Where in The Nursey Rhyme Does It Say Humpty Dumpty Was An Egg ?

[StevanHogg]

Humpty Dumpty was the name of a cannon in the 17th century. it was put on a wall to defend a town called Forfar. It was the main cannon.

An enemy fired and hit it. It fell to the ground smashing it to pieces. And all the kings horses and all the kings men couldnt put Humpty together again. It was changed to an egg in the 18th century lol

Hehe i knew it wasnt an egg lol x

 

[DDRtists]

Haha, that true? I've never heard of this. xD

 

[sqrage]

That's interesting xD

This one may be more common knowledge, but Ring around the Rosy was about the Bubonic plague. :nuts:

More info:
http://www.rhymes.org.uk/ring_around_the_rosy.htm

 

[esb]

LOL
Didn't know that either. True, we all just assumed it was an egg based on the pictures. haha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty

 

[Danny Cross]

That's funny, they probably changed it to an egg so as to turn it into a child's rhyme.

 

[Seb!]

That's interesting xD

This one may be more common knowledge, but Ring around the Rosy was about the Bubonic plague. :nuts:

More info:
http://www.rhymes.org.uk/ring_around_the_rosy.htm

I heard that wasn't true. Though it does sound like it..

 

[UndeadDragon]

I haven't heard about this one, but I have heard about Ring around the Rosy before.

 

[Danny Cross]

So are all nursery rhymes surrounded by something bad, so to speak, or destructive?

 

[Cheesy]

Some, or maybe even most, but definately not all!

 

[Flare]

Hmmm, had always assumed Humpty Dumpty to be an egg-man-thing - interesting find

 

[Prometheus]

He looks like the firing piece of the cannon, but cartooney.

 

[Blackveiled]

My first question would be, why the hell would you call your cannon Humpty Dumpty?

 

[CaptDeath]

@ban - lord the wiki esb linked to says it means
Short And Clumsy

 

[esb]

Actually it's a short and clumsy person

 

[CaptDeath]

--off topic---
i fixed it lol i forgot i had read it yesterday

 

[Monovertex]

What's Nursey Rhyme?

 

[BlowingKush]

I think Humpty Dumpty is refering to the United States economy.

 

[ReVolver]

Humpty Dumpty is what I ate today, with spam.