Scottish Words illustrated

craw.

"Us rooks is maistly vegetarian apart frae the odd worm or twa - unlike craws. An whut's mair we huv the shaggy breeks."

craw: crow, corvus c. corone.

"We rooks are mostly vegetarian apart from having the odd worm or two - unlike crows. And what is more we have the shaggy trousers."

07, November, 2002

"If ye see a craw in a crowd, it's a rook, an if ye see a rook on its ain it's a craw."

A crow and a few rooks at suppertime.