E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Babes in the Wood.
(1) Simple trustful folks, never suspicious, and easily gulled.
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(2) Insurrectionary hordes that infested the mountains of Wicklow and the woods of Enniscorthy towards the close of the eighteenth century. (See CHILDREN.)
