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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 05:31 PM
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Fill in the bank.
Edited on Thu Nov-02-06 05:33 PM by trof

Thank You.
:-)

So why do we save our coins in a piggy bank? Because someone made a mistake. During The Middle Ages, in about the fifteenth century, metal was expensive and seldom used for household wares. Instead, dishes and pots were made of an economical clay called pygg. Whenever housewives could save an extra coin, they dropped it into one of their clay jars.They called this their pygg bank or their piggy bank.
Over the next two hundred to three hundred years, people forgot that "pygg" referred to the earthenware material. In the nineteenth century when English potters received requests for piggy banks, they produced banks shaped like a pig. Of course, the pigs appealed to the customers and delighted the children.
http://www.ideafinder.com/features/everwonder/won-pigbank.htm
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 06:58 PM
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1. HEY! COUGH UP!
Throw me your pennies.
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cautiouslywaiting Donating Member (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 06:59 PM
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2. That's really neat.
I love learning random information.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 07:00 PM
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3. Those are the things that keep me up at night
I do wonder about where stuff like that comes from. That's interesting. Thanks. :hi:
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 07:03 PM
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4. Two of My Piggy Banks Are Cats
I have two pig piggy banks; two cats and a Money God.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 07:05 PM
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5. Kitty Banks?
I guess.
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