The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
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DREAMS OF SWALLOWS

Few dreams are as significant of great changes in your life as those of swallows. When you see these graceful birds glide through the air, seeking a foothold with uncertain feet, prepare yourself to forget much that has filled your thoughts, to leave much behind you that you thought indispensable to your happi- ness, and to drop from your shoulders cares which you believed were insep- arable from your days routine. For swallows, my dears, mean strange lands strange people and strange Surrt undlngS.
 The swallow that wings past you in your dreams show you the direc- tion in which you will go, north, south. east or west. Depend upon it, you will follow it's flight. If more than one swallow fits past ytu, you accompany you or else you may go with friends, leaving your family be- hind.
 If the swallow seems to rise, the change will be for the better. If it flies low, it is likely to lead you to less happy days than you have lived so far. If you seem to follow the flight of the bird for a great distance with your eyes, you will go great distance. but if it seems to you that the flight is short or if you pay only little attention to it's extent, the change will lead you no further than a neighboring town.
 An indication of the joy or sorrow you will find in your new surround ings Is given by the voices of the birds. If they twitter. there will be happiness and your heart will be light. If they fly silently, you will have heavy tasks and many hours of quiet longing.
 You will no doubt remember that I have before this spoken of various dreams which indicate that you will change your abode; but not one of them is as certain in it's prophecy than a vision of swallows.
 If you see swallows flying toward you-and not over and away from you in other words if they come to rest on. a nearby roof or turn back in their flight, or merely hover around, no distinct direction indicating their progress, then you will receive guests. I do not mean guests who come merely for an evening. l mean those who come to stay for weeks or, perhaps, years.
 Take the case of the mother of a grown daughter. If she sees single swallow alighting On her roof, the dream tells her that the daughter will soon be married but, for some reason or other, will not make home for her own. She and the young husband will stay with the mother,
 Similarly, such dream, if had by an unmarried woman, means that her husband will not build nest for her; he will live where she lived. If the bird flutters uneasily, this means that the young mans means will not suffice for home building but that he will do his best to gain better cir cumstances But if the swallow set ties down. as if to stay, satlsf1ed ana cuddling to rest, the young husband will be shiftless and unwilling to un- dertake to their full extent the re- responsibilities which the married state burdens upon his shoulders.
 A dead swallow means death In the house near where it Is found CT near where its body falls. You may not be able to identify the place at first glance. Think over it carefully It will finally suggest a similarity which will lead you upon the right track