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Screw (beast)

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(Reguidit frae Shrew)
Crocidura sapaensis

A screw, kent as a shirrow forby, is a wee creatir sae like a moose an sib tae voles. There are twathree kyne screw nor win in differen heft:

The yird shrew (Sorex araneus), in some airts kent as the thraw-moose, strae-moose, shear-moose or roan-moose, whilk maistlins wins in wuidlan an leas.

The lavellan (Neomys fodiens), whilk maistlins wins in or aside haughs, burns, muirs an quas, niver straen far ayont watter.