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'''Humpty Dumpty''' is the subject of a well-known [[nursery rhyme]]:<br />
 
'''Humpty Dumpty''' is the subject of a well-known [[nursery rhyme]]:<br />
 
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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,<br />
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''Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,<br />
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Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.<br />
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''Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.<br />
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All the King's horses, and all the King's men<br />
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''All the King's horses, and all the King's men<br />
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Couldn't put Humpty together again.
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''Couldn't put Humpty together again.
 
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The poem may originally have been a [[riddle]], the hearer having to guess that Humpty Dumpty is an [[egg]], but there are many other theories about its origins and its meaning.<ref>''The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes'', edited by Iona and Peter Opie. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1951.</ref>
 
The poem may originally have been a [[riddle]], the hearer having to guess that Humpty Dumpty is an [[egg]], but there are many other theories about its origins and its meaning.<ref>''The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes'', edited by Iona and Peter Opie. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1951.</ref>
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