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also foretels sudden news of a very agreeable nature ;
it announces that your sweetheart is of a
very good temper, and constant, and that you will
be very happy in marriage ; have great success in
business through the means of trading with foreign parts.
Ravens. —--- To dream you see a raven, is a very
unfavourable token, it denotes mischief and adversity ;
in love, it shews falsehood, and 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.
Riding. —--- To dream you are riding, if it be with
women, is very unfortunate ; expect to be crossed
in love ; if you are in trade, business will decay,
and you will be very near bankruptcy ; if you are
a sailor, it denotes perfidy in your sweetheart,
and loose conduct with one of your shipmates ;
but if it be with men, then expect the reverse of
these things will happen, and that you will obtain
a sum of money by some speculation of which
you have but an indifferent opinion.
Rods. —--- To dream you are whipt with rods, denotes
that you will meet with a perfidious friend,
who will go very near to ruin you : it also betokens
your being shortly at a merry making, where
you must be careful of quarrelling, if you do it
will turn out to your disadvantage —-- in love it
denotes your sweetheart to be of a fickle disposition,
and little calculated to make you happy.
River. —--- To dream you see a flowing river and
that the waters are smooth and dear, presages
happiness and success in life ; to the lover it
shews constancy and affection in the object of
your love, and that if you marry, you will pass a
