When I was 6, we moved into the house that I would grow up in, and which my Dad and Gramps had built in the mid 30's. My Dad graduated from high school while living there, and left for WWII from that house. Dad and Mom only bought 10 acres and the house, of the original, "about" 40 acre place
The first few years, we did not have a cow, and Gramps allowed a local guy, "McGhee" to harvest the hay.
McGhee had a case tractor, but he was old enough that he had, when younger, "horse farmed." I guess he got a kick out of it, (according to Dad) so McGhee could be heard yelling at the tractor, "gee," "haw," and "whoa!!" (and of course it stopped LOL)
So..........and now I'm REALLY confused
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gee_and_haw
"Gee and haw are voice commands used to tell a draft animal to turn right or left, or to direct sled dogs pulling a sled or sleigh.[1][2] Gee (pronounced "jee") means to turn to the off side (away from the driver). Haw means to turn to the near side (towards the driver).
In the United States, the driver of draft animals sits on their left, so animals will turn right to the gee command, and left to the haw command.
In England the driver stands to the right of the animals, reversing the relative directions they indicate (i.e., an English trained team of horses will "haw" to the right, while an American trained team will "haw" to the left — in both cases towards their driver.) As James Lloyd Clark points out, "Generally, work horses are not subject to a lot of international travel so the fear of great confusion on the farm is minimal."[3]
The American meanings are used for dog sledding in Alaska and Canada."
The first few years, we did not have a cow, and Gramps allowed a local guy, "McGhee" to harvest the hay.
McGhee had a case tractor, but he was old enough that he had, when younger, "horse farmed." I guess he got a kick out of it, (according to Dad) so McGhee could be heard yelling at the tractor, "gee," "haw," and "whoa!!" (and of course it stopped LOL)
So..........and now I'm REALLY confused
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gee_and_haw
"Gee and haw are voice commands used to tell a draft animal to turn right or left, or to direct sled dogs pulling a sled or sleigh.[1][2] Gee (pronounced "jee") means to turn to the off side (away from the driver). Haw means to turn to the near side (towards the driver).
In the United States, the driver of draft animals sits on their left, so animals will turn right to the gee command, and left to the haw command.
In England the driver stands to the right of the animals, reversing the relative directions they indicate (i.e., an English trained team of horses will "haw" to the right, while an American trained team will "haw" to the left — in both cases towards their driver.) As James Lloyd Clark points out, "Generally, work horses are not subject to a lot of international travel so the fear of great confusion on the farm is minimal."[3]
The American meanings are used for dog sledding in Alaska and Canada."
