There is a real historical reference to WHAT HD was...but HD was NOT and egg. What, exactly, was Humpty Dumpty? (I know the answer; this is a test, I guess.)
2006-11-04 02:55:47 · 13 answers · asked by The Mystic One 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
He was a cannon.
2006-11-04 03:02:47 · answer #1 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, it depends where ya look & how deep you wanna go.
Humpty Dumpty was used to describe short, clumsy person & was not an egg necessarily to begin with.
Then In another theory, according to Wikipedia..., Humpty Dumpty referred to King Richard III of England, the hunchbacked monarch, the "Wall" being either the name of his horse (called "White Surrey" in Shakespeare's play), or a reference to the supporters who deserted him. During the battle of Bosworth Field, he fell off his steed and was said to have been "hacked into pieces". (However, although the play depicts Richard as a hunchback, other historical evidence suggests that he was not.)
Humpty has also been associated with a war machine called a tedesto, a cannon, and The story of Cardinal Wolsey's downfall is depicted in the children's nursery rhyme of Humpty Dumpty. At length Cawood Castle (Cawood, a village in Yorkshire, seven miles southwest of York) passed to Cardinal Wolsey, who let it fall into disrepair in the early part of his career (1514 – 1530), due to his residence at the Court, devotion to temporal affairs and his neglect of his diocesan duties. King Henry VIII sent Wolsey back home in 1523 after he failed to obtain a divorce from the Pope – a huge mistake on Wolsey’s part. Wolsey returned to the castle and began to restore it to its former grandeur. However, he was arrested for high treason in November, 1530 and ordered to London for trial. He left on 6 November, but took ill at Leicester and died in the Abbey there on 29 November.
2006-11-04 03:02:07 · answer #2 · answered by Jennewren :) 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the Republican party. Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall(wont make decisions). Humpty Dumpty had a great fall (upcoming elections). all the kings horses and, all the kings men (Bush and, His cabinet). couldn't put Humpty (the Republican party), together again.
see You at the polls.
2006-11-05 10:57:19 · answer #3 · answered by ny21tb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
got anymore brain "busters"?
2006-11-04 02:58:44 · answer #4 · answered by clubsandra 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not what, but who. He was a member of British Royalty. I would have done a web search for a refresher, but you already know the answer, and my machine is SLOW.
2006-11-04 03:21:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hey!! no fair this to ask questions!!! not to already know them!!! please tell me because i am easily led and have always thought humpty was an egg!!!! i will post a question asking what he really was and you must reply!!!x
2006-11-04 03:05:06 · answer #6 · answered by m 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
King Richard III
He was a big fat rolly polly of a King
2006-11-04 02:59:04 · answer #7 · answered by hotbabes_tracey 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He totally looked like an egg to me OSTRICH size
2006-11-04 02:58:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
a dude who sat on a wall
2006-11-04 03:16:24 · answer #9 · answered by jamocha 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He's a water balloon.
2006-11-04 04:38:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