https://www.pitara.com/tags/piggy-banks/Recent content in Piggy Banks on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/where-did-piggy-banks-come-from/Tue, 30 Oct 2001 14:58:39 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/where-did-piggy-banks-come-from/<p>You can find a piggy bank at almost every home. But whoever heard of pigs and savings? Pigs in a poke, yes, and pigs in a sty. But what is the connection between the sty residents and a home saving bank?</p> <p>Actually none. The connecting link has to do with clay. Clay? Yes. Though coin-slotted money boxes in the shape of animals, including pigs have been in existence for centuries, the actual term came to be associated with Europe in the middle ages.</p>