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People are just realising Humpty Dumpty isn't an egg and it's 'haunting' news
10.08.2023 - 16:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Those who spent their childhood reading nursery rhymes and now teach their kids the same would argue that Humpty Dumpty was an egg that had a tragic fall. And if you considered him a harmless character from a kid-friendly story, it might be time to come to terms with some unsettling news.
The Mirror reports that Humpty Dumpty isn't actually an egg, and he might not be as friendly as we would first think. Considered one of the most popular nursery rhymes of all time, Humpty Dumpty has long been portrayed as an innocent egg, and there are many pictures of his shell - dating all the way back to his appearance in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland sequel.
However, people have been horrified to learn that the egg character isn't actually an egg - he has just been depicted as one for too long. The lyrics to the nursery rhyme never actually indicate that he is an egg - and don't mention the word egg at all.
Read the rhyme here if you don't believe us: "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."
So, why have we associated Humpty Dumpty with being an egg? That was a question doing the rounds on social media earlier this year.
One wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter): "Who decided Humpty Dumpty was an egg? Its not in the lyrics, and deciding he's a giant egg is quite a random leap for someone to make, and everyone else being like, 'yeah, a giant egg on a wall. Of course."
Another admitted: "This has been haunting me for years!" A third wrote: "This has bugged me for a long time!!"
Several others who had just made the connection were also quick to jump on the bandwagon of questioning the story, as one said: "This is genuinely the
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