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HAWK.--A happy omen--success in life.

HAY.--Good luck: (dreamer cutting hay) troubles and sorrow.

HAZEL NUT.--(Eating) Troubles and discord.

HEAD.--Good omen--health and money.

HORSESHOE.--(Seeing one) A journey: (finding one) great good lock.

HOSPITAL.--Misery, poverty, wounds.

HOUSE.--Good luck: (dreamer building house) unlucky dream, signifying loss and sickness.

HUNCHBACK.--A troubled life, with many ups and downs.

HUNGER.--To dream of being hungry is a fortunate omen, foretelling that the dreamer, by industry and enterprise, will grow rich.

HUNTING.--(Dreamer returning from a hunt) A fortunate dream: (dreamer going hunting) frustrated hopes and disappointment.

HUSBAND.--For a woman to dream of her husband is not a very favorable dream, usually foretelling discord and deceit: for an unmarried girl to dream that she has a husband is a very bad omen.

HYMNS.--Singing hymns in a dream foretells sickness to the dreamer: (hearing hymns sung) consolation in troubles.

IRON.--A profitable bargain: (red-hot) sorrows: (burnt with same) dreamer will receive some personal injury.

ISLAND.--For a woman to dream of an island forebodes desertion by husband or lover.

ITCH.--A sign of good luck.

IVORY.--To dream of anything made of ivory is a sign that the dreamer will suffer from fraud and deception.

IVY.--True friends will present themselves.

JEWELS.--To dream of jewelry of any kind is always a bad sign; love troubles or business dangers.

JOCKEY.--(On horseback) A successful speculation or bet.

JOLLITY.--To dream of jollity and fun by night is good for those about to marry: to the poor a sign of good: to the rich a sign of trouble and loss. See "Merry."

JOURNEY.--(Making one) Peace and contentment at home.

JUDGE.--A bad dream: beware of slander and malice.

JUG.--(Drinking from one) Robust health and wholesome pleasures.

JUMP.--To dream of jumping is unpropitious, foretelling obstacles that prevent fulfillment of a desire.

KANGAROO.--A secret and powerful enemy or rival.

KENNEL.--An invitation to visit a male friend.

KETTLE.--(Black) An ill omen, death: (copper) lucky dream.

KEY.--Receipt of money: (for young people) a good and handsome partner in life: (holding a key) settlement of business perplexities: (lost key) anger, worry, want.

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