Piggy banks come in very
handy when you have tons of coins and need a place to keep them. As you
collect change, you place it in your piggy bank for safe keeping. If
your piggy bank ever gets full you can get another one or take the
coins to a change machine and get cash for your coins. If your ever in
need of some change but you don't know where do find it, a piggy bank
is right for you. That spare change you need will be right in your
piggy bank.
Here is
a little history about piggy banks and why we use them taken from http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story028.htm.
Dogs bury bones. Squirrels gather nuts to last through the winter.
Camels store food and water so they can travel many days across
deserts. But do pigs save anything? No! Pigs save nothing. They bury
nothing. They store nothing.
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.
The
chinese have a long history with pigs. To learn more about it click here.
To see
some piggy bank jokes click here.