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salt pygg #3

updated tue 23 jan 07

 

Joyce Lee on mon 22 jan 07


"They are called pigs because they used to be made (as did many pots) out of
an
orange-colored clay called 'pygg,' so it was a salt pot made out of pygg.
It's also
where the term 'piggy bank' came from."
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Three more minutes of surfing produced the above statement, which seems to
reflect some agreement as to the origin of Salt Pig.

Joyce
In the Mojave desert of California USA