RE: Why a "pig"?

["John Eichling" <eichling@mirlink.wustl.edu>]

The term "pig" is a derivation of an old English word "pygg" which was a crock
or jar, according to Andre Whiteley (Keesler AFB, Mississippi) in a
contribution
to the HPS Newsletter in the 1980s.Also, according to Whiteley, the word
evolved
to "pigg" and eventually, to "pig".He also reminded readers that a "pig" of
iron means a container of iron. 
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From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu on Wed, Oct 1, 1997 5:00 PM
Subject: Why a "pig"?
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I was recently asked by a lab tech why we call lead storage containers "pigs"?

I honestly didn't know. Does anyone know, as Paul Harvey says "the rest of the
story?"

Thanks in advance for the insight.

Al Castellane
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland, Or
castella@ohsu.edu

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