QUIZ: How Much Do You Know About Medieval England?

What were Medieval savings accounts called?

Retry Correct Incorrect The Medieval English owned a clay jar or pot that they used for saving coins which they called a “pygg.” By the eighteenth century, people called them “pig banks,” which eventually evolved into “piggy banks.”

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What were Medieval savings accounts called?

• Poke
• Catel
• Demesne
• Pygg