Current Superstitions Part 20

COLORS.

494. To dream of white things is lucky (or sign of death?).

_Newfoundland._

495. Dreaming of white things is a sign of snow in summer.

_Labrador and Newfoundland._

496. Dreaming of working on white cloth is a sign of death.

_Newfoundland._

497. To dream of white or red is unlucky. To dream of black is lucky.

DEAD PERSONS.

498. To dream of a dead father is lucky.

_Labrador._

499. To dream of a dead mother is unlucky; it brings sorrow.

_Labrador._

500. To dream of the dead is a sign of hearing from the living.

_Topsail and New Harbor, N.F._

501. To dream of the dead is a sign of rain.

_New Harbor, N.F._

502. To dream of seeing a deceased friend means rain within a few days.

_Talladega, Ala._

503. To dream of a dead person means a letter next day.

_Northern Maine._

504. If you dream of the dead, you'll hear from the living.

_Prince Edward Island; General in the United States._

EARTH.

505. To dream of walking in a garden is a sign of a graveyard.

506. To dream of ploughed ground indicates that a grave will be dug for some member of the family before the year ends.

_Western New York._

507. To dream of seeing fresh earth bodes misfortune.

_Northern Ohio._

508. To dream of digging ground, or white potatoes, is a sign of death.

_Harbor Grace, N.F._

509. To dream of seeing the ground unseasonably ploughed means death.

_Nova Scotia._

EGGS.

510. To dream of eggs means you will get a beating,[TN-4]

_Prince Edward Island._

511. Dreaming of eggs is a sign of anger; if broken, all over.

_New Harbor, N.F._

512. To dream of whole eggs is a sign of a "fuss;" of broken eggs is not.

_Chestertown, Md._

513. To dream of a nest full of eggs and a bird sitting on them means you will receive something new.

_Cape Breton._

FIRE AND SMOKE.

514. It is bad luck to dream of fire.

_St. John, N.B._

515. To dream of fire portends sickness.

_Eastern Ma.s.sachusetts._

516. If you dream of fire, it is a sign of trouble in the family.

_Alabama._

517. If you dream of fire, you'll have a row.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

518. To dream of fire is a sign of anger.

_Newfoundland and Labrador._

519. To dream of fire means hasty news. To dream of smoke means trouble.

_Miramichi, N.B._

520. Dream of flame out of season, You will be angry without a reason.

521. If you dream about a large blaze of fire, you will get some money unexpectedly.

_Alabama._

522. Dreaming of smoke indicates trouble.

_Alabama._

523. To dream of smoke means death.

_Wisconsin._