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Piggy banks have got nothing to do with pigs, except that they were modelled as pigs. This is because of the name pyggwhich used to refer to the type of orange clay used for modeling household objects, including ceramic jars for storing money. In Old English, a pygg was also a young piglet, whereas a swine was the adult (from the Latin word sus).

The decorative ceramic pigs had their heyday in the 18th and 19th centuries, but are still popular as children's banks.

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