Manger
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A manger or trough is a rack for fodder, or a structure or feeder used to hold food for animals. The word comes from the Old French mangier (meaning "to eat"), from Latin mandere (meaning "to chew").[1]
Mangers are mostly used in livestock raising[2] and generally found at stables and farmhouses. They are also used to feed wild animals, e.g., in nature reserves.
A similar trough providing drinking water for domestic or non-domestic animals is a watering trough and may be part of a larger watering structure called abreuvoir.
The manger in Christianity
The manger is associated with nativity scenes where Mary and Joseph, forced by necessity to stay in a room for animals instead of a guest room, used a manger as a makeshift crib for the Baby Jesus.[3] (Template:Langx phatnē; Luke 2:7).[4]
Gallery
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Donkey eating apples from a steel trough
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Nativity at Night by Geertgen tot Sint Jans, c. 1490.
See also
- "Away in a Manger", a Christmas carol
- Bird feeder
- The Dog in the Manger, a metaphor
References
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