Humpty Dumpty Was Not an Egg
All of us know the famous nursery rhyme...
"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again."
Humpty Dumpty was actually the name of a large cannon they used in the English Civil War (1642-1649).
At the time, the Royalist protected the town of Colchester by building a large wall around the city to protect the castle and churches.
Humpty Dumpty was a cannon that they placed on the wall to scare off the Parliamentarians.
The Parliamentarians damaged the wall under Humpty, causing it to fall. All of the king's men tried lifting it back on a different part of the wall, but it was too heavy.
Poor Humpty didn't make it!
All of us know the famous nursery rhyme...
"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again."
Humpty Dumpty was actually the name of a large cannon they used in the English Civil War (1642-1649).
At the time, the Royalist protected the town of Colchester by building a large wall around the city to protect the castle and churches.
Humpty Dumpty was a cannon that they placed on the wall to scare off the Parliamentarians.
The Parliamentarians damaged the wall under Humpty, causing it to fall. All of the king's men tried lifting it back on a different part of the wall, but it was too heavy.
Poor Humpty didn't make it!
"Humpty Dumpty-Humpty Dumpty with a shopping list. He wants ham apparently." Pink Cadillac Diner, 4347 S Lee Highway; Natural Bridge VA Photo by Taber Andrew Bain
"Humpty Dumpty Sat On A Wall" Photo by Doug Wertman
"Humpty Dumpty" Colorado Springs Photo by ccarlstead
"Humpty Dumpty" Photo by Sandy
"Humpty Dumpty Sat On a Wall..." Photo by Chris Cowan
Humpty Dumpty at the Swetsville Zoo Photo by TheMuuj
"Humpty Dumpty" Photo by Eric Frommer
Source posted by Julia
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