Episode 9

Humpty Dumpty

An episode of the History Laid Bare podcast, hosted by Dave Bannerman, titled "Episode 9" was published on September 3, 2023 and runs 44 minutes.

September 3, 2023 ·44m · History Laid Bare

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Join Martin & Dave as they waffle their way through one of the many supposed origins of the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. Was it a Royalist cannon in the English Civil war that was destroyed by Parliamentarian forces? Or was Humpty Dumpty a cruel jibe at an actual person?Listen on, and make up your own mind :-) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Join Martin & Dave as they waffle their way through one of the many supposed origins of the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. Was it a Royalist cannon in the English Civil war that was destroyed by Parliamentarian forces? Or was Humpty Dumpty a cruel jibe at an actual person?

Listen on, and make up your own mind :-)

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