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326: The Best of Dear Hank and John, Vol. 3

Dear Hank & John

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What Is Pig Clay?

We don't know why piggy banks are called. But one guess is that there's a type of clay called pig clay, which used to make earthenware,. And it was also made, used to make pots. They would people just like, be like, ok, ime, going to put my coins into this pot, and this w'uld be my pig bank. Possibly is where that came from. The original idea of the piggy bank was that you had to destroy the bank to get the money out. Now we have this little pluck, ye.

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