> -<div class="verse">Toss odd or even—you’ll be told.</div><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_115" id="Page_115">[115]</a></span> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">6.</div> -<div class="verse">Some natures change on the change of name</div> -<div class="verse">But like the rose you’ll be the same.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">7.</div> -<div class="verse">For music and balls,</div> -<div class="verse">You’ll have nursery squalls.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">8.</div> -<div class="verse">The right one cometh from New York,</div> -<div class="verse">With heart and purse as light as cork.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">9.</div> -<div class="verse">Away with pride and cold disdain,</div> -<div class="verse">Or you’ll too long a maid remain.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">10.</div> -<div class="verse">Don’t have for motto, “Both best,”</div> -<div class="verse">But—“Choose one, look at the rest.”</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">11.</div> -<div class="verse">’Tis simply true, tho’ you may laugh,</div> -<div class="verse">That you will worship a golden calf.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">12.</div> -<div class="verse">This year a lover will with pride,</div> -<div class="verse">Watch thee sporting in the tide.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">13.</div> -<div class="verse">At Ocean Grove you’ll forsake worldly notions,</div> -<div class="verse">Drink nothing but tea and attend your devotions.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">14.</div> -<div class="verse">A heart and fortune you will gain,</div> -<div class="verse">In this summer’s grand campaign.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">15.</div> -<div class="verse">Before you go too far,</div> -<div class="verse">Be sure there’s not another side</div> -<div class="verse">The brighter side to mar.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">16.</div> -<div class="verse">A life both long and wisely spent,</div> -<div class="verse">With children to your heart’s content.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">17.</div> -<div class="verse">Happy when single, but not content,</div> -<div class="verse">You’ll marry in haste and soon repent.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">18.</div> -<div class="verse">Lovers and books romantic—</div> -<div class="verse">Music of the grand Atlantic—</div> -<div class="verse">This year will make you nearly frantic.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">19.</div> -<div class="verse">The “Mighty Dollar” cannot buy</div> -<div class="verse">The love for which in vain you sigh.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">20.</div> -<div class="verse">Look in the glass and you will see</div> -<div class="verse">Your source of power and frailty.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">21.</div> -<div class="verse">A well known line you may transpose—</div> -<div class="verse">“A thorn is always near a rose.”</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">22.</div> -<div class="verse">You nobly strive to make it known</div> -<div class="verse">“’Tis bad for man to be alone.”</div><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_116" id="Page_116">[116]</a></span> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">23.</div> -<div class="verse">Before the present year is out,</div> -<div class="verse">Your wedding cards will be about.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">24.</div> -<div class="verse">Drifting away, day by day!</div> -<div class="verse">No one to say, “Stay! oh, stay!”</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">25.</div> -<div class="verse">A heartless flirt! you’ll penance do</div> -<div class="verse">For all the innocents you slew.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">26.</div> -<div class="verse">To you, I’m afraid, it is useless to preach</div> -<div class="verse">About the temptations of Rockaway Beach.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">27.</div> -<div class="verse">Merry and free your revelry!</div> -<div class="verse">Soon tired you’ll be of deviltry.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">28.</div> -<div class="verse">You’ll give up athletics;</div> -<div class="verse">And take to æsthetics.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">29.</div> -<div class="verse">On some fine day, not very remote,</div> -<div class="verse">You’ll meet your match on a Rockaway boat.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">30.</div> -<div class="verse">Your head is hot, your heart is cold—</div> -<div class="verse">I pity your lot when you grow old.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">31.</div> -<div class="verse">When you’re seized with fits æsthetic,</div> -<div class="verse">Take at once a strong emetic.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">32.</div> -<div class="verse">With throbbing heart and trembling hand</div> -<div class="verse">Soon at the altar you will stand.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">33.</div> -<div class="verse">You’ll count among your future joys,</div> -<div class="verse">Six little girls, six little boys.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">34.</div> -<div class="verse">Before you sip, take firm grip,</div> -<div class="verse">You’ll have no slip ’tween cup and lip.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">35.</div> -<div class="verse">Your pace, I fear, is rather fast—</div> -<div class="verse">Your love’s by far too hot to last!</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">36.</div> -<div class="verse">The greatest blessing you will find,</div> -<div class="verse">That Love should be completely blind.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">37.