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minus-squareSoapbox@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 months agoHumpty Dumpty was the name of a big cannon in the English civil war. It fell off a wall and broke. The other side made up the ryhme about it as a joke.
minus-squareSolacefromSilence@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoSome say the cannon origin is misattributed as well, just another layer cough, another egg reference to this joke
minus-squareArchangel1313@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoToday I learned. Thank you.
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoHumpty-Dumpty is never explicitly described as an egg in the nursery rhyme.
minus-squareDancingBear@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWas this his chance to do that dance and do the hump?
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Humpty Dumpty was the name of a big cannon in the English civil war. It fell off a wall and broke. The other side made up the ryhme about it as a joke.
Some say the cannon origin is misattributed as well, just another layer cough, another egg reference to this joke
Today I learned.
Thank you.
Humpty-Dumpty is never explicitly described as an egg in the nursery rhyme.
Was this his chance to do that dance and do the hump?