APRICOTS. Content, health, and pleasure, if in season; if otherwise, vain hopes, bad fortune. 22, 5, 64.
ARMS. To dream your arms are withered or lean, denotes affliction, sickness and poverty; and if a woman, she is in danger of being a widow. If any person dream his arms are hairy it denotes increase of riches. 7.
ASHES. Great misfortune is at hand; to a lover or sweetheart, such a dream forebodes that he or she will be jealous because of seeing some one in company with their intended. 70.
ASP. To dream of the asp or adder, is a sign of designing enemies; but it is good, if they do not bite you. 17, 4.
ASS. To dream you hear an ass bray, shows you will meet with some loss; to see an ass run, signifies misfortune. 62, 18, 20.
ATTORNEYS. (_See Lawyer._) To dream you are speaking with them, shows hindrance of business, and that it requires much circumspection to insure success in your affairs. It also denotes loss of property. 16.
AWAKING. To dream you awake yourself is a happy end to all sorrow. To awake another is a sign you will inspire with love the one you wish. 61, 4.
BACK. To dream that your back is broken, hurt, or scabby, shows that your enemies will get the better of you. To dream of the backbone, signifies health and much joy. To see your back denotes misfortune. 2, 19, 42.
BACON. To dream of bacon or pork, denotes the death of some friend or relation, and that enemies will endeavor to do you a mischief; in love, it denotes a disappointment of some kind. 74.
BAGPIPES. To dream of bagpipes, signifies trouble, contention, and loss of a lawsuit. 20, 1.
BAKING. (_See Oven._) For a woman to dream she is baking bread, foretells thrift. If she is a farmer’s wife, it is a sign of good crops. If she burns her bread it is a sign that she will have a miscarriage. 18, 54.
BALL. (_See Dancing._) If you dream you are at a ball, and are dancing with a lady, it is a sign you will marry her; if you dream that she is gone, and you are looking round to find her and cannot, it foretells that she will not live long after marriage. Dreaming of playing ball, or seeing it played, foretells the speedy receipt of money; to see the ball roll about, signifies delay in its reception. 54, 11, 55.