At a loss for words: matters of health

Mickey Starling  reporter3@greenepublishing.com Reflecting on the many movies I viewed while growing up caused me to recall some of the comedies that often portrayed dying as “kicking the bucket.” I never bothered searching out the origins of such an odd phrase. At first glance, there seems to be no connection between kicking a bucket and dying. Yet, in days of old, folks understood the phrase because of a common practice of hanging animals by a bucket. As the poor beast neared