Pig Trivia

Porky Pig first appeared in movies in the 1930's. Porky's most recent movie was "Space Jam".

For years, the Royal Family kept a large herd of pigs at Windsor castle in England.

Charlotte's Web, a story by E.B White, is a classic. Published in 1952, the story is about a pig named Wilbur and a spider named Charlotte who saves Wilbur's life.

In the movie "Babe", 47 piglets were used to play Babe. An animatronic pig was also used.

The ancient Chinese so loathed to be separated from fresh pork that the departed were sometimes accompanied to the grave with their herd of pigs.

It was once the practice at fairs to grease a pig and let it loose among a number of blindfolded contestants. The man who sucessfully caught the greased pig could keep it, hence the saying "bring home the bacon".

The expression "to go whole hog" came from the 18th century when the English shilling was at one time called a "hog". To spend a whole shilling on the entertainment of a friend was willing to "go the hog".
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