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| gert's piggy banks | the end |

The piggy bank is a piece of art already long known by many different cultures;
it's only natural that this lovely animal has an internet-page of its own!
Some people say: "the old-fashioned piggy bank has gone the way of rabbit ears
-- they're hula hoops for the youngsters of the 1990s",
but we think that no era has shown such a rich variety in piggy banks.

he Chinese attitude toward the pig reveals a long-standing love-hate relationship that began with its ancestor the wild boar. The boar was thoroughly detested by farmers for destroying their vegetable crops, but it was also admired for its great strength, speed, and ferocity, and the therapeutic values of various parts of its body. The ancient Chinese drew on the traits of the wild boar to characterize people and even governments. In time, the Chinese domesticated the wild boar, and over a long period it evolved into the pig. The pig provided meat, an important source of protein, and countless by-products. Its fast growth and reproductive power made it an emblem of wealth and prosperity. Pigs also played a role in rituals related to death and the afterlife, and pig effigies and bones were often included in burials. Pigs were also thought to be efficient guardians of children. © 1996 by the Archaeological Institute of America

• Piggy Bank Info Exchange - F. Pannetier
• Non-Pottery Piggy Banks - F. Pannetier
• Linda's Piggy Banks
• Michelle's Piggy Bank Page
• Piggy's Adventure - Piggy vs. Godzilla
• Break the Piggy Bank resolve the mystery, and get "rich"
• Piggy Bank World
• The Pig Place
  
• Bacon   - Links, Life and Potbellied Pig FAQ and Resources Pagen - John Valincius
  
• Daffy Finds his Piggy Bank a cartoon for sale (unframed) for $450 at The cartoon Factory from Warner Bros, artist Bob Clampett
  
• Haiti's live 'PIGGY BANKS - In the United States, the concept of savings is a familiar one. As children, we often put coins in a piggy bank; as adults, we deposit checks in bank accounts. In Haiti, ownership of a live pig is literally the family savings account.
• Kids' Money - That's my piggy!
• Shirlyn's favorite pig links
• Katja de Vries' Piggy Post Office - send digital piggy postcards
• Katja's Pig Collection

paula & hans tacq - boskoop - nl - piggybank@tqdesign.nl me - usa - bdean@vt.edu sheri mcmanus - philadelphia - usa - Sssjbm@AOL.COM lwilson@windowware.com OWL collects banks in general, also "piggies" - evernew@infohwy.com michelle moore - arkansas, usa - she has over 700 piggy-banks - mooremg@flash.net - http://www.flash.net/~gemoore/pigpage.htm gert deelman - nl - grd@worldonline.nl see some of gert's piggy banks on the next page: Gert's piggy banks  denise grundeland - dgrundeland@email.msn.com - I am a collector of piggy banks, I especially like "corky" piggy banks by hull pottery; I would like to meet people with similar interests and possibly expand my collection. your name can be here on this list!

Inflation was getting out of hand, so Joe suggested to his wife Louise, that they should try to save some money on the side. "Every time I lay you, I'll give you a dollar for you piggy bank", he said. After some time they wanted to go on a holiday and smashed the piggy bank to pieces. Out tumbled a bunch of dollars, but there were also many bundles of fives, tens and twenties. "Louise, where did you get all that money?" asked Joe, "each time we made love, I only gave you one dollar!" "So what?" she replied, "do you think everyone is as stingy as you?"

• What's a Pig? - about the different kinds of real pigs all over the world
• Countries - the piggy bank in different countries of the world
• Color book - a place for the children (young and old)
• Piggy Banks 4 $@£e at the WWW - looking for a nice present?
• Gert's piggy banks - gert collects piggy banks from 1965
  

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What are the further plans with this "the-first-world-wide-piggy-bank-home-page"?

• We will go on digging in the history of the piggy-bank amnd show you our findsbyno
• We will show you some more nice pictures of our piggy banks
• We will show the difference in piggy banks from different countries
• We will try to connect piggy bank collectors all over the world
• We will show you the different types and technical details of special piggy banks

For all this we need the help of people all over the world, so if you are interested , know something about piggy-banks, know where we can find more information about piggy-banks, have information about piggy-bank museums or other museums who have a collection about piggy-banks, PLEASE let us know, send us your suggestions, e-mail us at

 
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