Child’s play: Cracking the Humpty Dumpty code

A new book looks behind the innocence of nursery rhymes, says Kerrie Kennedy.

NURSERY rhymes have long held a special place in many people’s childhood memories.

For most of us, the first thing we were taught once we learned how to talk were much-loved rhymes such as Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty or Little Miss Muffet.