On 6/29/2012 5:21 PM, Don Hanson wrote: > Where did the term "kick the bucket" come from? That one puzzles me. You can google anything of course. Wikit baby - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_the_bucket the first line of that page - "A common theory is that the idiom comes from a method of execution such as hanging, or perhaps suicide, in the Middle Ages <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages>.^[3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_the_bucket#cite_note-hh1-2> A noose is tied around the neck while standing on an overturned bucket <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket>. When the pail is kicked away, the victim is hanged <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging>." |
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