I call bullshit on thisand all popular historical explanations of nonsense rhymes and other expressions (brass monkeys, ring-a-ring-o-roses about the plague, etc.)
I'm a bit too lunchtime-drunk to find references properly, but it's Googlable.
(I'm a bit too lunchtime-drunk to find references properly, but it's Googlable.
Newington,
Mon 9 Mar 2009, 14:38,
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Whoops!First Google hit: www.indianchild.com/history_origins_nursery_ryhmes.htm
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob,
Mon 9 Mar 2009, 14:40,
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Yes, I know it's a popular story.That page doesn't seem anything in the way of actual references, though, it just asserts it. Wikipedia lists several other explanations, probably all equally bullshit.
And Humpty Dumpty is a gay name for a cannon.
(And Humpty Dumpty is a gay name for a cannon.
Newington,
Mon 9 Mar 2009, 14:47,
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tits, this was meant for here(
Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE,
Mon 9 Mar 2009, 14:57,
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