GC1JC1B Mother Goose Series - Humpty Dumpty (Traditional Cache) in British Columbia, Canada created by goinggone

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Hidden : 11/22/2008

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The location of this cache is in a small park. Not a difficult cache. You are looking for a small camoed peanut butter jar. Have a picnic while here,if the day's nice.

MOTHER GOOSE

This is a series of 6 caches that will tell you about the origin of some Mother Goose Rhymes/Riddles that many of us may have grown up with. You will need to collect clues in each of the caches in order to do the final.

The original wording for Humpty Dumpty went as follows:

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
Threescore men and threescore more
Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.

The words 'Humpty Dumpty' can be traced back into the 17th century, when it referred to:

1. A drink of brandy boiled with ale.
2. A short, clumsy person of either sex.
3. A powerful cannon used in the Siege of Colchester during the English Civil War in 1648.

The riddle itself was first found in print in 1810. In 1871, in "Through the Looking Glass", Lewis Carroll presents Humpty and Alice in a lively discussion. It also graphically depicts Humpty in a drawing by artist John Tenniel as an egg on a wall. The drawing on this cache page was done by me with thanks for the idea to Mr. Tenniel.

F.T.F

CONGRATULATIONS, HELLRAISERS!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ybj

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)