</div> -<div class="verse">Inconstant as the fickle wind,</div> -<div class="verse">From day to day you’ll change your mind.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">38.</div> -<div class="verse">Newport is the grand resort</div> -<div class="verse">For those, like you, intent on sport.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">39.</div> -<div class="verse">A blow on the pier—a plunge in the brine—</div> -<div class="verse">Is all that’s required to make you divine.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">40.</div> -<div class="verse">Lovers come and quickly go</div> -<div class="verse">When they find your heart like dough.</div><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_117" id="Page_117">[117]</a></span> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">41.</div> -<div class="verse">The slightest rebuff makes you ready to die,</div> -<div class="verse">So fatal the kick from a gay butterfly.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">42.</div> -<div class="verse">Like Wilde and such æsthetic guys,</div> -<div class="verse">You ape an angel in disguise.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">43.</div> -<div class="verse">When weary of sands and the wild waves’ play,</div> -<div class="verse">To the glorious White Mountains fly away.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">44.</div> -<div class="verse">So rich, but sad; suppose you try</div> -<div class="verse">The Tonics of Adversity.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">45.</div> -<div class="verse">Ever dreaming, never doing,</div> -<div class="verse">You’ll gain nought by seaside wooing.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">46.</div> -<div class="verse">Unless you resolve more social to be</div> -<div class="verse">You must stop at home like the Heathen Chinee.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">47.</div> -<div class="verse">You will love and run away,</div> -<div class="verse">And live to love another day.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">48.</div> -<div class="verse">You’ll have good cause to bless the day</div> -<div class="verse">Your eyes beheld the famed Cape May.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">49.</div> -<div class="verse">You shall have a busy summer,</div> -<div class="verse">Flirting hard with each new comer.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">50.</div> -<div class="verse">Be merry now; no more you’ll laugh</div> -<div class="verse">When you have found your <em>bitter</em>-half.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">51.</div> -<div class="verse">Your sorrow may endure a night,</div> -<div class="verse">But joy will come with morning’s light.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">52.</div> -<div class="verse">The darling of your heart’s devotion</div> -<div class="verse">Is on the broad Atlantic Ocean.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">53.</div> -<div class="verse">Cheer up! cheer up! I plainly see</div> -<div class="verse">Bright golden days in store for thee.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">54.</div> -<div class="verse">You’ll go back when the weather cools,</div> -<div class="verse">To taffy-pulling and singing schools.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">55.</div> -<div class="verse">Like the flow and ebb of tide</div> -<div class="verse">Your spirits rise and soon subside.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">56.</div> -<div class="verse">Bright visions rise as this year falls,</div> -<div class="verse">Of concerts, theatres and balls.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">57.</div> -<div class="verse">At Saratoga’s famous Springs</div> -<div class="verse">An era bright for you begins.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">58.</div> -<div class="verse">Sing when you’re sad</div> -<div class="verse">And soon you’ll feel glad.</div><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_118" id="Page_118">[118]</a></span> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">59.</div> -<div class="verse">When summer’s heat and sport are o’er</div> -<div class="verse">In Florida you’ll seek for more.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">60.</div> -<div class="verse">Avoid all that sin and cruel temptation</div> -<div class="verse">Which assail young folk in the summer vacation.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">61.</div> -<div class="verse">You’re building castles in the air,</div> -<div class="verse">To end in grief and dark despair.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">62.</div> -<div class="verse">On Sea Girt Beach entranced you’ll be</div> -<div class="verse">By charms more rare than scenery.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">63.</div> -<div class="verse">Sunflower, lily and daffodil</div> -<div class="verse">An empty purse will never fill.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">64.</div> -<div class="verse">Blue and white your sole delight,</div> -<div class="verse">Yellow and black are put to flight.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">65.</div> -<div class="verse">You lack the courage to say “No,”</div> -<div class="verse">Hence all your troubles here below.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">66.</div> -<div class="verse">Lawn Tennis is the pastime sweet</div> -<div class="verse">Where a life partner you will meet.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">67.</div> -<div class="verse">Enjoy the sunshine while you may—</div> -<div class="verse">Too soon the chance will pass away.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">68.</div> -<div class="verse">Avoid whate’er your spirit vexes—</div> -<div class="verse">Despise “old women” of both sexes.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">69.</div> -<div class="verse">Smiles and tears, hopes and fears,</div> -<div class="verse">The rainbow hues of early years.