I mean how Piggy Banks originally got that name?
2007-12-09 05:35:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
I found this Wally....Sounds good
Etymology
In Middle English, "pygg" referred to a type of clay used for making various household objects such as jars. People often saved money in kitchen pots and jars made of pygg, called "pygg jars". By the 18th Century, the spelling of "pygg" had changed and the term "pygg jar" had evolved to "pig bank."[citation needed]
The Indonesian used the term celengan (a celeng is a wild pig - boar, with ending "an" to describe likeliness with pig). The source of this word is somewhat unknown, but a Majapahit piggy bank from the 15 century AD may conclude that this word has been used for several centuries.
This name may have caught on because the pig banks were mostly used by children, and the pig is a child-friendly shape that is easy to fashion out of clay. Once the meaning had transferred from the substance to the shape, piggy banks began to be made from other substances, including glass, plaster, and plastic.
Another reason for the name piggy bank that has been put forward is based upon the idea that the coins given to the piggy bank represent the food fed to a pig by the farmer. It costs the farmer money to feed the pig which he does not get back until the pig is slaughtered for the meat (represented by breaking the piggy bank) which the farmer can then sell.
2007-12-09 06:17:50 · answer #1 · answered by kayboff 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chicken Bank
2016-04-08 03:46:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I looked it up online and it's a long story so briefly it started in the Middle Ages with a clay used to make cookware called pygg and housewives used to drop their extra coins into it for saving, thus the term piggy bank.
2007-12-09 06:24:20 · answer #3 · answered by Dianne m 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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.
2007-12-09 05:41:41 · answer #4 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Guess it's an English/American thing -- believe both the Scots and Irish have 'bonny banks'-----The true reason that any of us call them piggy banks, is that was what we were taught to call them.
2007-12-09 07:43:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I looked it up and it does mean pygg a kind of orange clay used to make dishes and jars and people kept their spare change in them. (15th century) internets great for knowledge
2007-12-09 05:54:10 · answer #6 · answered by ScorpioDog 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
THE STORY I GREW UP WITH WAS THAT THE FARMER COULD NOT CASH IN ON HIS PIG TILL HE TOOK IT TO MARKET WHEN IT WAS FULL.
THE PIGGY BANK I HAD WAS A PIG FIGURE, IN METAL OR BRASS. WHEN YOU PUT YOUR MONEY IN, THIS REPRESENTS FEEDING THE PIG. WHEN THE PIG IS FULL THEN GOING TO THE BANK (MARKET)--(WHO HAD THE KEY TO OPEN THE PIG UP) AND DEPOSIT THE MONEY. (MONEY MARKET???)
2007-12-09 06:11:03 · answer #7 · answered by ahsoasho2u2 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
WHO CARES!! I MAY BE LATE, BUT WELCOME HOME! *big hugs*
Edit: sorry for the exuberance....and yes, I did know about piggy banks. Great question though!
2007-12-09 05:42:07 · answer #8 · answered by Grace 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I don't, but would be interested to know. I had several when I was a kid, but I was always a spender, not a saver. To bad!!!
2007-12-09 05:50:10 · answer #9 · answered by curious connie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This subject came up not too long ago, but who cares?! It is always nice to see your inquisitive face awaiting me in the line of unresolved questions on my computer, Wally. Welcome back!!
2007-12-09 06:13:14 · answer #10 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