National Pig Day
NATIONAL PIG DAY
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National Pig Day, observed annually on the 1st of March, recognizes the domesticated pig. The holiday celebration was started in 1972 by sisters Ellen Stanley, a teacher in Lubbock, Texas, and Mary Lynne Rave of Beaufort, North Carolina. According to Rave the purpose of National Pig Day is "to accord the pig its rightful, though generally unrecognized, place as one of man's most intellectual and domesticated animals." The holiday is most often celebrated in the Midwest National Pig Day is on the same day as pseudo-holidays Share a Smile day and Peanut Butter Lover's day. This holiday includes events and celebrations at zoos, schools, nursing homes and sporting events around the United States. Pig parties, pig parades, and gatherings with pig collectibles are a few of the other events that have commemorated National Pig Day.
Pigs
are a clever and intelligent animal, however, most people are not aware of
their high level of intelligence. They are a household pet to some that
can be trained and taught tricks.
In
Dublin in 1772, a trained swine called the Learned Pig told time, counted and
other such tricks to entertain crowds in the streets. There
was a famous, if fictitious, Learned Pig in London in the late 1700s which
seemed to gain his learnedness from his mother eating an entire volume of Sir
Robert Filmer’s manuscripts and “Saobeverel’s Sermons” before she delivered him
into the world. He was born with an intelligence that seemed obvious just by
looking. When one day he feasted upon the garden of the great Milton himself he
began waxing poetic.
Pigs
have been popular storybook characters for generations. From A.A. Milne’s
Piglet to E.B. White’s Wilbur, pigs have an endearing and flavorful quality
about them that makes us love them.
How To Observe
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Cuddle
up with one, read about one, Use #NationalPigDay to post on social media.
History
Our
research has found that this day was created in 1972 by two sisters, Ellen
Stanley and Mary Lynne Rave. Ellen was a school teacher in Lubbock, Texas
and Mary was from Beaufort, North Carolina. According to Mary Lynne
Rave, the purpose of National Pig Day is “to accord the pig its
rightful, though generally unrecognized, place as one of man’s most
intellectual and domesticated animals.”
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