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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.

Source: The Dorling Kindersley Book of Nursery Rhymes (2000)

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What is the real meaning of the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty?

Some historians believe Humpty Dumpty was simply a device for a riddle around breakable things. Others have suggested that Humpty Dumpty is King Richard III of England, who is supposed to have been humpbacked and who was defeated at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.

Did the nursery rhyme ever say Humpty Dumpty was an egg?

Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. He is typically portrayed as an anthropomorphic egg, though he is not explicitly described as such.

Does Humpty Dumpty have a deeper meaning?

The first lesson we can learn from Humpty is to embrace failure. He understands that everyone knows about him because of his "great fall". However, he doesn't define himself based on our perspective of him, but on what he believes of himself.

What disorder does Humpty Dumpty have?

[5] Humpty-Dumpty has a redistribution of fat as we would expect from a patient with Cushing syndrome. He has a moon-like face and central obesity combined with “stick-like” arms and legs. Facial plethora is an important sign of Cushing syndrome.