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O.E. Easterdæg, from Eastre (Northumbrian Eostre), from P.Gmc. *Austron, a goddess of fertility and spring, probably originally of sunrise whose feast was celebrated at the spring equinox, from *austra-, from PIE *aus- "to shine" (especially of the dawn). Bede says Anglo-Saxon Christians adopted her name and many of the celebratory practices for their Mass of Christ's resurrection. Ultimately related to east. Almost all neighboring languages use a variant of Latin Pasche to name this holiday. Easter egg attested by 1825, earlier pace egg (1610s). Easter bunny attested by 1904 in children's lessons; Easter rabbit is by 1888; the paganish customs of Easter seem to have grown popular c. 1900; before that they were limited to German immigrants.

If the children have no garden, they make nests in the wood-shed, barn, or house. They gather colored flowers for the rabbit to eat, that it may lay colored eggs. If there be a garden, the eggs are hidden singly in the green grass, box-wood, or elsewhere. On Easter Sunday morning they whistle for the rabbit, and the children imagine that they see him jump the fence. After church, on Easter Sunday morning, they hunt the eggs, and in the afternoon the boys go out in the meadows and crack eggs or play with them like marbles. Or sometimes children are invited to a neighbor's to hunt eggs. [Phebe Earle Gibbons, "Pennsylvania Dutch," Philadelphia 1882]

Taken from Online Etymology dictionary

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Rice
Rice is one of the most important foods in the world. This is because people who live in China, Japan and India and other parts of Asia, live mainly on rice. In China the word "rice" is used in one of their greetings. People say:"Have you eaten your rice today?" This is because rice is so imprtant to the Chinese.
Although most of the world's rice is produced in Asia, sometimes it has to be imported. This happens when rice doesn't grow properly. If there is no rice harvest, people in asia may die.
Rice was first grown in China about five thousand years ago and it was then introduced into Egypt.
Rice was first grown in Europe, in Italy, about six hundred years ago. It was not grown until three hundred years ago in the United States. North americans eat some rice but they prefer bread and potatoes.
some rice is grown on hills but most rice is grown on flatland near rivers bcause rice needs a lot of water. In the ricegrowing parts of the United States, rice is planted and picked by machine but in most Asian countries everything is done by hand.