The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing / A Manual of Ready Reference
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(tangled) perplexities; (falling
out) anxieties.
Ham--Happiness.
Harp--A handsome partner.
Harvest--Wealth in the country.
Hay--Abundance.
Heart--(Pain or troubles) sickness, danger.
Heaven--Some joyful event will happen.
Hell--You lead a bad life and should reform before it is too late.
Hen--Profit; (hear one) consolation; (one laying) joy.
Herbs--Prosperity; (to eat) grief.
Hermit--Treacherous friend.
Hill--(Up one) success; (down) misadventure.
Hole--Obstacles. See Falling.
Holly--Annoyance.
Honey--Success in business.
Horse--(See white one) unexpected good fortune; (see black one) partial
success; (mount or ride) success in enterprise; (curry one) a speedy
journey.
Hotel--(See one) wandering; (be in) discomfort.
House--(New or strange) consolation; (many) bewilderment.
Hunger--Profitable employment.
Hunt--Snares, accusations.
Husband--If a wife dreams that her husband is married to another it
betokens separation.
I
Ice--Treachery, misadventure.
Imps--Occasion for caution.
Infants--Connubial felicity.
Ink--Reconciliation; (upset) separation.
Insanity--Bright ideas, wise thought.
Iron--Cruel experience.
Island--Solitude, loneliness.
Itch--Small foes.
Ivory--Profitable enterprise.
Intoxication--(One's self) pleasures; (another) scandal.
Ivy--Children many and handsome.
J
Jail--(To enter) safety; (leaving one) single blessedness.
Jaw--Riches in the family.
Jew--Trickery.
Joy--Bad news.
Judge--Punishment.
Jug--Loss through awkwardness or neglect.
K
Keys--Explanations, progress in knowledge; (to lose) perplexity.
Killing--(To see) security; (one's self) love quarrels; (another)
jealousy.
Kids--Consolation.
King--Satisfaction, progress in affairs.
Kiss--(In the light) true love; (in the dark) risks; (a stranger) a new
lover; (a rival) treason; (married woman kissed by a stranger) a new
baby and a jealous husband.
Kitchen--Arrivals.
Kite--Vain glory.
Knife--Inconstancy, dissension.
Knitting--Mischievous talk, malice.
Knots--Embarrassments, difficulties.
L
Labor--Conjugal happiness, increase of fortune.
Ladder--(To go up) brief glory; (to go down) debasement.
Lady--Humiliation; (many) gossip.
Lambs--(To see) peace; (to have) profit; (to carry) success; (to buy)
great surprise; (to kill) secret grief.
Lame Person--Business misfortune.
Lamps--(Unlit) neglect; (lighted) love troubles.
Landscape--Unexpected gain.
Lantern--(Lighted) safe adventure; (unlit) blunder.
Larks--Riches, elevation.
Laughter--Troubled happiness, botheration.
Leg--(If sound and supple) successful enterprise, prosperous journey.
Letter--(To see) discovery; (to receive) good news from afar.
Lice--Wealth.
Lightning--A love quarrel.
Lily--(Faded) vain hopes; (fine) innocence, happiness.
Linen--Fortune, abundance.
Lion--Future dignity.
Liver--Losses, discomforts.
Lizard--Snares of dubious origin.
Laurel--Honor, gain.
Lawyer--Marriage of a friend.
Lead--Accusations, ingratitude.
Leaves--Transient indisposition.
Leech--Aid in trouble; (many of them) extortion, usury.
Leeks--Labor.
Lettuce--Poverty.
Locksmith--Robbery.
Lottery Tickets--(Number distinct) success in affairs; (number
indistinct) foolish expenditure.
Love--An all round good indication.
Lovers--Troubles and joys mixed.
M
Macaroni--Distress.
Man--(Handsome) love; (ugly) wrangles.
Mantle--Victimizing.
Manure--Depravity, shame.
Maps--A journey.
Marble--Estrangements.
Markets--(A busy one) joyous events; (empty) deprivations.
Marsh--Unfruitful endeavors.
Masks--Hypocrisy.
Measles--Wealth coupled with disgrace.
Meat--(Roast) kind reception, (boiled) melancholy.
Melon--Hope, Success.
Mice--Annoyances.
Milestone--Desires accomplished.
Milk--Love affairs.
Mills--Legacy from a relative
Mire--Mistakes, privations.
Mirror--(To look in) misunderstanding; (broken) misadventure.
Money--Losses in business; (to find) tardy