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Humpty Dumpty Origins: 'He was a canon used in the siege of Colchester'

It turns out Humpty Dumpty was not an egg. He was, in fact, a cannon. But how did a weapon of warfare become something so different? Aoife Bannon, features editor with The Irish Sun went digging into the origins of nursery rhymes, and what she found was quite surprising…

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15.32 20 Jan 2023


Humpty Dumpty Origins: 'He was a canon used in the siege of Colchester'


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15.32 20 Jan 2023


It turns out Humpty Dumpty was not an egg. He was, in fact, a cannon. But how did a weapon of warfare become something so different?

Aoife Bannon, features editor with The Irish Sun went digging into the origins of nursery rhymes, and what she found was quite surprising…


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