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").<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Mangers are mostly used in livestock raising<ref>Mahoney, Leonardo (1996). 5,000 years of Architecture in Malta. Malta: Valletta Publishing. Format. p. 123-124. Template:ISBN. Template:ISBN</ref> 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 ChristianityEdit
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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (Template:Langx phatnē; Luke 2:7).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
GalleryEdit
- Devil's Farmhouse, Mellieha.jpeg
18th century limestone mangers at The Devil's Farmhouse in Mellieha, Malta.
- Donkey eating.jpg
Donkey eating apples from a steel trough
- Geertgen tot Sint Jans, The Nativity at Night, c 1490.jpg
Nativity at Night by Geertgen tot Sint Jans, c. 1490.
See alsoEdit
- "Away in a Manger", a Christmas carol
- Bird feeder
- The Dog in the Manger, a metaphor