Current Superstitions Part 21

HUMAN BEINGS.

524. To dream of a baby is a sign of death.

525. To dream of babies is unlucky or is a sign of trouble.

_General in the United States._

526. To dream of carrying a child is unlucky.

527. It is bad luck or death to dream of naked clinging (climbing?) children.

_Labrador and Newfoundland._

528. It is ill luck to dream of a priest.

_Central Maine._

529. If you dream of a negro, you will surely quarrel.

530. If you dream of being kissed by or being very intimate with a woman friend, it means a disagreement.

531. If you dream of a person of the opposite s.e.x three nights in succession, you are sure to marry him.

_Alabama._

532. If you dream of a gentleman, you will never marry him.

_Bedford, Ma.s.s._

533. If you dream of a person as going two ways at once, it is a sign the person dreamed of will die before the year is out.

_Boston, Ma.s.s._

534. To dream of a naked man is a sign of the death of a woman, and _vice versa_.

_Baltimore, Md. (negro)._

535. To dream of a drunken husband or man is unlucky.

_Labrador._

536. To dream of men is lucky.

_Newfoundland._

537. To dream of women is unlucky.

_Bay Roberts, N.F._

METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA.

538. To dream of walking through snow means sickness.

_St. John, N.B._

539. To dream of a snowstorm is a sign of the speedy death of a relative.

_South Framingham, Ma.s.s._

540. To dream of snow in spring (May) is a sign of a good catch of fish.

_Trinity Bay, N.F._

541. If a fisherman dreams of its raining, it is a sign of a good catch of fish.

_Green Harbor, N.F._

542. Anything dreamed "on the east wind," _i.e._, when the east wind is blowing, will come true.

_Chestertown, Md. (negro)._

MONEY AND METALS.

543. To dream of silver money is a sign of sickness.

544. To dream of small change (money) is bad luck.

_Newfoundland._

545. To dream of gold or silver is good luck; of paper is bad.

_Boston, Ma.s.s._

546. If you dream of gold, it is a sign of an increase of property.

_Alabama._

TEETH.

547. To dream of teeth is unlucky.

_Eastern Ma.s.sachusetts._

548. It is death or bad luck to dream of teeth falling out.

_Newfoundland and Northern Ohio._

549. To dream of losing a tooth means a death.

_Nova Scotia and Cape Breton._

550. To dream of pulling out your teeth means sickness.

_Eastern Ma.s.sachusetts._

551. To dream of losing a tooth means losing a friend.

_Virginia._

552. If you dream of having a front tooth drop out, you will lose a near relative within a year. If a back tooth, a distant relative.

WATER.

553. To dream of smooth water means good luck; of rough water means ill luck.

_St. John, N.B._