Origins of Humpty Dumpty The main character of the little song, or nursery rhyme, is an egg named Humpty Dumpty. The song, which has origins in England, most likely began as a riddle.

Humpty Dumpty often presents as an egg in illustrations of the popular nursery rhyme, but you may be surprised to learn the character is something else entirely - and he's not very friendly ...

Of course, Humpty Dumpty isn't the only nursery rhyme to reveal a potentially darker side. ADVERTISEMENT Dating back hundreds of years, nursery rhymes have long played a huge part in our early ...

However, it turns out Humpty Dumpty is not an egg - and the realisation has left people staggered, the Mirror reports. The lyrics to the nursery rhymes make no mention of an egg at all. In case ...

Popular YA author Holly Bourne scrambled the brains of many a social media watchdog Monday — by tweeting that the classic nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty is not an egg.

The reality of the surreal children's nursery rhyme is far more egg ... “It's not in the lyrics, ... Others pointed out that “humpty dumpty” is a 17th century slang term for "ale ...

WE’RE all familiar with the popular nursery rhyme about Humpty Dumpty, but we bet there’s something you didn’t know. It turns out that the much-loved character isn’t the egg… ...

The meaning behind the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme has long been a mystery, but some speculate that "Humpty Dumpty" may have been a cruel nickname for King Richard III, a 15th-century monarch who ...

Humpty Dumpty is a classic nursery rhymes that will hit Brits across the nation with a sweet sense of nostalgia, ... The lyrics make no mention of an egg at all.