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Mamapolo2016 · F
@Mamapolo2016 Thanks you for that explanation. But I wonder where the eggshape came into it ?
Mamapolo2016 · F
@Phantome Maybe some soldier looked at the cannon and said,"Blimey! It shattered like hen fruit!"
@Mamapolo2016 Theories are always valid, lol
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@Phantome Many of the early cannon were vase shaped instead of long cylinders. Close enough to an egg.
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Sounds so plausible. Lots of old nursery rhymes, like "Ring-o-Ring-o-Rosie", date back to the Middle Ages. Maybe it was a way to make things less scary for kids. But if they seem like nonsense rhymes, do young kids really care?
Sounds so plausible. Lots of old nursery rhymes, like "Ring-o-Ring-o-Rosie", date back to the Middle Ages. Maybe it was a way to make things less scary for kids. But if they seem like nonsense rhymes, do young kids really care?