Briar

n.

Heard in Clare, Laois and Sligo

A person in an extremely foul temper.

In use

She like a briar when cattle broke out of the haggart...

Posh English

She became positively prickly when the cattle broke out of the farm enclosure.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Briar hotelEuphemism for having sexual intercourse out of doors.
  • Bag a catsIrritable or in a foul temper.
  • Face-in-a-fitA person who appears visibly cross or in a foul temper.
  • StoutBeing in a foul temper, irritable, or angry.