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 ...

The oral nature of nursery rhymes often makes it tough to nail down a precise point of origin for any given one, and “Humpty Dumpty” is no exception. Versions of it started appearing in print ...

In 1871, Humpty Dumpty was referred to in Lewis Carroll’s 1871 book, Through the Looking-Glass, which was a sequel to Alice in Wonderland. In that book, Humpty Dumpty was described as an egg.

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 ...

Humpty Dumpty is a classic nursery rhymes that will hit Brits across the nation with a sweet sense of nostalgia, but it turns out the eponymous character isn't actually an anthropomorphic egg ...

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 ...

From our earliest childhood memories, we know the sad story. “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 ...

Nursery rhymes teach children all manner of things using the language of poetry, ... "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

A colossal Humpty Dumpty sculpture has made a surprise appearance atop a wall in central London, and it appears he's been mended. The nursery rhyme character, standing at two-and-a-half metres ...