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Where in the nursery rhime does it say humpty was an egg ?

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It doesn't.
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It doesn't--I guess that piece of information just comes via pictures and hearsay.

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.

No mention of an egg there!
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The Origin of Humpty Dumpty

Chorus:                 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 Dumpty together again

                                        Pause

Chorus:                 Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

One Individual:      Humpty Dumpty was the name of a cannon used to defend the Royalist held                                   Colchester in the English Civil War.

Chorus:                Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

One Individual:      The cannon sat high in a tower. When the top of the tower was blown off, the                                 cannon fell and shattered.

Chorus:                 All the king's horses and all the king's men

One Individual:      Everyone helping to defend Colchester for the Royalists

Chorus:                Couldn't put Humpty together again.

One Individual:      The men were unable to repair the pieces of the shattered cannon.

                                        Pause

Chorus:                 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

                            No, couldn't put Humpty together again
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According to Martin Gardner, in The Annotated Mother Goose, the Humpty Dumpty rhyme is a riddle. Riddling rhymes were a popular source of entertainment for many centuries. The answer to the Humpty Dumpty riddle is, of course, "an egg."
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it doesn't it's assumptive plus there is illustrations of this rhyme.
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The very first line, "humpty dumpty was an egg".

No I am wrong. I does not say that. Interesting, why is he an egg?
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When this rhyme was first written, "Humpty Dumpty" was actually a slang for a short, clumsy person.

I guess not being able to repair him made everyone think it was an egg rather than a clumsy person.
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