In Baum’s books, the Nome King and his people are deathly afraid of eggs, believing them poisonous to their kind. This unusual weakness plays a major role in ‘Ozma of Oz’ and later books, where eggs become a surprisingly effective weapon against the Nomes’ underground armies.
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Source: Ozma of Oz (1907)