There is no mention in the rhyme that Humpty was an egg,
2006-10-29 22:05:06 · 12 answers · asked by dumberthangeorgebush 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Mr_Think...., where did you get the idea that he was egg-shaped ? It certainly wasn't mentioned in the rhyme
2006-10-29 22:14:58 · update #1
sounds reasonable, Jo - but I'm sure falling from a wall could kill a human - depends on the size of the wall
2006-10-29 22:16:46 · update #2
At first, Humpty Dumpty was probably not an egg at all but either a cannon or an English sharpshooter. However, in a 1902
Mother Goose book by William Wallace Denslow, there is an illustration of Humpty Dumpty (which at the time also meant short, fat person). On the picture is written the poem of Humpty
Dumpty as a riddle. The question, after reciting the poem, is--what is Humpty Dumpty? The answer is given--an egg.
So there it is. If the King's men could have put him together,
he would be celebrating his 104th birthday tomorrow.
2006-10-29 22:51:26 · answer #1 · answered by True Blue 6 · 31⤊ 6⤋
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2016-10-16 13:13:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the rhyme was based on king george III.The rhyme of Humpty Dumpty refers to the giant siege engine used by the King to try and break into Parliamentarian Gloucester during the English Civil War. The siege engine broke and the spirit of Gloucester's people didn't
2006-10-29 22:12:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_dumpty
"That Humpty Dumpty is an egg is not actually stated in the rhyme. In its first printed form, in 1810, it is a riddle, and exploits for misdirection the fact that "humpty dumpty" was 18th-Century reduplicative slang for a short, clumsy person. Whereas a clumsy person falling off a wall would not be irreparably damaged, an egg would be."
2006-10-29 22:12:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
humpty dumpty sat on a wall humpty dumpty had a great fall all the kings horses and all the kings men said "oh no not scrambled egg again"
lol
sorry couldn't resist
2006-10-29 22:16:47 · answer #5 · answered by D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F 4 · 1⤊ 8⤋
All the Kings horses and all the Kings men couldn't put Humpty together again?
2006-10-29 22:15:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 12⤋
lol not sure but i always nearly cried at nursery rhyme books that had pictures of him all broken in them LOL i am sad!
2006-10-29 22:08:03 · answer #7 · answered by princesssp8 4 · 4⤊ 8⤋
Because he came before the chicken
2006-10-29 22:11:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 10⤋
I think the fact that he's shaped like one and fell of the wall braking into little pieces kinda steers it that way!
2006-10-29 22:09:44 · answer #9 · answered by Charlie Brigante 4 · 3⤊ 12⤋
probably the illustration next to the poem in poetry books that shows him as an egg
2006-10-29 22:06:35 · answer #10 · answered by dec g 3 · 2⤊ 11⤋