Blind, Deaf, and Haw [sp]

[Michael Sheehan]

I'd appreciate information (correct spelling/meaning/origin) on the phrase
"blind, deaf, and haw "[?].   From the questioner's context, I gather that
it was an insult hurled at children in the Midwest in the early 20th century.


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