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To kick the bucket is an English idiom that is defined as "to die" in the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785).
A common theory is that the idiom comes from a method of execution such as hanging, or perhaps suicide, in the Middle Ages. A noose is tied around the neck while standing on an overturned bucket. When the bucket is kicked away, the victim is hanged.
Another theory relates to the alternate definition of a bucket as a beam or yoke that can be used to hang or carry things on. The "bucket" may refer to the beam on which slaughtered pigs are suspended. The animals may struggle on the bucket, hence the expression. The word "bucket" still can be used today to refer to such a beam in the Norfolk dialect. It is thought that this definition came from the French word trébuchet or buque, meaning balance. William Shakespeare used the word in this sense in his play Henry IV Part II where he says:
Swifter than he that gibbets on the Brewers Bucket.
—William Shakespeare, Henry IV Part II
A third theory suggests that the origin of the phrase comes from the Catholic custom of holy-water buckets:
After death, when a body had been laid out ... the holy-water bucket was brought from the church and put at the feet of the corpse. When friends came to pray... they would sprinkle the body with holy water ... it is easy to see how such a saying as "kicking the bucket " came about. Many other explanations of this saying have been given by persons who are unacquainted with Catholic custom
—The Right Reverend Abbot Horne, Relics of Popery
Alternatively, in the moment of death a person stretches his legs (in Spanish Estirar la pata means 'to die') and so might kick the bucket placed there.
A fourth suggestion is that the phrase is related to one of the variations in the children's game of kick the can.
Antique Chinese Grain Bucket
Traditionally, these Chinese buckets were used to carry rice and other grains from fields. Today, these buckets are treasured for their rustic design, beautiful patina, as a beautiful accessory and their usefulness. They can be used to place magazines, rolled towels, mail and to hide the remote. The bucket's wood joinery is supported and strengthened with metal bracing.
www.silkroadcollection.com/an1021ey-antique-chinese-grain...
Pedestrian With Bucket. © Copyright 2018 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
Two men walking, one with safety vest and bucket
I share this in my ongoing effort to perplex those who like my landscape photography... but aren't so sure about the other stuff! Don't worry, my intentions are entirely positive. I'll remain a bit circumspect, but not entirely so. I like photographing urban scenes for a bunch of reasons, ranging from aesthetic to practical. On the practical side, they are often much more accessible — I can literally step out my front door and make photographs or perhaps find them at the end of a one-hour train ridge. They also challenge me to see in ways that are not in my native comfort zone, and they hone my ability to see quickly... which is a good thing. On the aesthetic side, if you know much about the history of photography and photographers, it is obvious that good work can be done in these places.
As to what is going on in this photograph, you shouldn't view it though the lens of landscape photography. Well, OK, perhaps you could do that. This is a kind of landscape. It even includes some native "wildlife." When you look at photographs of natural landscape, you probably look beyond the pure "beauty" of place and subject to consider the abstractions of from and color and implied motion and so forth. It might be worth trying the same thing with other subjects!
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Watching Late Night with Jimmy Fallon this week I discovered one of my former kindergarten students was a contestant on the show's Model and Buckets game. You pick a model and a bucket to dump on your head, hoping it's $100 -- but mostly it's just a sticky mess.
We don't use ordinary buckets for collecting our maple sap. We use various mason jars and these liter bottles we have. We use these because they're free, since we already own them. We also like that they allow us to see the amount of sap in each bottle. You do have to make sure they're not too full at night in case they freeze. We've never had any break, we try not to leave them more than half full overnight.
For more maple sugaring fun: chiotsrun.com/2010/02/21/tap-tap-tap-maple-sap/
Once called The Sunshine State, South Dakota’s road sides, fields, and gardens are awash with the colors of summer when August rolls round and sunflowers spread their abundant cheer. Fairs, farmer’s markets and homes exhibit their bounty of blooms found at harvest time. This bucket of sunshine was found at the Black Hills Farmers Market in Rapid City.
Candy Erk Manthey - Rapid Ciry
Antique Asian Rice Bucket
Traditionally, these Chinese buckets were used to carry rice and other grains from fields. Today, these buckets are treasured for their rustic design, beautiful patina, as a beautiful accessory and their usefulness. They can be used to place magazines, rolled towels, mail and to hide the remote. The bucket's wood joinery is supported and strengthened with metal bracing.
www.silkroadcollection.com/an1021dy-antique-asian-rice-bu...
The Fleishhacker pool and pool house were built in 1924 by philanthropist Herbert Fleishhacker. The pool was the largest swimming pool in the United States. The pool held 6 million gallons of water and could accomodate 10,000 swimmers. The pool was closed in 1971 with the pool itself being paved over by the San Francisco Zoo for a new parking lot. The pool house which was used by bathers at the pool remains on its original site today in ruins.