Thursday, November 19, 2009

FYI: Piggy Banks


Did you know: They are called "piggy banks" because long ago, dishes and cookware in Europe were made of a dense orange clay called 'pygg'. When people saved coins in jars made of this clay, the jars became known as 'pygg banks.' When an English potter misunderstood the word, he made a bank that resembled a pig and it caught on.

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