<P> Pygg is an orange colored clay commonly used during the Middle Ages as a cheap material for pots to store money , called pygg pots or pygg jars . There is dispute as to whether `` pygg '' was simply a dialectal variant of `` pig . '' By the 18th century , the term `` pig jar '' had evolved to `` pig bank '' . As earthenware was supplanted by other materials , such as glass , plaster , and plastic , the name gradually began to refer specifically to the shape of the bank , instead of what was used to make it . </P>
<P> Pygg is an orange colored clay commonly used during the Middle Ages as a cheap material for pots to store money , called pygg pots or pygg jars . There is dispute as to whether `` pygg '' was simply a dialectal variant of `` pig . '' By the 18th century , the term `` pig jar '' had evolved to `` pig bank '' . As earthenware was supplanted by other materials , such as glass , plaster , and plastic , the name gradually began to refer specifically to the shape of the bank , instead of what was used to make it . </P>
where did the idea of a piggy bank come from
where did the idea of a piggy bank come from
Pygg is an orange colored clay commonly used during the Middle Ages as a cheap material for pots to store money
Pygg is an orange colored clay commonly used during the Middle Ages as a cheap material for pots to store money