 In that case, while the print head moves in opposite directions on alternate lines, the printed text is usually not in boustrophedon format.The Hungarian folklorist Gyula Sebestyén (1864–1946) writes that ancient boustrophedon writing resembles how the Hungarian rovás-sticks of Old Hungarian writing were made by shepherds.The notcher holds the wooden stick in his left hand, cutting the letters with his right hand from right to left.