Question #65356. Asked by andian.
Last updated Oct 04 2016.
Baloo55th
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Baloo55th 21 year member
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I didn't think anything was, as a manger is for animals to eat out of (from French 'manger' to eat). One was used in the biblical account of the birth of Jesus as a makeshift safe place for putting the baby, although one wonders what would have happened if the oxen had been feeling hungry. Hence the Christmas hymn that I can't stand, 'Away in a Manger'. (There is a parody version called 'A Weigh in a Bathroom'!)
Response last updated by MrNobody97 on Oct 04 2016.
May 05 2006, 6:28 AM
SENTENTIA
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SENTENTIA
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A manger is a trough or box (often in a stable) that holds food for animals to eat. It is often associated with Nativity Scenes, where the baby Jesus was laid in a manger as a sort of makeshift crib (see Luke 2:7).
A manger translates in French to "une mangeoire." "Manger" is the French verb for "to eat."
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/manger
