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Who/What was the real 'Humpty Dumpty', in the nursery rhyme, 'Humpty Dumpty'? (Yes, there is more than one interpretation, but only one of those interpretations appears in the list.)
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Who/What was the real 'Humpty Dumpty', in the nursery rhyme, 'Humpty Dumpty'? (Yes, there is more than one interpretation, but only one of those interpretations appears in the list.)
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During the siege of Colchester in the Civil War, a Royalist sniper known as One-Eyed Thompson sat in the belfry of the church of St Mary-at-the-Walls (Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall) and was given the nickname Humpty Dumpty, most likely because of his size, Humpty Dumpty being a common insult for the overweight. Thompson was shot down (Humpty Dumpty had a great fall) and, shortly after, the town was lost to the Parliamentarians (all the king's horses and all the king's men / couldn't put Humpty together again.)
Wikipedia contributors. "Colchester." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 13 May. 2018. Web. 22 May. 2018. Image: By Library of Congress [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11121180
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