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">70.</div> -<div class="verse">Sweet and bright as the month of May,</div> -<div class="verse">Your life shall seem a holiday.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">71.</div> -<div class="verse">You once extolled the “Age of Reason;”</div> -<div class="verse">Your mind will change this very season.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">72.</div> -<div class="verse">You prized too much, as you’ll confess,</div> -<div class="verse">A life of single blessedness.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">73.</div> -<div class="verse">You’ll break the heartless law of fashion,</div> -<div class="verse">And own at last the tender passion.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">74.</div> -<div class="verse">Like Oscar and his crew,</div> -<div class="verse">You are “too utterly too too.”</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">75.</div> -<div class="verse">Your sole recreation—</div> -<div class="verse">To cause a sensation.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">76.</div> -<div class="verse">Your photo book will change this year</div> -<div class="verse">And former fav’rites disappear.</div><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_119" id="Page_119">[119]</a></span> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">77.</div> -<div class="verse">To keep single you’ll contrive,</div> -<div class="verse">Up to prudent twenty-five.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">78.</div> -<div class="verse">Your destiny is hard to fix,</div> -<div class="verse">Bitter and sweet so freely mix.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">79.</div> -<div class="verse">Love requited—vows well plighted!</div> -<div class="verse">Hearts and hands for aye united!</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">80.</div> -<div class="verse">This year a treasure you’ll discover—</div> -<div class="verse">A brownstone house and a brimstone lover.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">81.</div> -<div class="verse">The wedding bells soon merrily</div> -<div class="verse">Shall ring a chime to gladden thee.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">82.</div> -<div class="verse">Sighing and dying, and wretchedly trying</div> -<div class="verse">To look well pleased when you’d like to be crying.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">83.</div> -<div class="verse">When you go out to sea to fish,</div> -<div class="verse">You’ll catch the very thing you wish.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">84.</div> -<div class="verse">To Asbury Park you will repair,</div> -<div class="verse">Where men may smoke and drink—the air.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">85.</div> -<div class="verse">You soon must solve the problem grave—</div> -<div class="verse">“An old man’s pet or young one’s slave?”</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">86.</div> -<div class="verse">If they are blest, whose quiver’s full,</div> -<div class="verse">Your lot shall be right joyful.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">87.</div> -<div class="verse">Some dress to live; but you, I guess,</div> -<div class="verse">Like many, only live to dress.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">88.</div> -<div class="verse">A sphere in life you will ensure,</div> -<div class="verse">Where men are true and women pure.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">89.</div> -<div class="verse">Tennis, polo, bathing, boating,</div> -<div class="verse">Picnic, music, flirting, doting—</div> -<div class="verse">These your pastimes best worth noting.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">90.</div> -<div class="verse">When vanities bring weariness,</div> -<div class="verse">You’ll seek a rural wilderness—</div> -<div class="verse">Meet penance for your wickedness!</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">91.</div> -<div class="verse">Unless you’re a Mormon or a Turk,</div> -<div class="verse">Contented you’ll be with this year’s work.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">92.</div> -<div class="verse">Your seaside dreams of love and money</div> -<div class="verse">Will end in country milk and honey.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">93.</div> -<div class="verse">How sweet to thee is love’s young dream,</div> -<div class="verse">When gliding down the placid stream.</div><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_120" id="Page_120">[120]</a></span> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">94.</div> -<div class="verse">Dear captive feet are now set free,</div> -<div class="verse">To skip and dance right merrily,</div> -<div class="verse">As winter stealeth o’er the sea.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">95.</div> -<div class="verse">You’ll meet many cranks at the seaside this year;</div> -<div class="verse">It must be the Comet that made them so queer.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">96.</div> -<div class="verse">You’ll have, in place of dance hall skips,</div> -<div class="verse">Holy greetings from brethren’s lips—</div> -<div class="verse">Prayer meetings: good fellowships.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">97.</div> -<div class="verse">The happy day is drawing nigh—</div> -<div class="verse">To all your pains and cares good-bye!</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">98.</div> -<div class="verse">The summer dies and birds of prey</div> -<div class="verse">To city haunts now fly away.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">99.</div> -<div class="verse">You’re leaving now to meet no more,</div> -<div class="verse">The only one you could adore.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="stanzanum">100.</div> -<div class="verse">Last of all, and not too late,</div> -<div class="verse">Fortune comes to those who wait.