How a Medieval Bucket Killed 2,000 People | Tales From the Bottle
‘Tales From the Bottle’ travels back to Medieval Italy (again!) to explore the story of a killer bucket
“The War of the Bucket or the War of the Oaken Bucket was fought in 1325, between the rival city-states of Bologna and Modena. It took place in the region of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy. It was provoked when Modenese soldiers stole the bucket from a city well, but was really an episode in the over 300-year-long struggle between Guelphs and Ghibellines. Modena won the Battle of Zappolino (the only battle of the war), and the bucket remains in Modena to this day.”
More on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Bucket
@asordidreality
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Crazy how time flies. I remember when this video first came out, and I was drinking back then! haha
Qxir used to have videos posted for months with five hundred views or less. Now he's got a video that's a few hours old and already has over thirty thousand.
Nice.
@JLBat1993
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
888k views 8 years ago. coincidence?
@StoneGnomeRambles
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
That’s on my bucket list………just say’n.
@PaulPetrov-t7b
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
"The bucket that killed 2000 people" – by spreading dysentery in the ranks?
@historyinabundance
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
😂😂😂😂 someone wants to get this bucket
@CarmellaMulroy
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Still great fun to be an arsehole 😂
@MJWPub
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
"Gius ar bucket" Game of Thrones if Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews had written it!
@geekdivaherself
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
I'm sleepy, so I kept on hearing "bollock knees" instead of "Bolognese."
@Gjaeralaus
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
People don't kill people – buckets kill people 🤔
@paolo.cipolli
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
15 November 2025 700th anniversary
@jonpatchmodular
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Wait Bologna vs Modena? The battle of the condiments! Bolognese vs Balsamico di Modena.
@joelkaemmerlen
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
What a bunch of Bologna
@Silverwind87
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
"Why not? Why don't you like buckets?"
"Because a bucket killed my grandma, okay?!"
@katietaylor8314
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Well my guess going in was "the bucket was made with lead and a bunch of people got lead poisoning from drinking the water in it". The truth was way more interesting.
@JahnnyBoi747
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
one pails before its power
@user-u3e4d
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Which bucket is on display?
@alialiyev6168
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Love your storytelling
@Gumstone4
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
I thought the bucket had some kind of disease in it or something 😭😂
@Agvazela_Vega
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
3:50 I see two videos were removed at some point…
…Based on the titles, I think I can guess the reasons…
@dyingscarlet
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
This… is a bucket.
@Dustinielson
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Do one on Ibiza and call it Tales from the Butt'ole.
@EastBayG209
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
You should never commentate
@DonnaWhite-z8d
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
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@Kjackhammer
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Just some soldier be like " oh hey let's steal a SECOND bucket from these guys! Lol! (Moreover, I am of the opinion that Carthage should be destroyed )"
@misssassydaks
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
2:41 please stop, my tummy’s s hurting!😂😂😂😂
@JuhoLankila
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Ending song?
@KHR1827
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
The big question is: which bucket was it? One that was filled with treasures? Or the 2nd one acquired? 😅😂😂😂
@jerri6007
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
I was guessing it had a germ/virus/fungus on it and everyone who drank from the well died.
@ArchangelExile
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
That bucket looks cooler than what we have nowadays.
@lameeon1919
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
"This is a bucket"
"Dear God"
@sykoteddy
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Your videos is by far the most entertaining after porn! Read/understand that the way you best see fit. Never stop or go back to school!
@mkprocter882
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
the KFC bucket has killed way more than 2000 people though and is still killing people today
@spacewater7
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
This reminds me of a Time Team episode. The one where they found a mysterious object in THE most prominent place in a grave mound, buried with a female (?) skeleton who seemed to be a queen of sorts. Oh and yes you guessed it, the grave mound was in England and the bucket was apparently of Italian origin?
'simply can't understand why this was such an important artifact' and they soon tripped all over themselves coming up with wild theories as to why it was sooo important and how it got there.
@kultur-vultur
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Take This Bottle is a great song, its played at the end. Faith No More is also an amazing band.
@AM22Salabok
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Definitely thought it was gonna be another cholera story, this was more entertaining
@Alvinrasher
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
the bucket had a killstreak of 2k kills lmao
@gerrekurquidez3044
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Makes sense, modena had the luxury of trained german soldiers, while Bologna military was made up of peasants.
@ConanDuke
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Modina Balsamic Vinegar is a vastly better food product that Bologna.
@Icyy4406
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Modena W
@MA-lb8dq
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Humanity in a nutshell fighting for stupid reasons.
@DuperDude45
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Dear god..
@DoomRoomRecords
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Cool I'm from Italy but I did not know this story! Gonna check that bucket soon!
@Delta-6501
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Im gonna steal this bucket istg
@kr-pm1xg
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
I remember the last words…my father said..
Just before he kicked the bucket…He said..
"How far do you think I can kick that bucket.?"
@CallibanMcGee
April 28, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Italy is still weird.