Dream Dictionary · Food and drink
Potato in a dream
Folk tradition reads potatoes in a dream as modest but steady effort, seen only once the soil is dug up.
By tradition the potato is a symbol of simplicity and of things that grow hidden, under the ground. That is why in a dream it is read as work whose result is not visible right away, yet is reliable. Old dream books say a full sack of potatoes means a calm winter and a home that lacks nothing basic. Baked potatoes are tied to childhood and the countryside. The dream tells you not to underestimate ordinary things, because everything rests on them.
The most common dreams
Dreaming of digging potatoes out of the ground
People say that what you have long worked on in silence is coming to light. The bigger the potatoes, it is believed, the more pleased you may be with the outcome.
Dreaming of peeling potatoes
A small everyday job that somebody has to do, so the folk reading goes. Right now that somebody is you, but they say the help will be returned.
Dreaming of baked potatoes
Memories of childhood, the village or winter evenings, as the old folks read this dream. It is believed you may feel like visiting someone from back home.
Dreaming of planting potatoes
In folk belief, you are starting something that takes time and cannot be hurried. The dream encourages you: what is planted patiently is also harvested.
These interpretations come from folk tradition and are meant for fun; they do not predict the future and are not advice for life decisions.