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001 4784548E4EAA11EDAB62559A42ECA4DB
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035    $a (OCoLC)1346172253
040    $a NUI $b eng $e rda $c NUI $d SILO
050  4 $a BF1091 $b .A8 2004
245 00 $a Aunt Sally's policy players' dream book and wheel of fortune.
246 3  $a Policy Players' dream book and wheel of fortune.
246 3  $a Dream book and wheel of fortune
246 18 $a Aunt Sally's dream book
264  1 $a [Los Angeles, CA] : $b [Indio Products], $c [2004]
300    $a 122 pages ; $c 20 cm
500    $a Appears to be a reprint of the 1899 version published by I. & M. Oppenheimer. $5 IaU
500    $a "As 'all the world and the rest of mankind' dream dreams, it has been our purpose on these pages to give a full and clearly defined interpretation thereof, with the numerical combinations applicable thereto. To all who may desire to tempt fortune through their own or others' dreams, it will prove a valuable book of references, and lead to the solving of much that would without it be mystified and incomprehensible"--Preface
500    $a "New key to find your own numbers based on systems of the ancients ... study of harmony in numbers"--Cover
500    $a "Consists of nine separate alphabetical lists of objects and situations found in dreams with interpretations and lucky numbers for playing policy, an illegal (and now obsolete) lottery once popular in the Black community. Also included is a reprint of a 19th century French divination system called the 'Oraculum or Book of Fate, ' [p. 53] based on an old Arabic system of sand-divination commonly called geomancy. 'Aunt Sally's' was first published by Wehman Bros. in 1889." From Lucky Mojo Curio Co. website, viewed on November 16, 2011
500    $a "4.11.44." (pictured on a card held by the woman on p. [1] of the cover) refers to numbers frequently chosen by poor African Americans while gambling. The 4, 11, 44 bet became known as the "washerwoman's gig" after it was featured on the cover of Aunt Sally's Policy Players' Dream Book. Cf. Wikipedia, Four Eleven Forty Four, viewed on November 16, 2011.
541 1  $c Gift; $a Rich Dana; $d 2022. $5 IaU
563    $a Illustrated paper wrappers. $5 IaU
650  0 $a Dreams.
650  0 $a Dream interpretation.
650  0 $a Fortune-telling.
650  0 $a Numerology.
650  0 $a African Americans $x Gambling.
650  0 $a Symbolism of numbers.
650  0 $a Hoodoo (Cult)
650  2 $a Dreams $0 (DNLM)D004325
650  6 $a Rêves. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0005009
650  6 $a Rêves $x Interprétation. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0238426
650  6 $a Symbolisme des nombres. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0050604
650  7 $a dreams. $2 aat $0 (CStmoGRI)aat300251611
650  7 $a number symbolism. $2 aat $0 (CStmoGRI)aat300055870
650  7 $a Dream interpretation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00897886
650  7 $a Dreams. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01198490
650  7 $a Symbolism of numbers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01140798
700 1  $a Dana, Rich, $e donor. $5 IaU
710 2  $a Indio Products (Distributor), $e distributor.
941    $a 1
952    $l OVUX522 $d 20231117023418.0
956    $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4784548E4EAA11EDAB62559A42ECA4DB

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