The Halifax Comet. — 1894-06-16 (Halifax, West Yorkshire, England)

THE COMET.  ticularly happy • but to dream of black grapes foretold disease, for according to their tradition, when Noah cursed his son in his wrath, the grapes which he held in his hand immediately turned black in colour. To dream of an unsevered head beneath the shoulders was a sign of dismissal by a superior, and consequent poverty; but to have the hair changed from black to white preceded immediate honours. Increase in the length of the beard indicated the approach of misfortune; and the growth of whiskers to one who usually shaved was a sign of debt. Increase in the length of the tongue stood for success in argument; and decrease, for foolish and ribald utterances. If, however, a man dreamed that his wife's tongue was entirely extirpated, it was held to indicate the best possible fortune. .To dream of a black mare signified a rich wife; a dappled grey, one of extraordinary beauty • a dark bay, a skilful musician* a bright Chestnut, one wealthy and pious; and a horse with four white feet and a star on its . forehead was emblematic of the best and happiest fortune. An old proverb says : "Friday night dreams on Saturday told, Are sure to come true if you're ever so old!" Going to bed without any supper is supposed to ensure good and prophetic dreams, and to dream the same dream three times in one night indicates its importance and truth. To dream of an angel is always good, and if you are in love there is nothing so favourable ; to dream of new clothes shows advancement, but of old ones misfortune. Black 'clothes indicate, a lawsuit or death, but white ones success. Blue apparel foretells merrymaking; yellow trouble; and scarlet crosses and disappointments. To dream of beer is a sign you have enemies ; cheese, profit; eggs, prosperity, but if new laid ones, sorrow ; onions, the discovery of a treasure or lost goods; meat, if raw, quarrelling; and oysters, prosperity. To dream of being in a church is interpreted to foretell a disappointment; and of hearing divine service the death of a relative. To be in a dairy shows the dreamer to be a milksop, but to drink milk promises joy. Napoleon liked to have men about him with long noses, because he said they had cool heads ; and the modern dreamer is assured that if he dream of having one, it foretokens subtlety, prudence, and intelligence.. To receive gifts portends sorrow, but to give them a happy marriage. To dream of giants signifies an increase of business from foreign parts, and of a coal mine is a direct evidence that you will marry a rich widow. Even nightmares have sometimes a good signification for to dream of a gallows denotes riches and honour, and to a lover all he could wish; whilst to dream of being hanged is a proof that the dreamer will rise above his present condition, and that not in the malevolent sense. For a man to dream that he is mad, and even to commit murder in his madness, is sufficient proof that he will be long lived, and become a person of great fame and consequence. So much for dreams and their signification, and inasmuch as we are such stuff as dreams are made of, there may be some truth in the divination of the old dream guessers