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/bird.jpg" width="200" height="115" alt="Bird (decorative)" /> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<h2>Wehman’s Collection of Songs, No. 1.</h2> - -<p class="center">CONTAINING 100 SONGS.</p> - -<ul> -<li>A handful of earth.</li> -<li>A warrior bold.</li> -<li>All on account of Eliza.</li> -<li>Are you going to the hop this evening.</li> -<li>A violet from mother’s grave.</li> -<li>Angel’s whisper.</li> -<li>Betsy and I are out—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Biddy, the ballet girl.</li> -<li>Be home early to-night, my dear boy.</li> -<li>Brave huzzars.</li> -<li>Betsy destroys the paper—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Blue bells of Scotland.</li> -<li>Baby’s got a tooth.</li> -<li>Beautiful leaves.</li> -<li>Betsy and I hafe bust up—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Blue Alsatian mountains.</li> -<li>Chickens in the garden.</li> -<li>Cows are in the corn.</li> -<li>Charge of the light brigade—<i>Recit.</i></li> -<li>Colored hop.</li> -<li>Camptown races.</li> -<li>Come where my love lies dreaming.</li> -<li>Decision in “The Gipsy’s Warning.”</li> -<li>Double-breasted mansion on the square.</li> -<li>Dar am honey on dese lips.</li> -<li>Down in a coal mine.</li> -<li>Drunkard’s dream.</li> -<li>Dear Irish boy.</li> -<li>Emmet’s “Mountain Song.”</li> -<li>Father Tom O’Neil.</li> -<li>Granite mill fire.</li> -<li>Grant’s trip around the world.</li> -<li>Grave of Wolf Tone—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Gwine to cross the river by-and-by.</li> -<li>Garden where the praties grow.</li> -<li>Hang up your hat behind the door.</li> -<li>Hard times, come again no more.</li> -<li>I can’t make it out, can you?</li> -<li>I’ve a baby in Kalamazoo.</li> -<li>I don’t like a cur at my heels.</li> -<li>In de lowlands, low.</li> -<li>Irish fair.</li> -<li>Joe Bowers.</li> -<li>Keep in de middle ob de road.</li> -<li>Kitty Tyrrel.</li> -<li>Little brown cot on the hill.</li> -<li>Little old house on the Rhine.</li> -<li>Let Erin remember the days of old.</li> -<li>Lost Rosabel.</li> -<li>Little flower you gave me.</li> -<li>Love’s chidings.</li> -<li>Mary Ann, I’ll tell your ma.</li> -<li>Moonlight at Killarney.</li> -<li>Mother would comfort me.</li> -<li>Mulligan’s funeral.</li> -<li>My pretty Jane.</li> -<li>Mary Ann McLaughlin.</li> -<li>Mary’s gone wid a coon.</li> -<li>Mr. and Mrs. Malone.</li> -<li>Norah, the pride of Kildare.</li> -<li>No one to love.</li> -<li>Oh! Fred, tell them to stop.</li> -<li>Our Army and Navy of blue.</li> -<li>Over the garden wall.</li> -<li>Old fashioned church on the hill.</li> -<li>Old fashioned homestead.</li> -<li>On the strict Q. T.</li> -<li>Oh! breathe not his name.</li> -<li>Old brown pants.</li> -<li>Old mountain tree.</li> -<li>Our grandfather’s days.</li> -<li>O’Reilly’s billy goat—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Pallet of straw.</li> -<li>Patrick, mind the baby.</li> -<li>Patter of der shingles—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Sadie darling.</li> -<li>Sarah’s young man.</li> -<li>Shamus O’Brien—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Spring, gentle spring.</li> -<li>Same thing over again.</li> -<li>Schneider’s ride—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>She is far from the land.</li> -<li>Temple of fame.</li> -<li>There is a fine ship on the ocean.</li> -<li>Tramp—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>True Irish gents.</li> -<li>Turnpike gate.</li> -<li>Twickenham ferry.</li> -<li>Twinkle, twinkle, little star.</li> -<li>Tam O’Shanter hat.</li> -<li>True as steel.</li> -<li>Tar’s farewell.</li> -<li>Torpedo and the whale.</li> -<li>Tramp! tramp! tramp! the boys are marching.</li> -<li>Up at Jones’ wood.</li> -<li>When these old clothes were new.</li> -<li>Wist! Wist! Wist!</li> -<li>White cockade.</li> -<li>Way down upon the Suwanee ribber.</li> -<li>Wife’s dream.</li> -</ul> - -<p class="center">Price 10 Cents.</p> - -<p>For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers in the United States -and Canada, or will be sent post-paid to any address on receipt of -price. Address</p> - -<p class="center">H. J. WEHMAN, Publisher,<br /> -P. O. Box 1823. <b>50 Chatham St., New York.</b></p> - -<hr /> - -<h2>Wehman’s Collection of Songs, No. 2.</h2> - -<p class="center">CONTAINING 95 SONGS.</p> - -<ul> -<li>Angel Gabriel.</li> -<li>Annie Lisle.</li> -<li>A rolling stone gathers no moss.</li> -<li>Annie of the vale.</li> -<li>A leaf of ivy from mother’s grave.</li> -<li>A lock of mother’s hair.</li> -<li>An Irishman’s letter—<i>Comic Reading</i>.</li> -<li>Barney McCoy.</li> -<li>Believe me in all those endearing young charms.</li> -<li>Boys of Kilkenny.</li> -<li>Boston burglar.</li> -<li>Boston fire.</li> -<li>Belle Brandon.</li> -<li>Big sun flower.</li> -<li>Billy Grimes, the rover.</li> -<li>Bold Jack Donohue.</li> -<li>Cod liver oil.</li> -<li>Captain Jinks, of the horse marines.</li> -<li>Close the shutters, Willie’s dead.</li> -<li>Casey’s whiskey.</li> -<li>Death of President Garfield.</li> -<li>Drifting with the tide.</li> -<li>Dying soldier—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Don’t call in the morning.</li> -<li>Dreamy eyes haunt me still.</li> -<li>Don’t get weary, children.</li> -<li>Eileen, sweet Eileen.</li> -<li>Empty is the stable, Davy’s gone.</li> -<li>Evening star.</li> -<li>Flags of all nations.</li> -<li>Farmer’s boy.</li> -<li>Fisherman and his child.</li> -<li>Flying trapeze.</li> -<li>Gentle heart be true.</li> -<li>German fifth.</li> -<li>Good-bye, Susan Jane.</li> -<li>Good-bye, Charley.</li> -<li>Give bread to the poor.</li> -<li>God save our president from every harm.</li> -<li>Huckleberry picnic.</li> -<li>Hungry man from Harlem.</li> -<li>It’s naughty, but it’s nice.</li> -<li>I hope I don’t intrude.</li> -<li>I love my love in de morning.</li> -<li>I’ll bet you a dollar you don’t.