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that definition misplaces the origin of the phrase, "sweet summer's child" has been in use since the mid-19th century or earlier: https://books.google.co.uk/bo
by evan_ 5y ago
that definition misplaces the origin of the phrase, "sweet summer's child" has been in use since the mid-19th century or earlier:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mGQSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA52#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mGQSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA52#v=o...
- zamadatix 5y agoIt may not be the first time the combination of words was ever written but it's certainly the first time it caught on and based on the timings where it caught on from (book then show) https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=sweet+summer+child%2Csweet+summers+child%2C+sweet+summer%27s+child&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=0&direct_url=t1%3B%2Csweet%20summer%20child%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=sweet+summer+c...
- evan_ 5y agoHere's that search without "Sweet": https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=summer+child%2C+summer%27s+child&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=0&direct_url=t1%3B%2Csummer%20child%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Csummer%20%27s%20child%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=summer+child%2...
- cinntaile 5y agoIt is simply a common phrase to refer to a naive and innocent person, it has nothing to do with Game of Thrones. Although I like how he used it, it immediately makes its meaning clear.