Daniel had an historic dream about four beasts which indicated four kingdoms (_Dan._ vii.). Whether his “visions” were also dreams is uncertain (see chs. viii. x.). It would require many pages to do justice to this subject. Bland, in his _Popular Antiquities_, iii. 134, gives “A Dictionary of Dreams” in alphabetic order, extracted from _The Royal Dream-Book_. DRINKING-HORNS. King Arthur had a horn from which no one could drink who was either unchaste or unfaithful. The cuckold’s horn, brought to King Arthur’s court by a mysterious boy, gave warning of infidelity, inasmuch as no one unfaithful in love or unleal to his liege lord could drink therefrom without spilling the liquor. The _coupe enchantée_ possessed a similar property. EAGLE. Tarquinius Priscus was assured that he would be king of Rome by an eagle, which stooped upon him, took off his cap, rose in the air, and let the cap fall again upon his head. Aristander assured Alexander of his victory over Darius at the battle of Arbĕla, by the flight of an eagle.--Lloyd, _Stratagems of Jerusalem_, 290. EAR (_The_). If the left ear tingles or burns, it indicates that some one is talking evil of you; if the right ear, some one is praising you. The foreboded evil may be averted by biting the little finger of the left hand. Laudor et adverso, sonat auris, lædor ab ore; Dextra bono tinnit murmure, læva malo. R. Keuchen, _Crepundia_, 113 (1662). EPITAPHS (_Reading_). If you would preserve your memory, be warned against reading epitaphs. In this instance the American superstition is the warning-giver, and not the act referred to. FIR TREES. “If a firr tree be touched, withered, or burned with lighting, it is a warning to the house that the master or mistress thereof shall shortly dye.”--Thomas Lupton, _Syxt Book of Notable Thinges_, iii. (1660). FIRE. The noise occasioned when the enclosed gas in a piece of burning coal matches fire, is a sure indication of a quarrel between the inmates of the house. FLORIMEL’S GIRDLE would loosen or tear asunder if any woman unfaithful or unchaste attempted to put it on.--Spenser, _Faëry Queen_. GATES OF GUNDOF´ORUS (_The_). No one carrying poison could pass these gates. They were made of the horn of the horned snake, by the apostle Thomas, who built a palace of sethym wood for this Indian king, and set up the gates. GROTTO OF EPHESUS (_The_) contained a reed, which gave forth musical sounds when the chaste and faithful entered it, but denounced others by giving forth harsh and discordant noises.--Lord Lytton, _Tales of Miletus_, iii. HARE CROSSING THE ROAD (_A_). It was thought by the ancient Romans that if a hare ran across the road on which a person was travelling, it was a certain omen of ill luck.