</li> -<li>I’m a man you don’t meet every day.</li> -<li>In de evening by de moonlight.</li> -<li>I will be true to thee.</li> -<li>I’d offer thee this hand of mine.</li> -<li>I’m the governor’s only son.</li> -<li>I’ve got a donkey.</li> -<li>In the days when I was hard up.</li> -<li>It don’t belong to me.</li> -<li>I’d choose to be a baby.</li> -<li>I long to be single again.</li> -<li>I wandered by the brookside.</li> -<li>John Brown’s song; or, glory, glory, hallelujah.</li> -<li>John Mitchel.</li> -<li>Johnny is gone for a soldier.</li> -<li>Just landed.</li> -<li>Jim Bludso—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Kitty Clyde.</li> -<li>Leave not your Kathleen.</li> -<li>Lecture on “Demperance.”</li> -<li>Love! love! love!</li> -<li>Let the dead and the beautiful rest.</li> -<li>Last night I was dreaming of you.</li> -<li>Mid-watch.</li> -<li>Muldoon, the solid man.</li> -<li>McKenna's dream.</li> -<li>Minnie, hear the bluebird sing.</li> -<li>My sweetheart, when a boy.</li> -<li>Never empty cradle, twins are born.</li> -<li>Not before pa, dear.</li> -<li>Old zip coon.</li> -<li>Old plantation’s lonely.</li> -<li>Paul Revere’s ride—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>She’s a gal o’ mine.</li> -<li>Squire and Maria.</li> -<li>Sunny days will come again.</li> -<li>Sailing on the lake.</li> -<li>Sheridan’s ride—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Strawberries and cream.</li> -<li>That’s how you get served when you’re old.</li> -<li>Things I don’t like to see.</li> -<li>Tiddle-a-wink, the barber.</li> -<li>True to the core.</li> -<li>Toss the Turk.</li> -<li>True lover’s discussion.</li> -<li>Under the window she’s sleeping.</li> -<li>Violets dipped in dew.</li> -<li>Why did they dig ma’s grave so deep?</li> -<li>We are coming, sister Mary.</li> -<li>Yankee doodle.</li> -<li>Your lassie will be true.</li> -</ul> - -<p class="center">Price 10 Cents.</p> - -<p>For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers in the United States -and Canada, or will be sent post-paid to any address on receipt of -price. Address</p> - -<p class="center">H. J. WEHMAN, Publisher,<br /> -P. O. Box 1823. <b>50 Chatham St., New York.</b></p> - -<hr /> - -<h2>Wehman’s Collection of Songs, No. 3.</h2> - -<p class="center">CONTAINING 97 SONGS.</p> - -<ul> -<li>A hundred years to come.</li> -<li>Atheist and acorn—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Annie o’ the banks o’ Dee.</li> -<li>A man’s a man for a’ that.</li> -<li>A motto for every man.</li> -<li>Beautiful dreamer.</li> -<li>Beautiful Venice.</li> -<li>Blue and the gray.</li> -<li>Baby’s got a cramp.</li> -<li>Bay of Biscay, O!</li> -<li>Boys, keep away from the gals.</li> -<li>Bread and cheese and kisses.</li> -<li>Bright emerald isle of the sea.</li> -<li>Buck Fanshaw’s funeral.</li> -<li>Captain with his whiskers.</li> -<li>Clarabel Magee.</li> -<li>College days.</li> -<li>Come and kiss me.</li> -<li>Digging for gold.</li> -<li>Don’t slam the gate.</li> -<li>Duffy’s opening night.</li> -<li>Dan Maloney is the man.</li> -<li>Dying Californian.</li> -<li>Days of ’49.</li> -<li>Down by the river side.</li> -<li>Dree dousand miles avay.</li> -<li>Ellen Bayne.</li> -<li>Fearfully and wonderfully made.</li> -<li>Flow gently, sweet Afton.</li> -<li>Farmer sat in his easy chair.</li> -<li>Gentle Annie.</li> -<li>Guilty or not guilty?—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Goat, The.</li> -<li>Gum tree canoe.</li> -<li>Hazel dell.</li> -<li>I’ll hang my harp on a willow tree.</li> -<li>Is it anybody’s business?</li> -<li>Irishman’s shanty.</li> -<li>It’s funny when you feel that way.</li> -<li>Indian hunter.</li> -<li>Indian warrior’s grave.</li> -<li>Ingleside.</li> -<li>Irish jaunting car.</li> -<li>John Anderson, my Jo, John.</li> -<li>Johnny Sands.</li> -<li>Katy’s letter.</li> -<li>Kiss me quick and go.</li> -<li>Kate Kearney.</li> -<li>Little old duddeen.</li> -<li>Little Yawcob Strauss—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Little more cider.</li> -<li>Miss Gruber’s boarding house.</li> -<li>Maggie by my side.</li> -<li>Merriest girl that’s out.</li> -<li>Mike Brady’s shirt.</li> -<li>Mistletoe bough.</li> -<li>Meet me at the lane.</li> -<li>Mulligan guard.</li> -<li>Nettie Moore.</li> -<li>Nicodemus Johnson.</li> -<li>Nancy Till.</li> -<li>O’Donnel Abu.</li> -<li>Old arm chair.</li> -<li>Our front stoop.</li> -<li>Pat Malloy.</li> -<li>Patriots of Ireland.</li> -<li>Pat Maloney’s family.</li> -<li>Pretty Jemima, don’t say no.</li> -<li>Pull down your vest.</li> -<li>Perhaps she’s on the railway.</li> -<li>Pirate’s serenade.</li> -<li>Polish boy—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Paddy Blake’s echo.</li> -<li>Rose of Allandale.</li> -<li>Row of tenement houses.</li> -<li>Ring, ring de banjo.</li> -<li>Regular army, O!</li> -<li>Rory O’More.</li> -<li>Spade.</li> -<li>Stump speech.</li> -<li>Shelling green peas.</li> -<li>Skin-tight pants.</li> -<li>Tipperary christening.</li> -<li>They’ve all got a wife but me.</li> -<li>Three black crows.</li> -<li>Twinkling stars.</li> -<li>Tapping at the garden gate.</li> -<li>Thou art gone from my gaze.</li> -<li>Valley lay smiling before me.</li> -<li>Walking down Broadway.</li> -<li>Why should the spirit of mortal be proud—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Wait till the clouds roll by.</li> -<li>When the band begins to play.</li> -<li>What is home without a mother?</li> -<li>Who will care for mother now?</li> -<li>Widow Malone.</li> -<li>Wrongs of ould Ireland.</li> -</ul> - -<p class="center">Price 10 Cents.</p> - -<p>For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers in the United States -and Canada, or will be sent post-paid to any address on receipt of -price. Address</p> - -<p class="center">H. J. WEHMAN, Publisher,<br /> -P. O. Box 1823. <b>50 Chatham St., New York.</b></p> - -<hr /> - -<h2>Wehman’s Collection of Songs, No. 4.</h2> - -<p class="center">CONTAINING 99 SONGS.</p> - -<ul> -<li>An Irishman’s toast.