2006-09-14 01:00:51 · 16 answers · asked by c2 brahmin 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I imagine it was winched up with a rope and pulleys.
Humpty Dumpty was the name of a cannon used during the English Civil War (1642-49).
It was mounted on top of St. Mary's at the Wall Church in Colchester defending the city against Parliamentarians in the summer of 1648 (the siege of Colchester).
The church tower was hit and the top of the tower was blown off, "Humpty" fell to the ground. The King's men tried to mend it but were unsuccessful.
The "king's men" would have been Royalist infantry, and "king's horses" the Royalist cavalry troops.
2006-09-14 01:12:05 · answer #1 · answered by Gone 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Humpty Dumpty was a canon not an egg!
2006-09-14 01:08:55 · answer #2 · answered by tiggeronvrb 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
How? well, he was maybe just sitting there, swinging his legs, when he swung too hard, and toppled over. end of story for poor, poor humpty-Dumpty.
2006-09-14 07:21:59 · answer #3 · answered by evy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jasper Fforde explains it all in The Big Over Easy.
2006-09-14 05:36:40 · answer #4 · answered by msmiligan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Humpty Dumpty sat on a vibrator and itz overloaded and Humpty fell....Hey is that a poem or what!!??
2006-09-14 01:03:32 · answer #5 · answered by NONAME 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
He climbed onto the wall with a ladder.
2006-09-14 01:08:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Teetering on the brink of an egg cup.
2006-09-14 01:08:47 · answer #7 · answered by St♥rmy Skye 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
he goes up the wall and sits down.
2006-09-14 02:42:15 · answer #8 · answered by A 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Maybe he sat in an egg cup.
2006-09-14 01:02:41 · answer #9 · answered by Absinthy 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I do not know.
My question is if he knew he could break so easy why would he be on the wall?
2006-09-14 01:03:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