One belief is that it started when an English stableman committed suicide by hanging himself while standing on a pail,or bucket.

VOA: special.2011.06.05

The paintings hanging in these large rooms give a lesson in the history of art over hundreds of years.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

I said, "Your old flag pole is leaned a little bit, And that's a ragged old flag you got hanging on it".

VOA: special.2010.07.02

She reached the blanket just in time to see the weasel run off with a tiny rain baby hanging from its mouth.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Emperor Norton said this was necessary because Governor Wise had ordered the death by hanging of John Brown.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

It told about how mobs of white men had killed black men by hanging them from trees.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

And the people, with heads hanging low and sad hearts, slowly made their way home.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

He said he could do more to destroy slavery by hanging than by staying alive.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

Visitors see wonderful formations hanging from the ceiling and growing up from the floor.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

Equipment was hanging from a huge hole in the side of the module.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

Cassatt worked hard copying the great paintings hanging in the Louvre museum.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

It looks like five wildly formed baseball bats hanging from a holder.

VOA: special.2011.01.14

The body of the shark is hanging with its head down.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

He had long great beard hanging from his chin.

VOA: special.2010.05.08