What's in a Dream? by Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901

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And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

—Gen. xxviii., 12.

Quack Doctor

To see a quack doctor in your dreams denotes you will be alarmed over some illness and its improper treatment.

Quack Medicine

To dream you take quack medicine shows that you are growing morbid under some trouble and should overcome it by industrious application to duty. To read the advertisement of it foretells unhappy companions will wrong and distress you.

Quadrille

To dream of dancing a quadrille foretells that some pleasant engagement will occupy your time.

See Dancing.

Quagmire

To dream of being in a quagmire implies your inability to meet obligations. To see others thus situated denotes that the failures of others will be felt by you. Illness is sometimes indicated by this dream.

Quail

To see quails in your dream is a very favorable omen, if they are alive; if dead, you will undergo serious ill luck.

To shoot quail foretells that ill feelings will be shown by you to your best friends.

To eat them signifies extravagance in your personal living.

Quaker

To dream of a Quaker denotes that you will have faithful friends and fair business. If you are one, you will deport yourself honorably toward an enemy.

For a young woman to attend a Quaker meeting portends that she will by her modest manners win a faithful husband who will provide well for her household.

Quarantine

To dream of being in quarantine denotes that you will be placed in a disagreeable position by the malicious intriguing of enemies.

Quarrel

Quarrels in dreams portend unhappiness and fierce altercations. To a young woman, it is the signal of fatal unpleasantries, and to a married woman, it brings separation or continuous disagreements.

To hear others quarreling denotes unsatisfactory business and disappointing trade.

Quarry

To dream of being in a quarry and seeing the workmen busy denotes that you will advance by hard labor.

An idle quarry signifies failure, disappointment, and often death.

Quartette

To dream of a quartette--and you are playing or singing-- denotes favorable affairs, jolly companions, and good times.

To see or hear a quartette foretells that you will aspire to something beyond you.

Quay

To dream of a quay denotes that you will contemplate making a long tour in the near future.

To see vessels while standing on the quay denotes the fruition of wishes and designs.

Queen

To dream of a queen foretells successful ventures. If she looks old or haggard, there will be disappointments connected with your pleasures.

See Empress.

Question

To question the merits of a thing in your dreams denotes that you will suspect someone whom you love of unfaithfulness, and you will fear for your speculations.

To ask a question foretells that you will earnestly strive for truth and be successful.

If you are questioned, you will be unfairly dealt with.

Quicksand

To find yourself in quicksand while dreaming, you will meet with loss and deceit.

If you are unable to overcome it, you will be involved in overwhelming misfortunes.

For a young woman to be rescued by her lover from quicksand, she will possess a worthy and faithful husband, who will still remain her lover.

Quills

To dream of quills denotes to the literary inclined a season of success.

To dream of them as ornaments signifies a rushing trade and some remuneration.

For a young woman to be putting a quill on her hat denotes that she will attempt many conquests, and her success will depend upon her charms.

Quilts

To dream of quilts foretells pleasant and comfortable circumstances. For a young woman, this dream foretells that her practical and wise business-like ways will advance her into the favorable esteem of a man who will seek her for a wife.

If the quilts are clean but have holes in them, she will win a husband who appreciates her worth, but he will not be the one most desired by her for a companion. If the quilts are soiled, she will bear evidence of carelessness in her dress and manners and thus fail to secure a very upright husband.

Quinine

To dream of quinine denotes you will soon be possessed of great happiness, though your prospects for much wealth may be meager. To take some foretells improvement in health and energy. You will also make new friends, who will lend you commercial aid.

Quinsy

To dream of being afflicted with this disease denotes discouraging employments.

To see others with it, sickness will cause you much anxiety.

Quoits

To play at quoits in dreams foretells low engagements and loss of good employment. To lose portends of distressing conditions.

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