The rhyme was one of Mother Goose's - and of course, Humpty appeared in
Through the Looking Glass by Carrroll
To find out more of this character check out this site:
http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop_article.asp?ai=2489&si=126
This site also explains it: http://www.oldwivestales.net/article1029.html
and also explains how Mother Goose Rhymes came about.
Humpty Dumpty has been all around the world even in other countries before
Carroll wrote of him:
http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/ENGL/courses/engl208c/esharris.htm
Toni Koontz
Librarian
St. Charles Preparatory School
Columbus Ohio
akoontz@cdeducation.org
Carpe Diem
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