</li> -<li>Apple of my eye.</li> -<li>Arthur and Martha.</li> -<li>Asleep at the switch—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>A knot of blue and gray.</li> -<li>Always gay and free, boys.</li> -<li>Bear it like a man.</li> -<li>Bootblack—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Brother’s fainting at the door.</li> -<li>Beautiful snow.</li> -<li>Carry the news to Mary.</li> -<li>Coney Island, down der bay.</li> -<li>Committed to the deep.</li> -<li>Champagne Charlie.</li> -<li>Dearest Mae.</li> -<li>Douglas! tender and true.</li> -<li>Deal with me kindly.</li> -<li>Don’t say I told you.</li> -<li>Down the hill.</li> -<li>Deer Island, down the bay.</li> -<li>Fat Mickey.</li> -<li>Feel for the eyes that are weeping.</li> -<li>Five o’clock in the morning.</li> -<li>Get a little table.</li> -<li>Get thee gone, girl.</li> -<li>Get away from dat window.</li> -<li>Human harp.</li> -<li>Hark! I hear an angel sing.</li> -<li>Hildebrand Montrose.</li> -<li>I’ll wait till the clouds roll by.</li> -<li>I had but fifty cents.</li> -<li>’Twas not my father.</li> -<li>In the starlight.</li> -<li>Ivy cabin in the lane.</li> -<li>John Armstrong.</li> -<li>Johnny Dougherty, the tailor.</li> -<li>Just over.</li> -<li>Jim, the carter lad.</li> -<li>Lackawanna spooners.</li> -<li>Light of other days.</li> -<li>Limerick races.</li> -<li>Little back parlor at home.</li> -<li>Little Maggie Ann.</li> -<li>McCarthy’s mare.</li> -<li>Mother’s fool—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Mulcahey’s gone away.</li> -<li>Man who struck my wife.</li> -<li>My dear little friend, Louise.</li> -<li>Miller’s daughter.</li> -<li>My poor dog Tray.</li> -<li>My pretty Irish queen.</li> -<li>Mother, he’s going away.</li> -<li>No Irish wanted here.</li> -<li>Near the banks of that lone river.</li> -<li>Nelly was a lady.</li> -<li>New York society.</li> -<li>Oh! take me to thy heart again.</li> -<li>Old Grimes’ cellar door.</li> -<li>Old rustic bridge by the mill.</li> -<li>Old Dan Tucker.</li> -<li>Ophelia Murphy’s birthmark.</li> -<li>O! ’tis nice to have a dummy.</li> -<li>Old Grimes is dead.</li> -<li>Parted.</li> -<li>Pennsylvania tramp.</li> -<li>Portrait that hangs on the wall.</li> -<li>Peek-a-boo.</li> -<li>Pretty Peggy.</li> -<li>Robin Adair.</li> -<li>Run for the doctor.</li> -<li>Swim out for glory.</li> -<li>Scenes that are brightest.</li> -<li>Since Cordelia first wore bangs.</li> -<li>Since Terry first joined the gang.</li> -<li>Silver slippers.</li> -<li>Steam arm.</li> -<li>Sweet-scented handsome young man.</li> -<li>Shan Van Voght.</li> -<li>Same old game.</li> -<li>Ten little niggers.</li> -<li>To the west.</li> -<li>Tassels on the boots.</li> -<li>There’s a light in the window for thee.</li> -<li>Things that I’d like to see.</li> -<li>Vagabond.</li> -<li>Villain still pursued her.</li> -<li>Waterford boys.</li> -<li>When Johnny comes marching home.</li> -<li>When the Brooklyn bridge is done.</li> -<li>When the pigs begin to fly.</li> -<li>Widow Machree.</li> -<li>Wreck of the “London.”</li> -<li>Where the ivy grows so green.</li> -<li>When this cruel war is over.</li> -<li>White squall.</li> -<li>Wouldn’t you like to know.</li> -<li>Water cresses.</li> -<li>What the old cock sparrow said.</li> -<li>Whistling thief.</li> -</ul> - -<p class="center">Price 10 Cents.</p> - -<p>For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers in the United States -and Canada, or will be sent post-paid to any address on receipt of -price. Address</p> - -<p class="center">H. J. WEHMAN, Publisher,<br /> -P. O. Box 1823. <b>50 Chatham St., New York.</b></p> - -<hr /> - -<h2>Wehman’s Collection of Songs, No. 5.</h2> - -<p class="center">CONTAINING 101 SONGS.</p> - -<ul> -<li>Æsthetic Mick.</li> -<li>After the opera’s over.</li> -<li>A hundred fathoms deep.</li> -<li>A wet sheet and a flowing sea.</li> -<li>Ain’t you awful.</li> -<li>All among the hay.</li> -<li>Big aquarium.</li> -<li>Brannigan’s pup.</li> -<li>Babylon is fallen.</li> -<li>Bell goes a ringing for Sarah.</li> -<li>Biddy Doyle.</li> -<li>Brannigan’s band.</li> -<li>Battle of Fontenoy.</li> -<li>Bowery grenadiers.</li> -<li>Beautiful bells.</li> -<li>Best little wife in the world.</li> -<li>Bridget Donohue.</li> -<li>Bugaboo.</li> -<li>Come back to your Irish home.</li> -<li>Cobbler’s daughter.</li> -<li>Colleen Dhas Machree.</li> -<li>Drummer—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Death of Nelson.</li> -<li>Dot funny leetle baby—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Dude, The—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Fast freight—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Fine old English gentleman.</li> -<li>Finest police in the world.</li> -<li>Flirtation O’Toole.</li> -<li>Female barber shop.</li> -<li>General Grant’s trip around the world.</li> -<li>Gilhooley, your coat is half-mast.</li> -<li>Good-bye, John.</li> -<li>Gobble song.</li> -<li>Gold, gold, gold.</li> -<li>Great man that Ireland has seen.</li> -<li>Good-bye, my lover, good-bye.</li> -<li>Hang up the baby’s stocking.</li> -<li>I’ll tell nobody.</li> -<li>I’m proud I’m an Irishman born.</li> -<li>I must be there on New Year’s day—<i>Rec.</i></li> -<li>It’s a cold day when I get left.</li> -<li>I’ll meet her when the sun goes down.</li> -<li>I’ll take you home again, Kathleen.</li> -<li>I’m proud I’m an Irishman’s son.</li> -<li>I was despised because I was poor.</li> -<li>Jumbo.</li> -<li>Johnny Morgan.</li> -<li>Just down the lane.</li> -<li>Jenny who lives in the dell.</li> -<li>Jessie, the flower of Dumblane.</li> -<li>Kerry dance.</li> -<li>Lorena.</li> -<li>Lancashire lass.</li> -<li>Lovely land of dreams.</li> -<li>Life is but a game of cards—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Maud Muller (in Dutch)—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Montgomery guard—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Man who taught her to dance.</li> -<li>Mattie dear.</li> -<li>Mott Street, 499.