Dream dictionary: Lice. What does a dream about lice mean?
Lice in Polish dream books, much like excrement, foretell money.
Ezostylia Editorial Team · dream lore and psychology of sleep · updated 31.10.2026
What does a dream about lice mean?
Lice in Polish dream books, much like excrement, foretell money. The more lice, the greater the gain. It is one of the perverse dreams of folk tradition.
The most common variants of the dream
- lice on the head: profit, but also a crowding of thoughts
- picking out lice: putting one's affairs in order
- lice on a child: concern for those close to one
- getting rid of lice: you will free yourself from a troublesome person
What psychology says
Psychologists see in such a dream a feeling that something is "gnawing" at us — small, intrusive thoughts.
In English-speaking tradition
In English-speaking folklore, dreaming of lice has long been considered an omen of financial gain or unexpected money, a belief recorded in several classic Victorian dream books. The idiom "lousy" — meaning infested with lice and, by extension, wretched or worthless — reflects the deep cultural unease surrounding these parasites. The notion of lice as a symbol of niggling worry or social embarrassment also appears in popular superstition, where discovering lice was said to reveal hidden anxieties about one's standing in the community. Beyond these associations, lice feature relatively little in canonical English literary or folkloric tradition compared to their prominence in Slavic dream lore.
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Frequently asked questions
What does a dream about lice mean?
Lice in Polish dream books, much like excrement, foretell money. The more lice, the greater the gain. It is one of the perverse dreams of folk tradition.
Is a dream about lice a bad sign?
The dictionary describes dreams as symbols, not predictions. The meaning depends on the emotions in the dream and on your situation; the same image can be a good sign or a warning.