58008@lemmy.world to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 months agopoor Mary M.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down10
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minus-squareSoapbox@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·3 months agoHumpty Dumpty was the name of a big cannon in the English civil war. It fell off a wall and broke. The other side made up the ryhme about it as a joke.
minus-squareSolacefromSilence@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up14·3 months agoSome say the cannon origin is misattributed as well, just another layer cough, another egg reference to this joke
minus-squareArchangel1313@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoToday I learned. Thank you.
Humpty Dumpty was the name of a big cannon in the English civil war. It fell off a wall and broke. The other side made up the ryhme about it as a joke.
Some say the cannon origin is misattributed as well, just another layer cough, another egg reference to this joke
Today I learned.
Thank you.