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If anyone knows the true story of “humpty dumpty” then they will know that the cartoon is quite accurate.
“Humpty Dumpty” was a mortar, a short range cannon that shot large bore cannonballs. It was used to keep the Parliamentarians at bay during the siege of Colchester during the British Civil War.
To improve it’s range, the Royalists had hauled the mortar to the top of a church tower, (St Mary’s at the Wall Church). The church was built right onto the Roman wall that surrounded and protected the city. From the top of the tower the mortar could keep the Parliamentarians at sufficient distance that they could not use their artillery on the Royalists.
Eventually someone came up with the strategy of shooting out the tower from underneath the mortar. The Parliamentarians were successful with this strategy and brought the mortar tumbling down.
That was the origin of the nursery rhyme which was a used as away to spread the news as was customary in that time.
The Church and wall still exist and you can see where the top of the tower has been rebuilt with different stone.