Who had the idea of putting money in a clay pig?
August 21st, 2009
Posted by: admin
We recently bought a few piggy banks to save money, and while staring at one, the question hit me. Who invented the piggy bank or how did it come about? These questions that ponder me…
By: Duy
By: Duy
Tags: Money, Piggy Bank, Piggy Banks
August 23rd, 2009 at 08:49
No one invented the piggy bank. The piggy banks’ origin owes more to the history of language, than to an individual inventor. In old english (around the 15th century) there was a word “pygg” which referred to a type of orange clay. People made all kinds of useful objects out of clay, including dishes and jars to hold spare change. Around the 18th century, the word “pygg” now sounded the same as the word for the animal “pig”. An unknown person(s) thought to shape a “pygg” jar, to look just like a real “pig”. Perhaps an order came in for a “pygg” jar and the potter misunderstood.
August 24th, 2009 at 22:07
mabey some 1 thought that a pig eating money or that was full of money was funny
August 27th, 2009 at 02:45
i think they came out in the late 1800’s early 1900’s but i don’t know who made them.