</li> -<li>My love Nell.</li> -<li>My love she is a fairy queen.</li> -<li>Moonlight walk.</li> -<li>Nobody knows the trouble I see.</li> -<li>Nobody knows what a racket was there.</li> -<li>New York Police Gazette.</li> -<li>Norine Maureen.</li> -<li>No Irish need apply.</li> -<li>Only a pin—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Only to see thee, darling.</li> -<li>Oh! you little darling, I love you.</li> -<li>One more ribber for to cross.</li> -<li>Over the neighbor’s fence.</li> -<li>Old pine tree.</li> -<li>Pool.</li> -<li>Poor Irish minstrel.</li> -<li>Romance of a hammock—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Rock the cradle, John.</li> -<li>Ship that brought me over.</li> -<li>Stuck on our shape.</li> -<li>Some one to love.</li> -<li>Speak, oh speak to me again.</li> -<li>Tail iv me coat.</li> -<li>They’re all getting married but me.</li> -<li>Tom Bowling.</li> -<li>Tommy, make room for your auntie.</li> -<li>This little plain gold ring.</li> -<li>Touch the elbow.</li> -<li>Up in a balloon.</li> -<li>Up in a mulberry tree.</li> -<li>We never speak as we pass by.</li> -<li>Wolf at the door—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Waterfall, The.</li> -<li>We may be happy yet.</li> -<li>Which shall it be?—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>What will you do, love?</li> -<li>When the robins nest again.</li> -<li>You never miss the lager till the keg runs dry.</li> -<li>Yellow meal.</li> -<li>Yellow-haired Nellie—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -</ul> - -<p class="center">Price 10 Cents.</p> - -<p>For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers in the United States -and Canada, or will be sent post-paid to any address on receipt of -price. Address</p> - -<p class="center">H. J. WEHMAN, Publisher,<br /> -P. O. Box 1823. <b>50 Chatham St., New York.</b></p> - -<hr /> - -<h2>Wehman’s Collection of Songs, No. 6.</h2> - -<p class="center">CONTAINING 96 SONGS.</p> - -<ul> -<li>A lean banana.</li> -<li>Ah, there my size, I’ll mash you.</li> -<li>Æsthetic dude, The.</li> -<li>Angels meet me on the cross-road.</li> -<li>A smile was all she gave me.</li> -<li>Art of making love, The.</li> -<li>A boy’s best friend is his mother.</li> -<li>Be quiet, or I’ll scream.</li> -<li>Burial of Sir John Moore.</li> -<li>Bye, bye, Baby; bye, bye.</li> -<li>Baby and I.</li> -<li>Baby’s lullaby.</li> -<li>Billy’s dream.</li> -<li>Bitter beer.</li> -<li>Black Hills, The.</li> -<li>Call me back again.</li> -<li>Convict’s dream—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Call me your darling again.</li> -<li>Curfew must not ring to-night—<i>Rec.</i></li> -<li>Chinese song.</li> -<li>Darling Clo’.</li> -<li>Dandy dude, The.</li> -<li>Down the river.</li> -<li>Fontenoy.</li> -<li>Father will settle the bill.</li> -<li>Fountain in the Park.</li> -<li>Fond memories of home.</li> -<li>Gaily the troubador.</li> -<li>Good-bye, Biddy dear.</li> -<li>Greenpoint Nell.</li> -<li>Gambler’s wife—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Hash.</li> -<li>Hurrah for old Ireland.</li> -<li>Hoolahan musketeers.</li> -<li>Hush-a-bye, baby.</li> -<li>Hoops.</li> -<li>I’ll await my love.</li> -<li>Ivy green.</li> -<li>I’m a man that’s done wrong to my parents.</li> -<li>Juice of the forbidden fruit.</li> -<li>Jeanette and Jeannot.</li> -<li>Just to please the boys.</li> -<li>Jakey Woolfenstein.</li> -<li>Johnny Schmoker.</li> -<li>Kind relations.</li> -<li>Lover’s telegraph.</li> -<li>Last farewell.</li> -<li>Lilly Dale.</li> -<li>Lord delivered Daniel.</li> -<li>Love song.</li> -<li>Mary Ann, go get the growler.</li> -<li>Mill’s shut down to-day.</li> -<li>Mr. John Malone.</li> -<li>Mulcahey’s sooner dog—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Mahoney’s fenian cat—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Maniac—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Man that stole the country.</li> -<li>March of the Cameron men.</li> -<li>Moneyless man.</li> -<li>Marble arch.</li> -<li>Mother keeps the gate locked now.</li> -<li>Nineteen hundred and one.</li> -<li>Not for Joseph.</li> -<li>Newhall House fire.</li> -<li>Only a dear little flower.</li> -<li>Oh, Mr. Flannigan.</li> -<li>Old church bell.</li> -<li>Over the mountain.</li> -<li>Old plaid shawl.</li> -<li>Old village blacksmith’s shop.</li> -<li>Our Jack’s come home to-day.</li> -<li>Oh! boys, carry me ’long.</li> -<li>People will talk.</li> -<li>Plumber—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Poor little soldier’s boy.</li> -<li>Pat of Mullingar.</li> -<li>Perverted proverbs.</li> -<li>Patrolman Mulcahey and Flynn.</li> -<li>Price of a drink—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Raven—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Sailing.</li> -<li>Somebody’s darling—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Springtime and robins have come.</li> -<li>Tommy Dodd.</li> -<li>Taffy was a Welshman.</li> -<li>Ting, ting, that’s how the bell goes.</li> -<li>Timid awkward squad.</li> -<li>To my wife.</li> -<li>What I would do for her—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>We reap what we sow—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>What I live for—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Whiskey, you’re the divil.</li> -<li>Wreck of the “Atlantic.”</li> -<li>When the leaves begin to fall.</li> -<li>Ye merry birds.</li> -<li>Young recruit.</li> -</ul> - -<p class="center">Price 10 Cents.</p> - -<p>For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers in the United States -and Canada, or will be sent post-paid to any address on receipt of -price. 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Box 1823. <b>50 Chatham St., New York.</b></p> - -<hr /> - -<h2>Wehman’s Collection of Songs, No. 7.</h2> - -<p class="center">CONTAINING 94 SONGS.</p> - -<ul> -<li>Animals’ fair.</li> -<li>A dollar and sixty a day.</li> -<li>A Yankee man of war.</li> -<li>An agricultural Irish girl.