A bucket, also calle a pail, is a watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone, with an open top and a flat bottom, usually attached to a semicircular carrying handle called the bail. Buckets have been used since very ancient times, mainly for transporting water from a fountain or well into permanent reservoirs such as water holes and barrels. Buckets are also used to carry paint, sand and foodstuffs. There was once a rhyme written about a bucket, It consisted of key elements involving Jack and Jill, They had a pail. Buckets can also be used on farms, to give feed to animals such as horses or cows, or to collect things such as apples or pears.