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craw.

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

Translation:

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."

[craw spelled out in the phonetic alphabet.]

07, November, 2002

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"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.

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