To find them, denotes that prospects will advance to your improvement.

To count pennies, foretells that you will be business-like and economical.

Pension.

To dream of drawing a pension, foretells that you will be aided in your labors by friends.

To fail in your application for a pension, denotes that you will lose in an undertaking and suffer the loss of friendships.

People.[152]

[152] See Crowd.

Pepper.

To dream of pepper burning your tongue, foretells that you will suffer from your acquaintances through your love of gossip.

To see red pepper growing, foretells for you a thrifty and an independent partner in the marriage state.

To see piles of red pepper pods, signifies that you will aggressively maintain your rights.

To grind black pepper, denotes that you will be victimized by the wiles of ingenious men or women. To see it in stands on the table, omens sharp reproaches or quarrels.

For a young woman to put it on her food, foretells that she will be deceived by her friends.

Peppermint.

To dream of peppermint, denotes pleasant entertainments and interesting affairs.

To see it growing, denotes that you will partic.i.p.ate in some pleasure in which there will be a dash of romance.

To enjoy drinks in which there is an effusion of peppermint, denotes that you will enjoy a.s.signations with some attractive and fascinating person. To a young woman, this dream warns her against seductive pleasures.

Perfume.

To dream of inhaling perfume, is an augury of happy incidents.

For you to perfume your garments and person, denotes that you will seek and obtain adulation.

Being oppressed by it to intoxication, denotes that excesses in joy will impair your mental qualities.

To spill perfume, denotes that you will lose something which affords you pleasure.

To break a bottle of perfume, foretells that your most cherished wishes and desires will end disastrously, even while they promise a happy culmination.

To dream that you are distilling perfume, denotes that your employments and a.s.sociations will be of the pleasantest character.

For a young woman to dream of perfuming her bath, foretells ecstatic happenings. If she receives it as a gift from a man, she will experience fascinating, but dangerous pleasures.

Perspiration.

To dream that you are in a perspiration, foretells that you will come out of some difficulty, which has caused much gossip, with new honors.

Pest.

To dream of being worried over a pest of any nature, foretells that disturbing elements will prevail in your immediate future.

To see others thus worried, denotes that you will be annoyed by some displeasing development.

Petticoat.

To dream of seeing new petticoats, denotes that pride in your belongings will make you an object of raillery among your acquaintances.

To see them soiled or torn, portends that your reputation will be in great danger.

If a young woman dream that she wears silken, or clean, petticoats, it denotes that she will have a doting, but manly husband. If she suddenly perceives that she has left off her petticoat in dressing, it portends much ill luck and disappointment. To see her petticoat falling from its place while she is at some gathering, or while walking, she will have trouble in retaining her lover, and other disappointments may follow.

Pewter.[153]

To dream of pewter, foretells straitened circ.u.mstances.

[153] See Dishes.

Phantom.[154]

To dream that a phantom pursues you, foretells strange and disquieting experiences.

To see a phantom fleeing from you, foretells that trouble will a.s.sume smaller proportions.

[154] See Ghost.

Pheasant.

Dreaming of pheasants, omens good fellowship among your friends.

To eat one, signifies that the jealousy of your wife will cause you to forego friendly intercourse with your friends.

To shoot them, denotes that you will fail to sacrifice one selfish pleasure for the comfort of friends.

Phosphorus.

To dream of seeing phosphorus, is indicative of evanescent joys.

For a young woman, it foretells a brilliant but brief success with admirers.

Photography.

If you see photographs in your dreams, it is a sign of approaching deception.