4.29.2007
TRAMBLINGS...
So, once in awhile you run across something so rich that you just can't help sharing it with friends and strangers. I made a trip to the library this afternoon to pick up a couple novels and a couple dozen nonfiction titles specific to an on-going project. In that nonfiction pile, I came across 10,000 DREAMS INTERPRETED OR WHAT'S IN A DREAM by Gustavus Hindman Miller.
Here is Miller on the Negroes...
"To dream of seeing a negro standing on your green lawn, is a sign that while your immediate future seems filled with prosperity and sweetest joys, there will creep into it unavoidable discord, which will veil all brightness in gloom for a season.
To dream of seeing a burly negro, denotes formidable rivals in affection and business.
To dream of a difficulty with a negro, signifies your inabilty to overcome disagreeable surroundings. It also denotes disappointment and ill fortune.
For a young woman to dream of a negro, she will be constrained to work for her own support, or be disappointed in her lover.
For a young woman to dream of being held by a negro, portends for her many disagreeable duties. She is likely to meet with and give displeasure. She will quarrel with her dearest friends.
Sickness sometimes follows dreams of old negroes.
To see one nude (a negro), abject despair, and failure to cope with treachery may follow. Enemies will work you and signal harm, and bad news from the absent may be expected.
To meet with a trusty negro in a place where he ought not to be, foretells you will be deceived by some person in whom you placed great confidence. You are likely to be much exasperated over the conduct of a servant or some person under your orders. Delays and vexations may follow.
To think that you are preaching to negroes is a warning to protect your interest, as false friends are dealing surreptitiously with you. To hear a negro preaching denotes you will be greatly worried over material matters and servants are giving cause for uneasiness."
Damn. I am rarely speechless but damn. Of course, I read it over the phone to my friend C. Murray who promptly hung up on me. Not quite a dead bunny conversation but pretty darn close. The book - just to be clear - was published somewhere between 1901-1910.
Here's a quote that sorta sums up the madness. “I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure that you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”...Or something like that. My M.O. has always been to find humor in the absurd which means that I chose to find those quotes - hilarious.
Here's Miller on women...
"To see a dark-haired woman with blue eyes and a pug nose, definitely determines your withdrawal from a race in which you stood a showing for victory. If she has brown eyes and a Roman nose, you will be cajoled into a dangerous speculation. If she has auburn hair with this combination, it adds to your perplexity and anxiety. If she is a blonde, you will find that all your engagements will be pleasant and favorable to your inclinations." -- I especially love that last sentence. No bias there.
Lastly, the Atlanta Journal Constitution decided to eliminate the book review section. Horrible mistake! Unfortunately, way too many newspapers around the country are following this trend. It has to stop. Please, please, please SIGN THE PETITION to save the book review section. Much appreciated in advance.
Until next time...(watch out for negroes and women when you fall asleep)...
So, once in awhile you run across something so rich that you just can't help sharing it with friends and strangers. I made a trip to the library this afternoon to pick up a couple novels and a couple dozen nonfiction titles specific to an on-going project. In that nonfiction pile, I came across 10,000 DREAMS INTERPRETED OR WHAT'S IN A DREAM by Gustavus Hindman Miller.
Here is Miller on the Negroes...
"To dream of seeing a negro standing on your green lawn, is a sign that while your immediate future seems filled with prosperity and sweetest joys, there will creep into it unavoidable discord, which will veil all brightness in gloom for a season.
To dream of seeing a burly negro, denotes formidable rivals in affection and business.
To dream of a difficulty with a negro, signifies your inabilty to overcome disagreeable surroundings. It also denotes disappointment and ill fortune.
For a young woman to dream of a negro, she will be constrained to work for her own support, or be disappointed in her lover.
For a young woman to dream of being held by a negro, portends for her many disagreeable duties. She is likely to meet with and give displeasure. She will quarrel with her dearest friends.
Sickness sometimes follows dreams of old negroes.
To see one nude (a negro), abject despair, and failure to cope with treachery may follow. Enemies will work you and signal harm, and bad news from the absent may be expected.
To meet with a trusty negro in a place where he ought not to be, foretells you will be deceived by some person in whom you placed great confidence. You are likely to be much exasperated over the conduct of a servant or some person under your orders. Delays and vexations may follow.
To think that you are preaching to negroes is a warning to protect your interest, as false friends are dealing surreptitiously with you. To hear a negro preaching denotes you will be greatly worried over material matters and servants are giving cause for uneasiness."
Damn. I am rarely speechless but damn. Of course, I read it over the phone to my friend C. Murray who promptly hung up on me. Not quite a dead bunny conversation but pretty darn close. The book - just to be clear - was published somewhere between 1901-1910.
Here's a quote that sorta sums up the madness. “I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure that you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”...Or something like that. My M.O. has always been to find humor in the absurd which means that I chose to find those quotes - hilarious.
Here's Miller on women...
"To see a dark-haired woman with blue eyes and a pug nose, definitely determines your withdrawal from a race in which you stood a showing for victory. If she has brown eyes and a Roman nose, you will be cajoled into a dangerous speculation. If she has auburn hair with this combination, it adds to your perplexity and anxiety. If she is a blonde, you will find that all your engagements will be pleasant and favorable to your inclinations." -- I especially love that last sentence. No bias there.
Lastly, the Atlanta Journal Constitution decided to eliminate the book review section. Horrible mistake! Unfortunately, way too many newspapers around the country are following this trend. It has to stop. Please, please, please SIGN THE PETITION to save the book review section. Much appreciated in advance.
Until next time...(watch out for negroes and women when you fall asleep)...
Labels: Books, Dreams, Petition
