Humpy Dumpty How do we know that Humpty Dumpty is an egg? All the illustrations show him as an egg, but if you actually look at the nursery rhyme, there is no mention of any eggness. "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. I did a little searching, and here is the answer. Through the Looking Glass is the source of the egghood, and I remember that now. But apparently the nursery rhyme came from England in the 1600's, and Humpty Dumpty was a great big battering ram. |