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16 industrious husband or wife, with dutiful children———it also foretels that you will suddenly receive a sum of money that will be of great use to you.

Nightingale.———To dream of this pretty warbler is the forerunner of joyful news, great success in business, of plentiful crops, and of a sweet tempered lover. For a married woman to dream of a nightingale, shews that she will have children who will be great singers.

Old Woman.———For a man to dream he is courting an old woman, and that she returns his love, is a very fortunate omen, it prefigures success in worldly concerns———that he will marry a beautiful young women, have lovely children, and be very happy.

Onions———To dream of this useful vegetable, denotes a mixture of good and bad luck———if you are eating then, you will receive some money, recover some lost or stolen things, or discover some hidden treasure; your sweetheart will be faithful, but of a cross temper———it also denotes attack from thieves, and a failer of crops———it shews that you will be engaged in some disagreeable quarrels, perhaps with your own family--if you are throwing onions away, it is the forerunner of mischief and quarrels———if you are in love, you will fall out with your sweetheart———if you are in trade, you will quarrel with you customers and servants———if you are gathering onions, it betokens the recovery of some sick person of your family———the receipt of some unexpected news of a joyful kind, and a speedy removal from your present situation.

Oven———To dream you see an oven, foretels that you are about to be separated from your family by changing your present residence———it