A vast number of lowland rice paddies were created in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Word of the day
paddy : a rice field, a very angry state, an offensive word for an Irish person

Quote of the day
“Do what you do. This Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, Twelfth Night, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, St. Paddy's Day, and every day henceforth. Just do what you do. Live out your life and your traditions on your own terms.
If it offends others, so be it. That's their problem.”
― Chris Rose