Question

Many people have owned, or have heard of, traditional "piggy banks," coin banks shaped like

pigs. A logical theory about how this tradition started might be that because pigs often
symbolize greed, the object is to "fatten'.one's piggy bank with as much money as possible.
However, while this idea makes sense, it is not the correct origin of the term. The genesis of
the piggy bank is the old English word "pygg." which was a common kind of clay hundreds of
years ago in England. People used pots and jars made out of this red "pygg" clay for many
different purposes in their homes. Sometimes they kept their money in one of the pots, and
this was known as a pygg bank. Over the years, because "pygg" and "pig" sounded the same,
glaziers began making novelty banks out of pottery in the shape of a pig as a kind of joke.
These banks were given as gifts and exported to countries where people spoke other
languages and where no one had ever heard of pygg clay. The tradition caught on all over the
world, and today piggy banks come in all colors and are made of all kinds of materials,
including plastic.
This passage is mainly about how...
Opeople in different countries save their money
Opeople in England made pottery centuries ago
a common term originated in a surprising way
an unusual custom got started
please help me!!!!!

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. An unusual custom started.

Explanation

The passage talks about the custom of keeping money in pigs made of clay. In this, the author refers to the fact that this custom is associated with the pig representing greed. However, he expands information on how this unusual custom arose, alluding to the fact that the word "pig" sounds the same as the word "Pygg" used in England to refer to jars or pots made of clay in which people used to keep the money. Over time, the similarity of the words caused clay pigs to be made and given away as a joke. Eventually, this unusual custom spread around the world in places where different languages are spoken, and the origin of this tradition is unknown because of the English words "Pygg" and "pig". So the correct answer is D. An unusual custom started.