Humpty Dumpty == Egg?

[20_MuleTeam_Borax]

This might be old news, but exactly where in the nursery rhyme is Humpty Dumpty declared as an egg? I don't think there is enough evidence to presume.

 

[LordMaul]

I, too, like pie.

 

[geno]

I thought the part where he broke kinda gave it away....

 

[tweakmm]

humptyDumpty != egg

 

[FoBoT]

humpty dumpty dot com has a photo of him, looks like an egg to me

 

[polypterus]

"Humpty Dumpty was not an egg at all; nor was he an English king as people frequently believe. Humpty Dumpty was the nickname for a huge wooden battering ram built for the army of King Charles I in the mid-1600s to roll down a slope, across the River Severn, and up against the walls of Gloucester. During England's Civil War Gloucester was held by Oliver Cromwell and his Roundheads. While Charles' army was busy building the "Humpty Dumpty" the Roundheads were secretly widening the river. Thus Humpty Dumpty was wrecked in midstream, "had a great fall", and toppled into the water, drowning hundreds of soldiers--and there was nothing all the king's men could do about it. "

source

dc

 

[AmazonRasta]

<< I thought the part where he broke kinda gave it away.... >>



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 back together again.

No where does it say he broke . Maybe he died and they couldn't revive him .

 

[20_MuleTeam_Borax]

<< I thought the part where he broke kinda gave it away.... >>


Besides, eggs aren't the only object that can break anyway.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

There was no mention of a shell, nor of a yolk, indeed it is improper to assume there was any affiliation whatsoever of Humpty Dumpty and an 'egg'.

If the membrane doesn't fit, then you must acquit.