</li> -<li>A roller-rink romance—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>As I read the paper through.</li> -<li>Burke’s dream.</li> -<li>Banks o’ Doon.</li> -<li>Bed-bug—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Betty and the baby.</li> -<li>Barney, take me home again.</li> -<li>Boy with the auburn hair.</li> -<li>Beans.</li> -<li>Candidate for alderman.</li> -<li>Cats in our back-yard.</li> -<li>Climbing up the golden stairs.</li> -<li>Colored band.</li> -<li>Call her back and kiss her.</li> -<li>Casey’s awful grub.</li> -<li>Coal oil Tommy.</li> -<li>Don’t leave your mother, Tom.</li> -<li>Drummer boy of Waterloo.</li> -<li>Dream faces.</li> -<li>Duffy, the swell.</li> -<li>Don’t you cry so, Norah darling.</li> -<li>Erin-go-bragh.</li> -<li>Fashionable Fred.</li> -<li>Far, far, away.</li> -<li>Fine old Irish gentleman.</li> -<li>Female smuggler.</li> -<li>Free and easy.</li> -<li>Good ship Cumberland.</li> -<li>Good-bye, ’Liza Jane.</li> -<li>Gipsy Davy.</li> -<li>Gal with the Gainsborough hat.</li> -<li>Hush, little baby, don’t you cry.</li> -<li>Here she goes and there she goes.</li> -<li>House carpenter.</li> -<li>Hornet’s nest—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>I’ll ask my mother and I’ll let you know next Sunday afternoon.</li> -<li>Irish Wife—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>I’m in jail, my love.</li> -<li>Jockey hat and feather.</li> -<li>Jolly Jack, the rover.</li> -<li>Keiser, der yer vant to buy a dog?</li> -<li>Kitty of Coleraine.</li> -<li>Knock at the window to-night, love.</li> -<li>Leave not your Kathleen.</li> -<li>Little brown church.</li> -<li>Lord Bateman and the fair Sophia.</li> -<li>Lay my head beneath a rose.</li> -<li>Little fraud.</li> -<li>Lost Charley Ross.</li> -<li>Meet me darling Kate, by the cottage gate.</li> -<li>My trundle bed.</li> -<li>Masonic song.</li> -<li>McSorley’s twins.</li> -<li>My wife is so awfully thin.</li> -<li>Mother, is the battle over?</li> -<li>Not much.</li> -<li>Nelly Bly.</li> -<li>Old bog hole.</li> -<li>Oh! Nicodemus.</li> -<li>Old familiar faces.</li> -<li>Oft in the stilly night.</li> -<li>Old turnkey.</li> -<li>Old gray mare.</li> -<li>Old Simon, the hot-corn man.</li> -<li>Popsy wopsy.</li> -<li>Please don’t sell father any more rum.</li> -<li>Peck’s bad boy—<span class="smcap">Part I</span>.</li> -<li>Peck’s bad boy—<span class="smcap">Part II</span>.</li> -<li>Pills.</li> -<li>Railway guard.</li> -<li>Rover’s grave.</li> -<li>Riding on the elevated railroad.</li> -<li>Shanty boy’s song.</li> -<li>She was as handsome as a rose.</li> -<li>Saint Patrick was a gentleman.</li> -<li>Shamrock shore.</li> -<li>See-saw.</li> -<li>Star of Glengary.</li> -<li>That young man across the way.</li> -<li>That sweet-scented handsome young man.</li> -<li>Up at Dudley Grove.</li> -<li>Up in a back room.</li> -<li>Up-stairs, in my bed-room.</li> -<li>Venita.</li> -<li>Watchman.</li> -<li>Willie’s on the dark blue sea.</li> -<li>Wind blew through his whiskers.</li> -<li>Would I were a boy again.</li> -<li>Windy man from Brooklyn.</li> -<li>Written in letters of gold.</li> -</ul> - -<p class="center">Price 10 Cents.</p> - -<p>For sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers in the United States -and Canada, or will be sent post-paid to any address on receipt of -price. 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Box 1823. <b>50 Chatham St., New York.</b></p> - -<hr /> - -<h2>Wehman’s Collection of Songs, No. 8.</h2> - -<p class="center">Containing 104 Songs.</p> - -<ul> -<li>A Yankee ship and a Yankee crew.</li> -<li>An Irishman’s dying request—<i>Rec.</i></li> -<li>Bonaparte on Saint Helena.</li> -<li>Bring back the old folks, Willie darling.</li> -<li>Bonny Irish boy, The.</li> -<li>Bright Alfarata.</li> -<li>Banbury Cross.</li> -<li>Baby on the brain.</li> -<li>Belleville Convent fire, The.</li> -<li>Banks of Newfoundland, The.</li> -<li>Charley, he’s a masher.</li> -<li>Carrie, dear.</li> -<li>Come back to the old home again.</li> -<li>Comet of the West, The.</li> -<li>Conductor with the patent bell punch.</li> -<li>Clam soup pedler’s daughter, The.</li> -<li>Dan and Teddie’s parting.</li> -<li>Dear little Colleen.</li> -<li>Donevans, The.</li> -<li>Daschen on the Rhine—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Down by the rustic gate.</li> -<li>Ehren on the Rhine.</li> -<li>Eggs for your breakfast in the morning.</li> -<li>Electric light, The.</li> -<li>Eddie McCarty.</li> -<li>Fenians’ escape, The.</li> -<li>Fifth Avenue.</li> -<li>Falling leaves.</li> -<li>Flew-y, Flew-y.</li> -<li>Gallant Sixty-ninth, The.</li> -<li>George Constantine McKeown.</li> -<li>Give me back my heart again.</li> -<li>Green fields of America, The.</li> -<li>Her lovers—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>How we tried to whip the teacher—<i>Rec.</i></li> -<li>Hebrew wedding, The.</li> -<li>I dreamed that old Ireland was free.</li> -<li>In the shadow of the leaves.</li> -<li>I’ll go back to the old bridge again.</li> -<li>If I was the President.</li> -<li>I will stand by my friend.</li> -<li>I’ll name the boy Dennis or no name at all.</li> -<li>Isle of France, The.</li> -<li>In the Louisiana Lowlands.</li> -<li>Jordan is a hard road to travel.</li> -<li>Johnny, fill up the bowl—No. 1.</li> -<li>Johnny, fill up the bowl—No. 2.</li> -<li>Johnny Doyle.</li> -<li>Jeremiah, blow the fire.</li> -<li>Jack is every inch a sailor.</li> -<li>Let me dream again.</li> -<li>Lady, art thou sleeping?</li> -<li>Let us speak of a man as we find him.</li> -<li>Lily of the West, The.</li> -<li>Married life.</li> -<li>Musical wife, The.</li> -<li>My rattling mare and I.</li> -<li>McCarthy’s boarding house.</li> -<li>Mother’s last letter to me.</li> -<li>My bonny laboring boy.</li> -<li>Maryland, my Maryland.</li> -<li>Mary Blane.</li> -<li>’Neath the maple by the mill.</li> -<li>Napolitaine.</li> -<li>Nobody’s mule—<i>Recitation</i>.</li> -<li>Other side of Jordan, The.</li> -<li>Oh! 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