piggy banks

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Got Pig?

celticeagle @celticeagle (190011) • Boise, Idaho 25 Jan

It is believed that the piggy banks we use today may have its origin from Germanic folklore. Pigs represented luck and plenty. Before glass jars there were pigs -- real ones. A farmer could buy a piglet in the spring feed it...

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Piggy Banks of my Kids

Tokz @ilocosboy (45155) • Philippines 26 Jul 17

When you were a child did you experienced to save coins through piggy banks? This is the tradition of our grandparents passed onto us. So when we grow bigger we are given piggy banks where we can put our coins. And our piggy...

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Do You Save Your Coins?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 17 Sep 16

I have several “PIGGY” banks, in which I save all my change. I put quarters in my Cookie Jar though. Then, I have three piggy banks. One for pennies, one for nickels and one for dimes. I also save $2 bills in a teapot....

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I am jealous today!

DJ @Daljinder (23193) • Bangalore, India 13 Sep 16

I go away for a couple of minutes and the other half of D&D- the resident bullies group write a post on putting coins away for saving in make-do piggy banks. So there I go down the memory lane... I used to do that as a kid. I...

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I opened my piggy banks today.

marguicha @marguicha (230365) • Chile 28 Jun 16

I opened all my piggy banks today. I placed in plastic bags each coin by their denomination and tomorrow I will change them into bills when I go to the Bank to buy some dollars in cash for my trip. There are several ways of...

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Piggy banks!

C @ShyBear88 (59342) • Sterling, Virginia 3 Apr 16

Do your little ones or even your self have some kind of piggy bank? My oldest two have their own piggy banks where they keep change in it that they find or are give. My daughters is poke a dots, my middle son's is a pirate our...

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How do you multiply your money?

MagicalBubbles @MagicalBubbles (5103) • Canada 3 Mar 10

Did you find a way to ensure that the money you presently have will make interest and grow or do you stash it somewhere in some king of piggy bank? Whats the best way to save money?

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spoiled cat has own piggy bank

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 22 Jan 10

I was chatting w/ my MIL and she was mentioning the piggy bank her cat has. Yes the cat has his own piggy bank. We (hubby & I) got her one we found at a dollar store for the cat as a gag. If you know MIL she was delighted to fill...

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Do you know where your kids.....

keelymcilwain @keelymcilwain (797) • Canada 6 Dec 08

Do you know where your kids spend their money? Do you give your children allowance? When your children go out shopping with friends, or spend money at school do you know what they spend it on? How do you know? What do you watch...

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Savings

r1mp2ge @r1mp2ge (260) • Ukraine 2 Mar 08

Does anyone still use Piggy banks..I don't mean the exact same thing but somewhere where you store your money??I store my change in a small bag...Whenever i have some spare change left over and it starts wearing my wallet down I...

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Saving up spare change...an endless endevore?

acuityplague @acuityplague (763) • United States 25 Aug 07

My family and I always throw our spare change into a huge water jug. No matter how hard we try, the jug just never fills up! I wonder if it could be... the fact that we are always dipping into it for snacks or movie tickets...

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When was the last time you had a "piggy bank"?

rogen_andrei @rogen_andrei (638) • Philippines 2 Apr 07

A few cents when accumulated in time can make some amount of money. That was what my parents have always told me when I was still a young man in my elementary years. My mom would always buy me a piggy bank or money box every start...

training to save money

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how many of you still uses piggy banks to save coins?

lirael @lirael (501) • Philippines 23 Jan 07

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