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Nursery Rhymes
Researcher 190955 Started conversation Mar 11, 2002
Just a quick comment on the explanations / history of a couple of the rhymes. I had always been led to believe (by reputable sources), that Humpty Dumpty was actually a name given to a short squat cannon that sat on the walls of Colchester and which fell in battle. Also, the 4 & 20 blackbirds from 'Sing a Song of Sixpence' was more literal (and thus more credible) - it related to the practice of bringing a pie to the table with birds in it that would then fly out as the pie was cut, to everyone's amusement.
Any thoughts?
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bobstafford Posted Feb 5, 2006
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Yes I have herd this the name HUMPTY DUMPTY old english for heavy short and of massove size therefore possably a mortar rather than a cannon. It is not very disctive of the king. Also the version I herd was set at the seige of York in the English Civil War.
Bob
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