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Title: Shans at home. With two chapters on Shan history and literature
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Milne, Leslie, Mrs., 1860-1952 Cochrane, Wilbur Willis
Subjects: Shan (Asian people)
Publisher: London : John Murray
Contributing Library: University of British Columbia Library
Digitizing Sponsor: University of British Columbia Library

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e district. Before the date of the wedding can be fixed thehoroscopes of both girl and man must be carefullystudied, many visits being paid to the wise men oithe village. There is in every Shan hamlet at leastone wise man—often there are two or three—famousfor his knowledge of the meaning of omens and;known as the interpreter of dreams. When a Shan!wakes from sleep remembering an extraordinarydream he tells it to his friends, who listen with pro-found interest and attention; no one would think olsuggesting that he might have eaten too much foisupper on the previous evening. It is lucky to dreairof a horse, elephant, or tiger, a live snake, silverprecious stones, flowers, a friend who is dead, aropen umbrella, of flying in the air, of crossing 2river in a boat, of rowing upstream, of thundeiand lightning, of eating something sweet, of hidhfrom some one—a vision of any of these things n\believed to bring good luck to the dreamer. Itthought unlucky to dream of a marriage, of coppcj
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YOUNG MARRIED WOMEN. 78) DREAMS 79 coins, of running water, of bathing, of a bite from asnake or dog, of the moon, of boiling rice, of a boatgoing downstream, of a horse running downhill, ofdescending a stair, of eating meat or sour fruit, ofwearing new clothes—all these are considered badomens ; but the worst of all is to dream of the lossof a turban. It is extremely fortunate to dream ofholding the moon in the hand. If a Shan dreamsthat his hair has become white he is very pleased,as it means that he will live to a good old age.Difficulties often arise in the interpretation ; if in onedream there are both good and bad omens, then onlythe wise men can interpret the meaning. Until amarriage is an accomplished fact every remarkabledream, not only of the bride and bridegroom butalso of their relatives, must be carefully narratedito the wise man, who judge if they are omens ofI future happiness or of bad fortune. Soothsayers are; sometimes exceedingly clever in giving ambiguousanswers

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