...oh well.... what the hay? .... could be the origin for this phrase came from an agricultural use?
...it seems highly likely that every New Hampshire hay field of ten acres or more, like the one on the hillside immediately close to Route 25B in Centre Harbor, owes its' continued existence to the NH current use law...which drastically reduces what its' property taxes would be...oh well...what the hay?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_use